Projects in categories: Fiction

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Desperate to get across London to meet his girlfriend off the Eurostar, a man persuades a pretty bicycle courier to take him on the back of her bike, creating a dilemma he wasn't expecting.

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Rufus is a child with an extraordinary obsession: a burning, inþamed desire for anything red. Driven by this impassioned, scarlet fixation, which he can neither control nor understand, he shifts through life in a whirlwind of redness, entirely in the hands of his bizarre compulsion.

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This film is set in a refuge for girls in Tehran and follows the stories of five girls who come here. These girls, in leaving a situation that has become intolerable, show incredible courage and resourcefulness. The film explores their experiences of authority, their longing for respect and freedom, and their hopes for a brighter future. The centre is run by the dynamic and charismatic Mrs Shirazi, who protects the girls from their families and helps them to renegotiate their relationships. The film shows how Iranian women are learning to challenge the old rules, and how rapidly their country is changing. Farsi Dialogue English subtitles.

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Sacrum is a dystopian choreography of ghostly spaces that exist in memory and imagination. A condensed, disconnected journey through moments in relationships that take place in a visually haunting dream space. Fragments of intimacy and distance express unexplainable moments through movement.

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Safar is a tale of the Asian Diaspora told primarily through Super 8 'cine-letters' sent between India and England over a period of almost 40 years. It is one man's meditation, in old age, of how he came to lose his home.

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After losing his memory, a Tokyo salaryman attempts to piece together his life with the aid of a pocket camera, detailing the repetitiveness and mundanity of his lonely daily routine.  

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The story of two travelling monks who meet and part more than once on their life's journey. Animation using oil paints and glass.

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'Don't go by the wasps nest - we know how dangerous wasps are don't we?' A macabre suburban parable, Satsuma follows two young children during an uncomfortably hot and ultimately tragic summer afternoon's play.. when bullying and cruel games go too far.

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A day in the life of an obsessive man who suffers from a mild form of compulsive disorder. A cinematic journey through his eating and drinking habits via his pursuit of recreational pleasure.

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Faye, a contemplative hairdresser, swings moodily between her western aspirations and her Chinese origins. Huang, a Chinese photographer with an expired visa, washes up in a salsa bar when not caressing the city with his camera. A faint romance temporarily flickers between them. Interweaving scenes, meanwhile, show us Cai and J J, two artists who appear to be in the act of preparing for some mysterious performance.

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Tara fancies Paul. Paul doesn't care. Daniel cares. An urban tale of teenage romance, sibling rivalry and a pair of Rockport Boots.

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A story of love and relationships, both real and imaginary. Sandy must overcome her guilt and decide between the two men in her life - however perfect they seem to be.