Projects in genres: Scottish

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Fetch tells the story of Colin doing his best to convince his uncooperative dog Cumberland to play fetch.

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A mockumentary which traces the life of Scottish director Bob McArthur who worked in Hollywood until the early 1970s. His career as a director was effectively ended in 1974 when production of his South American film was halted by its producer. He returned to Scotland to research and develop a film project about Robert Louis Stevenson. Following in the author's footsteps, McArthur disappeared for years in the South Seas.

Now McArthur is being honoured in Scotland with a lifetime achievement award. As the award ceremony approaches, his story is uncovered through archive material and the memories and opinions of those who have known him.

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A masterclass of minimalist expressionism by a class master. Dave Heron provides 33 classic expressions as a unique guide for all budding actors, two faced gits and prospective brazen liars.

'Dave taught me everything I know about acting' - L. Olivier.

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Like young lovers, a couple dance in the snow. When death strikes, Madeleine freezes over. Eventually her heart melts; at Bernard’s side she says goodbye.

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Trudy Jones-McCrone of Trude Films is the larger lady who is desperate to make a film but no-one is taking her seriously. Her skinny flatmate and wannabe super star actor, Luna Sea believes that he’s the best around but no-one else does. When his routine audition scene based at the bus stop, fails to win him the part in a TV pilot with producer/director/w**ker Vic Young, Luna convinces Trudy to produce his not so hot script, My Life as a Bus Stop. A mockumentary about people just trying to get on from the award winning and critically acclaimed indie filmmakers ’The Finnigans’.

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A docudrama about the life of musician Schneider TM.

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Set on and around the poorest place in the USA, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Rez Bomb is a love story/thriller about a Lakota girl and a white guy who are very much in love but get into trouble with a brutal money lender and must bail themselves out.

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Sacrificed is the story of Amber, a dowdy student who buys a dagger in an antiques shop, with the knife comes Sybilinka idol. The idol soon posesses Amber sending her on a blood thirsty killing spree. She eventually invites all her female friends over to her newly aquired mansion house where they have the sleepover from Hell.

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Snowtime is the sequel to the multi-award winning short Fetch. We re-join Colin as he takes Cumberland for a walk in a snowstorm. Colin complains about the weather while Cumberland does his best to ignore him.

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The Stone of Destiny was used for centuries in the coronations of the monarchs of Scotland until it was captured in 1296 by Edward I and taken to Westminster Abbey where it resided for over six and a half centuries. Stone of Destiny tells the true story of how on Christmas Day 1950, four Scottish students took the stone from Westminster Abbey, hid it in Kent for a few weeks before returning it north to Scotland. It is based on the book The Taking of the Stone of Destiny, written by Ian Hamilton, the leader of the students.

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The Clan gives a unique insight into a dark world of crime, corruption and violence lying deep within the Scottish Highlands. The story unveils the existence of two feuding crime families that have evolved from ancient Scottish Clans, The McKinleys and the McNabs.

The film focuses on the relationship that has blossomed between the two youngest members of each Clan, Cal McKinley and Nicole McNab, struggling to cope with the daily brutal savagery they are being forced to endure. When they decide to run off together, they realise that escaping from the claws of their Clans would never be easy.

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Sue is the kind of guy who irons his pants and understands the use of the apostrophe; Kylie, his younger brother, has spent years trying to ignore him; but what will happen if Custer comes back into their life? Does he deserve one last chance? This darly comic film follows the emotional journey of two brothers.

From morning through to night as they try to come to terms with their relationship with their father who stumbles back into their lives for a moment one dark Christmas night.