Projects in categories: Fiction

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Hooked follows a journey of a woman obsessed with finding a very special treasure. She journeys through Mexico, Guatemala, Peru and Bolivia knitting companions on the way. On her way she meets others who knit and crochet. They exchange experiences, as do their knitted characters.

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In this charming romantic comedy, British artist Colin Ware (Colin Firth) discovers that his fiancé, Vera (Minnie Driver), the love of his life, is going to marry another man. Distraught and despondent, he gets on a plane for America and ends up in the tiny town of Hope in New England. At first, Colin is depressed, but soon finds more than a shoulder to cry on when his innkeepers introduce him to Mandy (Heather Graham), a beautiful nurse. All's going well and Colin has almost forgotten his old flame until Vera suddenly shows up with a surprise of her own. Hope Springs is about finding happiness where you least expect it.

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Tina's cheating on Grant. Grant's too drunk to care. Mandy is still in love with Alastair. Alistair is still in love with himself. Jackie is trying to keep her drug habit secret from Clark. Clark is keeping a secret of his own. Gav is desperate to go out with Sophie. Sophie's just desperate and Lee just wants to quit smoking. Housewives, dealers, coppers, cabbies, media execs and rent boys all cross paths in this tale of interconnected lives set in the chaos that is London. They are all searching for an escape from an unforgiving city. When Lee attempts to quit smoking he sets in motion a chain of events that ultimately ends in death and disaster.

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People dance in private moments of personal abandon, in living-rooms across London during the summer of 2001. By turns comic and moving, the film is the result of the director's work with respondents to an advertisement seeking 'living-room dancers' - people who like to dance behind closed doors.

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Bulgaria 1952. 12 year-old David (Ben Tibber) escapes from the labour camp where he has lived most of his life. He races for freedom and stows away on a cargo ship bound for Italy.

Forced to deal with strangers for the first time in his life, David finds solace in the memory of his friend and mentor in the camp, Johannes (Jim Caviezel). He is given money for helping out some tourists and is able to buy food.

David comes across some children playing around an old shed. The shed catches fire with a little girl trapped inside and David rescues her with seconds to spare. Her grateful parents take David in but, unable to trust them, David runs away.

At the Swiss border, David meets an artist named Sophie (Joan Plowright). Sophie takes David to a bookshop where he sees a book that was written by a woman who lost her husband and son at the end of the war. He recognises the photo on the dust-jacket as his mother.

Urgent arrangements are made for David to fly to Denmark where, on the airport runway in Copenhagen he has an emotional reunion with his mother.

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I Capture The Castle is a classically romantic tale of a young girl's emotional journey into adulthood, as she discovers the secrets of her own feelings and sexuality. Along the way she must encounter the trials and tribulations that life throws at her - many of which are hilarious, some of which may prompt a tear. Set against the stunning backdrop of awe-inspiring castles, dramatic landscapes and glamorous 1930's London; this is a film that will charm and delight.

Based on the novel by the best selling author Dodie Smith (One Hundred And One Dalmations). Produced by the Oscar* winning David Parfitt, (Gangs Of New York, Shakespeare In Love*, Wings Of The Dove, The Madness Of King George, Much Ado About Nothing) Directed By Tim Fywell (The Woman In White, North Square, Madam Bovary) with acclaimed Oscar* nominated cinematographer Richard Greatrex (A Knights Tale, Shakespeare In Love*, Mrs Brown).

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I'll Sleep When I'm Dead is a taut, provocative character-driven thriller about contemporary life, justice and revenge. Will Graham (Clive Owen), a legendary London gangster, has given up the crime life to seek solace in the rural forest-land of North West Wales. His past will always affect him - he hardly sleeps; works without credentials - as he tries to make peace with himself.

His young, womanising, street-smart brother Davey (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers), to whom he's devoted, is a dashing, minor criminal. After scoring a deal and partying late into the night, he's followed home and attacked.

Sensing something is amiss, Will is pulled back to the city. Shocked and distraught, Will's antennae are re-tuned to the rush of London as he begins to investigate the disturbing event.

He seeks the counsel of his former gang-mates, ignites the jealousy of crime boss Turner (Ken Stott), visits the distressed Mrs Bartz (Sylvia Syms), tracks the mysterious Boad (Malcolm McDowell) and rekindles his relationship with Helen (Charlotte Rampling), the wise, romantic restauranteur.

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This independent production is about a young man so obsessed with Apple Mac he becomes a Malcolm X-like revolutionary, fighting computer bigotry - by any means necessary.

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The Salford-based story of Bernard, a loner. Since the loss of his wife, Bernard becomes trapped in the past and unable to break out of a funereal ritual that comes to define him.

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This compelling film follows refugees Jamal and Enayatullah as they travel overland to London, passing through Iran, Turkey, Italy and France. Their fictitious journey is a distillation of the experiences of a multitude of real life asylum seekers and migrants - courageous and resourceful people seeking a better life but whose stories so often end in tragedy.

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Blinded in 1976, Martin Shail now works as a lift operator. This film intimately portrays Martin's experiences since becoming blind and captures his encounters with the various people he meets in his lift.

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A couple break up briefly (the intermission of the title), sending ripples through the lives of everyone around them. Ripples that become shockwaves as a film-maker teams up with a cop for a journey into violence: a jilted wife plots revenge on her husband; three men team up for a daring kidnap-robbery. These and other stories collide, dovetail and climax in extreme ways, pushing the couple toward a reunion which in turn restores a kind of order.