Projects in genres: Action

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A man lost in a landscape hitches a lift with a stranger.

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Surveilled is a study in psychological manipulation and the perception of justice. Joe Brooke has dark interests. As well as working under the radar for low-level criminals as a surveillance operative, he also has a fascination with serial killers - his bookshelf is filled with biographies on the most notorious murderers of modern times. Ironically, however, Joe’s hometown of Clairmont is the home of the country’s latest serial killer. Three local women have been brutally murdered by an attacker dubbed The Clairmont Murderer, a copycat killer who re-enacts the sickening murders depicted in a series of violent crime novels, the fanatical popularity of which is sweeping through the country. Having recently watched a TV crime show highlighting the case, Joe finds himself embroiled in the world of The Clairmont Murderer when he witnesses some disturbing behaviour in the course of his work.

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Kelly is an assassin, a trained killer and experimental chemist who specialises in poison. She's just turned fifty and has become weary of her lifestyle. Yet the assassin is in her blood - anger and cynicism prevent her from turning her back on killing for money. Especially now. After learning of the brutal rape and murder of her young charge, Sam, Kelly allows an inner rage to take hold and breaks protocol by torturing and killing one of the murderers, leaving his body for the rest of the gang to discover in their warehouse. But the gang is not about to vanish. They are dangerous - organised crime professionals who inhabit Europe's dark underworld - and now it's their turn to seek vengeance. Ignoring desperate phone calls from her superior, Ed, urging her to allow his agency to protect her, Kelly goes on the run and flees to Spain where she attempts to ride out the storm - without success. As her pursuers move ever closer, Kelly needs to draw on radical ingenuity to stay alive, and taps into any opportunity to keep one step ahead of capture and a fate worse than death.

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Christmas, 1995. As Scotland reels from a devastating loss of industry, a man is trapped in an escalating nightmare. Forced to follow a series of bizarre and deadly instructions contained in red envelopes, he is soon stranded in the wilderness, with his fate bound to that of a stranger - a woman he finds caught in the same brutal game.

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A woman's run takes a dark turn.

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A performance artist launches a much-anticipated exhibition, the first since spending a decade in prison for killing her long-term collaborator.

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A family in turmoil, a psychiatrist who refuses to see anything but what he is trained to see, and a priest who fears evil can be more powerful than good. When Tim Baxter's mental health issues begin to spiral out of control, he seems to suffer from a split personality disorder. But is it really all in his mind or something much much worse... "You may see things you're not ready to see..."

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When Jodie goes missing, the world rallies around grieving parents Sally and Paul, but as dark forces circle around the couple secrets long forgotten come to light. All may not be as originally seemed.

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Would you risk your life for your child if they might already be dead? A father must make the ultimate decision when he wakes up to find himself and his son in a burning car.

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Deep in the Scottish Highlands, thieves steal a painting the size of a double bed. They crash during their getaway, and must carry their prize into the mountains to hide. But how did it all come to this? CROOKED FRAMES puts each crook in the frame and tells their story: Nick is quick-witted and iron-willed. The painting will be his no matter what. Davey is just the getaway driver. Nothing bad ever happens to the driver... Right? Lewis only wants to help a mate. He really doesn't know what he's signed up for. Barry just really digs the art you know. Cat wants to escape her own dark secrets. Trevor is spontaneous and fun loving. Even when committing acts of violence. 'Head office'. Well, that's how she's listed in Trevor's phone. Has anyone ever actually met the boss? The strands of their stories entwine and entangle before finally tying together when they find shelter in a mountain bothy: a remote highland hovel. In the middle of nowhere everything unravels as the truth finally emerges. Each of them must face up to what they have done, and in a fight for survival, must decide what they are prepared to do next.

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Set in 1943, the film follows two brilliant intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu (Firth) and Charles Cholmondeley (Macfadyen) who conceived a plan that was dubbed Operation Mincemeat. They would trick the Nazis into thinking that Allied forces were planning to attack southern Europe by way of Greece rather than Sicily. Their plan was to get a corpse, equip it with misleading papers, then drop it off the coast of Spain where Nazi spies would take the bait.

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A weedy charity-shop worker is set on winning the big national talent show. But when the actions of five selfish people cause him to miss his audition, he sets out to seek deathly revenge. It's one lunch break, five spectacular murders. Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2021 - Narrative Spotlight - World premiere