Projects in categories: Fiction

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Petite Coupures tells the story of Bruno (Daniel Auteuil), a communist newspaper journalist suffering a mid-life crisis. Torn between his wife Gaelle (Emmanuelle Devos) and his young girlfriend Nathalie (Ludivine Sagnier), his political beliefs battered by the wind of history, Bruno seems to have lost his bearings. After responding to a call for help from his uncle (Jean Yanne), who is fighting a losing battle for re-election as the communist mayor of a small town near Grenoble, Bruno gets lost in a dark forest. There he meets Béatrice (Kristin Scott Thomas), who does nothing to stop him getting even more lost.

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Two nine-year-olds, one a refugee from China, find friendship on a beach while building sandcastles.

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A low-key indie comedy about collaborating creatively with friends. Two young men in a London rock band have a large concert in ten days. They try to keep their plans and friendship together during the tense build up. Ultimately they triumph.

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Lost in a daydream, an innocent young man gets a come-on from a sexy siren. Engaged in the pursuit of this bewitching vision, a lost shoe invites a display of athletic daring from our lovestruck hero.
A story of desire and determination. "Cinderella with a twist".

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One soundtrack runs simultaneously to three visual narratives, as snatched moments bring back memories of a younger self. A film about time and growing up.

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Special Delivery is a 30 minute documentary about the work of Ray Greaves; one man, who, in his big white van delivers hope to the Children of Chernobyl. This forty eight year old former miner, from Doncaster, has spent the past nine years raising money and collecting aid for the Zelenei Gai Children's radiation rehabilitation centre in Chernigov, near Chernobyl. To the doctors and nurses there, Ray is the reason they can continue with their treatment of young victims of the 1986 nuclear disaster. To the kids he's the English Santa Claus.

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Two boys go to the park to look for girls. One does it for himself, the other does it for Lord Krishna.

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In this cool, but surprisingly emotional, gangster flick, Jack (Ken Stott - Fever Pitch, Shallow Grave) is a true gentleman and a class act of the short con game. With his young protégé, the charmingly streetwise Steve (Nick Moran - Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Musketeer) alongside the sharp and sexy Jenny (Kate Ashfield - The War Zone, Late Night Shopping), and the 'bloody hopeless' Goat (Dominic Monaghan - The Lord of the Rings Trilogy), he runs a formidable team of quick-witted and successful con artists.
 
Keeping the team on track and making sure Steve is focussed on the play (not on Jenny's foxy good looks) is the only trouble for Jack - until a simple heist goes wrong and they are lumbered with a truck full of illegal immigrants destined for the sex trade. While most of them scarper, two of them, a scruffy 10-year-old girl and her frightened young brother, are left in Jack's reluctant charge. But then the furious smuggler sets out on a bloody vendetta, determined to wreak revenge for the loss of his precious cargo.

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Visual metaphor for how people can stereotypically perceive relationships.

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Stuck in a bleak frozen world with only his oppresive aunt for company, Conradin finds solace in the vicious secret which lurks at the bottom of the garden.

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Lawrence is trying to sleep but the world keeps him awake with its unbearable noise. Deciding to fight back, he is horrified as even his body turns against him. Seemingly defeated, he collapses and journeys deep inside to discover a new way of hearing that finally gives him peace.

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It is 1661, and Edward Knyaston (Billy Crudup) is theatre land's most famous "leading lady". Overnight his life is shattered by the Reformation law, which forbids an actor to play women on stage. Seemingly headed for the bottom of a bottle, it is up to his lovelorn dresser Maria (Claire Danes) to teach him what it means to be a man again.
 
A beautiful, touching and funny period romp about, love sex and everything in-between.