Projects in categories: Fiction

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When 11-year-old Dean discovers an injured bird on his doorstep, he finds himself reflecting on past memories and is led on an intense personal journey of discovery and growth. WINGS is a love letter from the late Sonya Hale, written as an enduring signal of hope to her son.
Official Selection Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2022 - World premiere

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The story of an unlikely friendship forged in isolation. After a particularly harsh winter, Brian goes into a deep depression; completely isolated and with no one to talk to, Brian does what any sane person would do when faced with such a melancholic situation, he builds a robot. Charles is that robot. (Feature developed from Jim Archer's 2017 short BRIAN AND CHARLES).
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2022 - World premiere

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Nancy Stokes, a retired school teacher and widow, is yearning for some adventure, some human connection, and some sex. Good sex.
Whilst her husband Robert provided a home, a family, something resembling a life, good sex was never on offer. But he’s gone now, and Nancy has a plan: she will find adventure with an escort named Leo Grande.
In an anonymous out-of-town hotel room Nancy greets Leo. He looks every bit as good as his picture, but what Nancy wasn’t expecting was conversation as well as fornication. Leo has a view on everything, and though he may not always tell the truth, Nancy finds she likes him. And he likes her.
With growing sexual confidence, Nancy starts to relax. Over the course of several rendezvous, the power dynamics shift and their well-worn masks begin to slip.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2022 - World premiere

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An English-language adaptation of Kurosawa's IKIRU set in London in the 1950s. Williams, a veteran civil servant, has become a small cog in the bureaucracy of rebuilding post-WWII England. As endless paperwork piles up on his desk, he learns he has a fatal illness. Thus begins his quest to find some meaning to his life before it slips away.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2022 - World premiere
Official Selection Venice International Film Festival 2022
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2022
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2022

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A young waitress stumbles upon a dark and sinister cabal operating behind the scenes of the fast food diner where she works. She now has the proof she needs to bring this secret to light, but unseen evil forces are unleashed in a bloodthirsty attempt to stop her.

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A London police officer goes undercover as a heroin addict in a small English town and manipulates an unsuspecting local junkie into working with him for a dangerous drug dealer.

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They are the workers running your country. They have a conversation but it's unclear if they understand each other or if the problems have been solved. When the music ends, they are still trying to talk desperately to each other. There is no need to have the audio: bad communication has the same effect as being deaf and mute.

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Set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast, a wildlife volunteer’s daily observations of a rare flower turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her as well as the viewer to question what is real and what is nightmare.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2022 - Directors' Fortnight - World premiere

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Set at an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance, a collective finds themselves embroiled in power struggles, artistic vendettas and gastrointestinal disorders.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2022 - World premiere

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A young and withdrawn girl, on her trial shift in the intoxicating world of a hyper-sexualized beauty salon, finds herself in the thrall of her beguiling boss.

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A grieving single mother seeks revenge against the man who killed her child. Struggling to find the strength, she seeks guidance from her local vicar - a man on the edge.

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While Enys balances helping on the family farm, being a local rugby legend and drinking the pub dry, he must find time for a little bit of love.