Projects in categories: Fiction

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A right-to-die evangelist must confront their morality as a routine visit is thrown off course by a shocking revelation

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Narrated by Emilia Fox, THE BEACHCOMBERS is a debut short film by Kakapo Arts Ltd. Based on a poem by Jon Lawrence, it tells the story of Bronwyn (Bronnie) who, having lost her father as a child, returns home to search for her father’s true legacy.

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A Latin American woman fighting for the representation of her community in the UK ends up trapped in a bureaucratic nightmare.

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In a near-future world where you can discover your Death Day, an apolitical woman learns that she and many Black people have been given incorrect dates and seeks justice before her time runs out - that same day.

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Things turn sour when an amateur improv class meet for the first time, after one of the group misjudges the situation...

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A young woman goes to the police to report her husband for domestic abuse, but rather than finding the relief she longs for, she faces a gruelling interrogation.
BIFA (British Independent Film Awards) Nomination 2022 - Best British Short

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A darkly comic, character-driven thriller following Ewan, a government whistleblower, and Silke, his forthright Flemish wife, as they are sent to a remote country house in west Belgium. Joined by two close protection officers, they await the arrival of a British journalist.

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Two star-crossed lovers disrupt the life of a middle-aged woman when her 70 year old mum with dementia elopes with a younger man. The daughter realises she's losing the most important relationship in her life - the one she has with her son, who has colluded in the escape plan.

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Coming face-to-face after being estranged for over a decade, divorced couple, Idris and Patricia, opt to revisit the past and traverse that treacherous path together, emerging open to new beginnings.

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A young man confronts his troubled past and reflects on his torn relationship with his older brother in a confined space.

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Having been supporting her family in China alone for decades, the dry-cleaning shop owner meets a new customer, who liberates her from the lonely and colourless life in this foreign land. As a loyal wife who has been sticking to her family responsibilities, she shows doubt in her belief...

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A non-acrimonious but sudden divorce wrenches the gay, working-class born Emeka out of a decade-long hiatus living the middle-class dream, landing him back in the childhood council house he hoped he'd left behind.