When Colonel Pretis of the UN falls in love with Mathilde, a local girl, during the Balkans war, he lets his passion overcome his sense of duty. Mid life crisis and the beautiful Mediterranean blur the tragedies of war. When he realizes he's fallen into a deadly trap, it's too late.
Mental Block depicts the journey of a young freerunner (Ali) striving to find his own personal route through life using the discipline of parkour, but all motion stops when he reaches the inevitable mental block. Set within inner-city estates Ali discovers the hardest obstacles to overcome are in the mind.
A young girl's carefully crafted magical world shatters when her mother is hospitalised and her estranged grandma comes to stay. The only way grandma can communicate with her is via the fantastical stories she tells. As they battle each other their new roles in the house, they come to terms with their grief.
Grieving the death of her adoptive mother, Alison tries to track down her natural mother to find a replacement 'Mum'. She sends out a videotape as an introduction.
In Kisumu, Kenya, a group of boys create and perform an Aids awareness show for local audiences, based on their own lives as HIV orphans, and their experience of life on the streets. In so doing, they find a voice, and discover a sense of purpose.
Having never left the ship when Nora, a service android, is given the oppertunity to leave her life of menial labour and take part in an mission to save the human species, she believes her dream of freedom will be fullfilled. Narrowly avoiding destruction she crash lands on a desolate planet finding herself stranded and without means of communication. Her journey quickly turns to one of survival both for herself and her fellow androids.
Sourced from content from the Great North Run film archive, concentrating on the audience rather than the runner. Frame layers are arranged across the screen in the direction of the natural panning of the original shots, revealing a unique panoramic view of the content.
Anna is suffering from Alzheimer's disease and is about to enter a nursing home. Lucette, the housekeeper, is packing up the home where Anna has always lived and Clementine, Anna's grandaughter, comes to help and spend the last days in the house with her grandmother.
The classic story of Peter and The Wolf comes brilliantly to life in this animated film, recounting a magical world in which little boys can find the strength and courage to overcome their fears and the ever-present dangers that surround them.
Wayne Wilson is a primo paparazzi who has gained his reputation by stalking his celebrity clients. Feted by an editor who need his skills to increase the circulation of her magazine, he goes on a spree of photograping footballers, models and rockstars, but does not follow his brief. Eleanor the editor is not impressed. To get him to make amends, she sends him to photgraph the reclusive actress May Hudson, who has not been photgraphed for years.
He soon discovers that he cannot get her picture in the conventional manner, as she never leaves her Buckingham mansion. Wayne realises he must try to befriend May's village neighbours of film producers and actors. However they quickly quickly turn their aquaintance with him to their advantage by hatching a plan to have Wayne pose as a movie producer to get May in their movie.
Like the film Sunset Boulevard, May makes a triumphal return to Pinewood Studios when the village has-beens succeed in getting their film funded, but when she discovers Wayne is a lowly paparazzi, she drugs and ties him to the bed.
Kidnapped and helpless Wayne's life as a paparazzi unravels before him!
Bhavesh, Farhan and Kamal all aged 24, are keen number plate collectors. PL4TE5 documents the stories behind their cherished marks, exploring the roots of their fixation, their lifestyles and charts the accumulation of their collection. All three men are easily identifiable by their plates and cars. The plates have become an extension of their identities.
