Projects in categories: Artist Project and Video / Experimental

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A lonely old man's home is invaded by a teenage girl in trouble. At first he is reluctant to help her, but soon realises that protecting her gives him a reason to still be alive. Unfortunately her troubles catch up with her and a difficult choice has to be made.

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Iota is the powerful story of loss and rediscovered communication within a remote and voiceless family.

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Public location - Private acts - Moments of intimacy, crisis and transformation in an Edwardian ladies public lavatory. Ladies come and go, insignificant objects are left behind. All is silently witnessed by the attendant who carefully preserves these small discarded fragments of women's hidden lives.

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Jake longs to play football with the older boys in his street. When he inadvertently ends up with the ball, Jake discovers that friendship can come at a price.  

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A woman, Sarah, drives through the night, back and forth, visiting her dying mother. She smokes, listens to advice on the mobile phone but most of all she thinks and dreams. Will her mother live or die and which outcome does she long for most? One thing is certain: she and her mother have never seen eye to eye, never even been able to share a joke.

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A twelve-year old Pakistani Muslim boy mistakenly crosses the minefield strewn border into India and finds an unusual ally - Bhola, a Hindu school teacher who must find a way of hiding him from Indian soldiers looking for the 'terrorist' who crossed over.

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Why shoudn't a young girl walk home alone? This dark little tale plays on our anxieties about girls walking through the countryside alone but this little girl has a powerful secret.  

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Ben, a sensitve and small 11-year-old, faces bullying at school and neglect at home. His mother can barely cope with her own problems and is completely insensitive to those of her son. Ben becomes deeply traumatised when an associate of his mother's locks him in an isolated warehouse overnight in an attempt to force her to work. Driven beyond endurance by the harsh adult world he lives in, the child finds a chilling resolution to his problems.

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A short film about a young, shy boy named Will, who is on work experience at an Employment Centre. Will has a unique and special gift giving him a deeper insight and understanding into the lives of people he encounters during his day. These visions contrast sharply with the preconceptions of his colleague, Prakash, who is showing Will 'the ropes'. However, when a man wearing a jinxed watch visits the centre Will is forced to act on his supernatural instincts.

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Life repeats itself over and over for Mr Theobald, just another cog in society's machine, until something changes his way of thinking in a darkly humorous modern fairy tale mixing live action and animation.  

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James feels an itch, then a scratch, then a nip. He has nits. But for a seven year old, there are some things even more worrying than hair lice. When his parents return from the hospital James learns that grown-ups can sort out the nits, but there are some things they can't explain so easily.  

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Northern soul tells the story of Mark Sherbet. A lonely young man who is obsessed with American wrestling. His dream is to become a professional wrestler and compete against his hero’s in the WWE. There’s only one problem, he weighs nine stone and has the pain threshold of a two year old child. We begin our story with Mark in his tiny bedsit. His room is a shrine to the WWE. Stone Cold Steve Austin Bedspread and Curtains. ‘The Rock’ Wallpaper and Hollywood Hulk Hogan dinner service for one. The shelves display over 300 wrestling figures, ostentatious replica belts and many other items of WWE paraphernalia collected over the last 20 years. From the solitude of his bedsit he talks of his ambition to become WWE champion. Everything has been planned down to the finest detail. His wrestling name - “The Purple Salamander” His special wrestling moves - “The Checkerboard and How d’ya like them apples”. Estimated time until champion - “One year”. We chart the highs and lows of Mark’s journey around the wrestling halls of Great Britain, as he tries to launch the career of ‘The Purple Salamander.” Although he is ridiculed and suffers many physical injuries, his endless sense of hope, and undying enthusiasm for the sport is hugely endearing. Although the world of wrestling may never know his name, Mark ‘Salamander’ Sherbet deserves his chance to fail. This film is dedicated to all of those who chase implausible dreams.