Projects in categories: Fiction

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Simmy, a modern Punjabi bride has had an arranged marriage. When her new husband, Raj does a runner after the ceremony, Simmy has no choice but to preserve family honour and start a life without her husband in bleak Britain.
As Simmy tries to understand this new world, Harry, Raj’s wayward younger brother turns up from prison for home detention. Harry, condescending towards his new sister-in-law refuses to play by the rules. Both are imprisoned in the old house with Simmy having difficulty speaking English and Harry refusing to speak Punjabi.
Despite her efforts, nothing seems to unite this dysfunctional family, so Simmy unhappily writes a letter home. When Simmy’s distant relatives turnup, Simmy makes a bargain with her mother-in-law: in return for keeping up appearances, Simmy’s passport is returned and she starts nursing training.
An innocent love story unfolds crossing the boundaries of culture and language. As the search for Raj intensifies, Harry breaks curfew and takes Simmy on a romantic trip. Just as Harry finds the courage to tell Simmy how he feels, Raj returns to uphold his wedding vows. Must Simmy be the forgiving Indian wife that her community expects her to be and accept him?

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A short film about a mother, faced with overwhelming evidence of her son's guilt in a violent crime, but determined to cling onto her belief in his innocence.

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This story is about a 5-year-old deaf and dumb girl Sara and her family situation; how her brother gets kidnapped and how she helps UK police with some clues to find the kidnapper.

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As the United Kingdom is brought to its knees by COVID and Brexit, a working-class English teacher, lost in redundancy, poverty and alcohol in Manchester, takes us on a poetic and powerful journey through Broken Britain: as an abused boy under Margaret Thatcher in 1984, as a deranged student under John Major in 1992 and as a haunted man under Boris Johnson in 2020.

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In a café in Marseille, a man's life begins to unravel when his lunch is disturbed by a chatty stranger.

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A boy finds love amongst the chaos of the city. As an older man, he makes peace with the beast, letting go of the chaos and anger.

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Dakin, Cade, and Joel are three criminals who receive their next job. Instead of doing it, they argue over every detail, constantly arguing about their worth to the group while referring to past jobs.

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The inspirational true story of Mercedes Gleitze, who in 1927 became the first British woman to swim the English Channel. VINDICATION SWIM depicts Mercedes’ upstream struggle in overcoming both the cold waters of the English Channel and the oppressive society of 1920s England. However, after a rival comes forward claiming to have accomplished the same feat, Mercedes is forced into battle to retain her record and her legacy.

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Shawn specialises in awkward sex scenes and awkward sex scenes only. When she receives a call from her former mentor, Fiona, Shawn is overjoyed at the opportunity to prove her skills and the worth of her style on set.
Official Selection PÖFF Shorts - Black Nights Film Festival 2022

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This work imagines the female body as a part of nature, blurring the boundary between human body and landscape. It explores the subjectivity of the female-born body and its connection to the nature. Emphasising the idea that humans perceive nature through their bodies, the work suggests that true understanding comes through immersion and embodied experience.

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A normal journey of a London bus driver transforms into a living nightmare as he finds himself in the middle of a terrorist stand-off between his panic consumed passengers. Lives hang in the balance as he tries to desperately negotiate his way out of the quagmire.

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Popstar Oliver Sim is the main guest of a talk-show that soon slides into a surreal journey of love, shame and blood. A three-part musical short.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2022 - Critics' Week Special Screening (Short Film) - World premiere