Projects in categories: Fiction

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Alex is desperate to become a reporter; Jon and Marta Henley (the "cold fish" of the title) are a jaded pair of shock video artists playing games with violent images. When the ambitious Alex gains an exclusive interview with the Henleys, his attempts to further his career draw him into their dangerous world. David Fairman's Cold Fish may sound like a thriller, but it claims a higher ambition: bringing to light the issues of violence and the role of the media. It also draws for its themes on the huge amount of attention and interest generated by young British artists such as Damien Hirst and Chris Ofili. The film, scripted by first-time writers Graham Christie and PJ Swinburne, controversially uses real news and documentary images of actual death and violence to depict the Henleys' sensational video art.

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In any bar, in any town, there is a war going on. Its ammunition is lust, disgust, cruelty and compassion - all fuelled by alcohol, perfume and testosterone.

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Family high action adventure, aka 'Rebel Zone', features the rescue of hostages and gold bullion seized by armed terrorists led by a maritime Rebel Warlord. Royal Naval Frigate 'HMS Monarch', despatches a Royal Marine detail to track and confront the enemy at their tropical island HQ.

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Local newspaper journalist, Cameron Colley, is setting the world to rights; his articles are idealistic, written from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have the same motives; his murders are committed on behalf of the underdog. The two stories begin to merge and Cameron finds himself inextricably and inexplicably implicated by the brutal killer. The arms dealer Cameron plans to expose is found literally 'disarmed' before he can put pen to paper. The brewery chief, loathed by Cameron, who sold up at the expense of his workers, finds himself permanently unemployable. And the malpractising doctor and corrupt newspaper proprietor meet with similarly sinister ends. The police are convinced of Cameron's guilt and so are half his friends and colleagues. Cameron is forced to employ all his investigative skills to find the real killer and his motive.   Based on Iain Banks novel "Complicity".

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A repressed composer finds that the nature of his music changes completely when he is disturbed by the sound of a couple making love in the next room.

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Two lonely-hearted 'web pals' are amazed when their computers seemingly fall in love. They are forced to take the love struck consoles on a quirky double-date of picnics, river boat trips and bizarre restaurants. Eventually, true love blossoms - but for which couple?

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Two 'web pals' are amazed when their computers seem to fall in love. They take the love-struck consoles on a double-date and love blossoms - but for whom?

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Using a revolutionary micro-camera with a macro facility we see ways in which the abuse of the body can be seen as either a part of everyday life or as a shocking violation.

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Post-colonial India of 1950's, and Cotton Mary, (Madhur Jeffrey) an Anglo-Indian nurse befriends expatriate Lily Macintosh (Greta Scacchi) at the premature birth of her baby. Lily's husband John, (James Wilby) a BBC correspondent, is away working, and she is exhausted and emotional after the birth, and further devastated after realising she is unable to breast feed her child. Mary provides a vital lifeline by taking the baby on daily trips to her crippled sister, Blossom, a wet nurse who provides milk for the infant. The success that Mary has in arranging for the feeding of the baby makes her indispensable to Lily, who offers her a permanent position in her home as a Nanny working with her family. Mary's relationship to the baby and her burgeoning friendship with Lily gives her a unique position to operate. Mary abuses this relationship, and deviously does everything she can to gain control of the house and achieve the prestige of being both associated with, and of extreme importance to a British family. Cotton Mary offers a thought provoking insight into the ambitions of an Anglo-Indian woman trapped in a class-ridden, status conscious society.

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Set in the square mile of London that is home to 63 Irish pubs, County Kilburn charts the last week in London of Mickey (Ciaran McMenamin), a barman at the Waggon and Horses who decides to return to Ireland to work for his brother. But during the turmoil and chaos that conspire to turn those seven days into a near disaster, Mickey learns some important lessons about himself, his regulars and the value of community. The film marks the feature debut of Elliot Hegarty, a twentysomething commercials director who has already won fans for his short film Archie And Stafford, shown at the 1997 Edinburgh Film Festival. Inspired by his own experiences, Hegarty fashioned a screenplay that would be easy to organise and manageable to shoot. "We wanted to do something simple, a Cheers for the UK with the wit of Clerks," says producer Nick Heyworth, a long-time collaborator of Hegarty's. "Setting the film in a pub was ideal because it meant the story can take a different direction the minute someone new walks in. We shot over three weeks but it wasn't as painful a shoot as many low-budget films because we only had one location - a disused pub in Kilburn - and a great team of collaborators." Funded by private sources, including Watermark Films, the new company set up by Magnus Macintyre, County Kilburn was recently picked up by Alibi Films International and is now being screened to distributors. Heyworth and Hegarty are now preparing their next film, Snookered,a co-production with The Gruber Brothers, which already has Redbus on board as UK distributor.

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In the heart of Irish London, beer is thicker than water. In Kilburn's square mile there are 63 Irish pubs. This comedy is the story of just one. Mickey, the pub's young barman, is sure that his job is preventing him from 'getting on' in life. So he's returning to Ireland to take up a job with his brother. This, his last week should be the most enjoyable. Fat chance. The landlord is in hospital, and Mickey is left in charge. The regulars appear on cue, taking the same seats in front of the same drinks at the same time as every other day. If only everything else about them were as predictable. With their eccentricities, ravings and antics, Mickey's own girl trouble, and the bizarre characters who pass through the pub, it's now shaping up to be the worst week of his life. But as his last day approaches and the madness reaches its climax, Mickey comes to understand the real people behind the regulars and more importantly, that for all of them the pub represents a home from home - a haven where all their problems can be forgotten. He'd be crazy not to stay. Lock in. Drink up. Pass out.

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A woman travels to a bar to meet her date. As the evening falls short of her expectation she returns home alone. Shot with an extraordinary visual and lyrical complexity, Cut tracks the path of the woman's psyche as events unravel, culminating in a ritual of astonishing intensity.