Projects in categories: Fiction

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The arrival of Patrick into Marion and Tom's home, triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2022 - World premiere

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A powerful story of a woman overcoming the trauma of a sexual assault and how she learns to heal herself and reclaim her freedom.

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Over the course of a lazy summer afternoon, the cracks in Stella and Luke’s budding relationship are laid bare after Stella’s younger sister Lola suggests that the couple play a game of backgammon. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2022 - World premiere

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The Western Front, 1916. During a night-time raid on a deserted German trench, the fates of four British soldiers collide.

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In a future world under strict population control, a strong, independent, fertile Kate is drafted to have a baby. Unlike her best friend Jessica, Kate doesn’t want to be a mother and suffers. Her personal choice is taken away at each step and when she wants to gift her opportunity away to Jessica, she cannot because her fertility is a commodity and the presumed fairness of a lottery is society’s way of maintaining equality and exerting control. While the two best friends are ripped apart, unable to follow their dreams, they succeed in awakening the audience and reveal the faults in the system. THE DRAFT is meant to evoke a debate around the lacking freedom of choice women still face today. A woman should have complete control over her body but we can be scorned for not doing what others - and society - consider to be our duty, our purpose as women. This film is about what can happen when our right to be childfree by choice is taken from us. Equality demands that we as women and men respect each other’s individuality and choices, whether that’s becoming a mother or not.

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When mysterious spaceships appear over cities worldwide, a mother desperately tries to save her children from abduction.

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THE HOUSE is a 25 minute experience on a VR headset which uses a house as a metaphor for Northern Ireland and puts the player in role as a potential resident. The piece was created following a successful run in both West and East Belfast of a live experience through a domestic house. THE HOUSE was created with the Commission for Victims and Survivors, using their research into post conflict inter-generational trauma, 25 years on from the GFA.

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The true story of an amateur historian (Sally Hawkins) battling skepticism and bureaucracy in a quest to locate the final resting place of King Richard III. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2022 - Special presentation - World premiere

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This unpredictable allegorical biopic from a filmmaker with Down Syndrome charts the life of a horned baby through years in captivity and ultimate revenge. Fusing horror, dark comedy, an evocative soundtrack and a foul-mouthed monster, a macabre story of a misunderstood child on a path to controlling their own life.

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A story of the miraculous journey made by swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini who fled as refugees from war-torn Syria all the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2022 - Opening Gala - World premiere

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A tale of two strangers who transform each other's lives, a psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil. Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2022 - World premiere

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It's been years since Stef last left her house. The loss of her brother combined with the quiet dread of the unknown conspiring to keep her inside. When her brother Liam's best friend, Evan, arrives to give her Liam's journal, sparks fly. However, when Stef and Evan start to unpack their shared trauma, they question if their relationship can ever break free from its confines? Caught between Evan's images of a world outside that they could inhabit, and a story of lost love that Stef is translating from a previous generation, Stef must choose the kind of future she wants, and whether Evan will be a part of it.