Projects in categories: Fiction

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Six friends gather for a dinner party, but when the light accidentally goes off the party takes a nasty and unexpected turn.

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A weekly adventure in the woods turns into a test of friendship and morality when Adam finds something he shouldn't. Bradley also has a big secret to share. At school Adam unwittingly shares his find with the rest of the class. Will it be the end of their age of innocence?

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A man and a woman live under the same roof but can't communicate. A close study on the alienated relationship between a man and a woman.

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As a four-year-old girl, Michelle witnesses the brutal murder of her mother. Sixteen years later she is still haunted by memories of the traumatic experience. Now living in a squalid boarding house and struggling to pay the rent, she is befriended by Charles, a mysterious older man who moves in across the hall. It soon becomes apparent that there is more to this stranger than meets the eye and Michelle makes the mistake of investigating his activities, uncovering far more than she intended. She discovers that Charlie is working for the British government involved in a highly confidential operation that may have a connection with the murder of her mother. Through a series of twists and turns, Michelle is dragged into a world of violence, conspiracy and revenge where nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted.

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A woman faces up to the past as she encounters her ex and finally realises she no longer needs him.

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A look at life in the poverty-stricken city of Newark, New Jersey, as seen through the eyes of three young children, Tayo, Angel and Jah-Youth, who are trying to 'do something' about their neighbourhood.

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'Don't run from a scene of a crime it arouses suspicion': Don't Walk is a slice of a career bag snatcher's life (and death).

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The Pannicks are like any other dysfunctional family. Lucy Pannick drinks, her son Jim steals cars, her grandmother forgets to put her clothes on and her learning disabled brother, Sandy, runs model trains in his room all night. But when the mysterious and well-spoken Donovan Quick takes up residence as their new lodger, things will never be the same again. When the multi-national bus company Windmill Transport takes over the local trains and leaves Sandy with no way to get to his day centre, Donovan starts up a one-bus company with Sandy to replace the lost service. Against all odds, the fledgling Quick and Pannick Buses becomes so successful that the ever-voracious Windmill Transport decides to poach the route for itself. Donovan Quick, however, doesn't turn out to be the pushover Windmill Transport thought he might be. And, like his inspiration Don Quixote, Donovan manages to thwart Windmill at their own game, galvanising the community and transforming forever the lives of Lucy, Jim, Gran and Sandy Pannick in the process.

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A modern fairytale about a man coping with grief. Reclusive Sean ventures out at night to tend to his 'adopted' unkempt allotment. Bravely venturing out during an eclipse, Sean experiences a miracle.

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The story of one woman's desire to reclaim her independence. It's all happening this afternoon! Edith's been busying herself, getting the whole community going - even the Vicar's on her side. Crippled by a stroke, Edith communicates when she wants to with her finger, one tap for no, two for yes...

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From Amy Jenkins, the hottest new voice to come out of England comes a comedy set in contemporary London about seven friends who are connected by steamy affairs, secret betrayals and a desire to get everything they've been told they cannot have. In a generation with too many choices, among friends who are all coupled, Billy is the only one without someone to love. Now that his friends are all turning thirty they've decided his love life needs help: from all of them. But with friends who are only out for themselves, for the first time in his life he'll have to trust his own instincts.

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Sam Morrison challenges the view that old is senile in his debut film, Emma 18. Emma's quiet life of semi-retirement is disrupted by the surprise family visit of Sylvie, Derek, Tom & Otis who are just passing on their way home. Their flying visit is abruptly ended by an upsetting phone call, yet Emma seems strangely unperturbed.