Projects in categories: Fiction

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A bold coming-of-rage story where Joy, a Filipino immigrant, and her daughter Grace encounter a darkness that threatens all they have worked for. Joy is an undocumented Filipino immigrant who is struggling to do the best she can for her daughter when she secures the perfect job; taking care of an extremely wealthy but terminal old man. The new position pays well and guarantees a roof over their heads but very soon, Joy and her daughter Grace start to realize everything is not as it seems. Something is festering beneath the surface, threatening all they have worked for. Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2023 - World premiere SXSW Film Festival 2023 Narrative Feature Competition - Winner; Thunderbird Rising Award for Best Debut - Winner

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Sid, an elderly, widowed veteran, lives in a self-imposed isolation with his dog, Ace in the Scottish Highlands. When an identical version of his house appears on the horizon, Sid is forced to investigate a strange window into his future.

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Paul and his family are going for a fun rickshaw ride when a sudden encounter stops them on their way home.

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After murdering a man, the unlikely killer finds that his shadow moves freely and without his control, depicting his past and future actions, upon the walls. And the moments that led up to the fateful act.

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The complexity of an ancient friendship is dissected to hilarious and recognisable effect as old friends Milly and June wait impatiently for each other outside a coffee shop. The longer they wait, the more annoyed they get, causing old resentments to play on their minds.

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An emotional stand-off takes flight as two queer teens struggle to learn how to skateboard, somehow unaware that a sentient netball is after them.

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The loss of a family shop leads a young British Caribbean girl to consider her identity and sense of home. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023

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Life for Maya looks perfect: an athlete, popular, has a loving family, head over heels for her girlfriend Jasmine. However, she’s about to risk it all by inviting Jasmine around. With the help of her grandmother will dinner with her family go smoothly, or will they scare Jasmine off?

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Pilgrimage or purgatory? Every Wednesday Amar endures a 24-mile round trip on foot to the JobCentre and back to sign on. Today the walk is particularly gruelling as he grapples with the recent death of his father, avoiding a phone call he’s too ashamed to face. Official Selection Flickers' Rhode Island Film Festival 2023 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Short Film Competition - European premiere

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After witnessing his wife's illicit affair, a humiliated businessman flees deep into the countryside where he encounters a reclusive war veteran. Together, they strike a maniacal pact to take revenge on the man who cucked him.

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Howard drives his partner Joseph to hospital to undergo a high risk operation. The intimacy of the car, alongside a long forgotten mix tape, sees the masculinity of their forty-year relationship start to yield.

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Kaz’s mum has recently committed suicide and he decides that Boris Johnson is responsible for his mother’s death. Lacking sleep and grieving, Kaz decides to come up with a plan to kill him. What he really needs though, is to speak to someone. Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2023 - La Cinef Selection