Projects in genres: Scottish

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An 18 year-old girl arrives at St Andrews University in 2001 to find an alien world of glossy, upper-class girls intent on seducing their fellow student Prince William. Isolated, she finds hope in a mysterious boy who wears a silver jacket.

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'If you want a Ned, I'll give you a fu*king Ned!'

Glasgow, 1973. On the brink of adolescence, young John McGill's about to start secondary school. He's a bright boy, a sensitive boy, eager to learn, but the cards are stacked high against him. The McGill family's dirt poor, his hated father's a drunken bully. His teachers - punishing John for the 'sins' of his older brother Benny - are down on him from the start. John's on his own.

And then there's the gangs. The Neds. Non-Educated Delinquents. The bad boys with weapons and attitude: cheap drugs, glam rock, fumbling sex, the violence and the camaraderie of the streets. Local monsters. Local heroes. Benny's fearsome reputation buys John protection, and then a way in. Scared, resentful, full of rage, John makes his decision. If no one else will give him a chance: fu*k them.

John takes to the savage life of the streets with a vengeance. But as his rage and frustration spin him further and further out of control, he is left facing a blank wall. No future. With one extraordinary chance of redemption.

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Reaney wants to belong. When he runs away from home he has to survive on his own.

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Greer’s weird. Everyone in the Village thinks so... This ravishingly visual short takes the audience on a beautiful journey to its dark heart. Ruth Paxton has written and directed a captivating tragedy where virtue is not rewarded and dreams don’t come true.

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Commissioned as part of the 'Bridging the Gap' production scheme, At Home with the Jedi is a domestic portrait about faith, family and future, meeting the founders of the UK's Church of Jediism, whose galactic ambitions reach far beyond their small town existence.

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In October 2005, five young people were kidnapped in the Highlands of Scotland. Stripped and hunted like animals, like the stags they'd been hunting, their ordeal was filmed and released on the internet, where it became myth. An extreme animal rights group claimed responsibility. It was a statement, a warning to others: 'If you hunt animals, we'll hunt you.'

Blooded  is a thriller. Combining dramatic reconstruction and talking-head interviews with the survivors, Blooded  tells the compelling story behind one of the most extreme internet viral films of all time.

Powerfully acted in the stunning landscape of the Scottish Highlands, this brutal and beautiful tale of extremism reveals a very human story of love, loyalty and betrayal.

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Commissioned as part of the 'Bridging the Gap' production scheme, short documentary Christmas with Dad follows 23-year-old AJ as he and his family prepare for the festive season and the arrival of an eighth child.

With remarkable access and insight the film reveals a young man struggling to define his role as a father, haunted by his own childhood and facing an uncertain future.

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Let Joey Frisk tell you about the worst week of his life.
 
Things are looking up for stand up comedian Joey Frisk - his foul mouthed act has drawn interest from people in high places.  Then he tells one little gag about an old school friend, who just happens to be in the audience, and things begin to unravel - suddenly Frank is everywhere Joey goes, wanting to talk about the old days.
 
A bold, low budget thriller from Scotland, with a powerhouse performace from Stephen McCole (Rushmore, Last Orders).

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This is a short behind-the-scenes documentary about the work of the legendary 'Jumper-Ooters' of Edinburgh, the characters who haunt the nightly Witchery Tours of the Old Town.

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At the start of the bitter Winter War the Soviet Red Army invaded Finnish-Karelia forcing thousands of civilians deep into Finland.

Teenagers Annikki, Inkeri and Hilkka left their families to drive cattle through deep snow and hostile lands. A lifetime later they look back on their adventures.
 

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A high octane cautionary tale about the universal themes of identity, integrity and chasing the dream. A 20-something rites of passage set in post industrial cosmopolitan Britain, it’s a fast moving modern indie with the comedy of Swimming With Sharks and Jerry Maguire, mixed with the sociological drama of Closer and Sideways.

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A 5 year old Scottish boy talks to his father about how a group of little dinosaurs can stop a big dinosaur from picking on them.