Projects in genres: Woman Director

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Set in a sleepy Fenland village, Backroads is a story about the essential humanity of those who find themselves caught up in sex slavery; and how cultural blindness, complacency, prejudice and inaction can cause just as much damage as any calculated crime. It is also a film that makes the audience think about and appreciate what they have.

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This film is about the history of the swastika and the power of this global symbol. The film contains interviews with representatives from several faiths/cultures talking about what the symbol means to their particular faith and whether the Nazi use of the swastika has affected the symbol's meaning to their community.

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Sheamy, an Irish ex-priest recently released from prison, arrives in London searching for his former mentor in faith, Father Brendan. Sheamy becomes romantically involved with Londoner, Katie, a survivor of rape who wants to get her sex life up and running again! As their relationship develops, Katie's demons are laid to rest but Sheamy's explode. Sheamy reveals that he was sexually abused as a boy by Father Brendan, but frames it as a 'great love'. Katie appalled leaves him. Sheamy facing the truth goes crazy and branding Father Brendan a hypocrite attacks him in a church while Fr Brendan is saying Mass. He is arrested and again is set to return to prison. Is Sheamy trapped, doomed by past, fate – or can he finally find justice?

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Anthony watches a boxing match with his nephew, Jovan. Anthony heads to the shops, and returns to eerie silence in the flat – he will never see his nephew again. 'Blue' examines the notion of family and the fragility of relationships, as grief shatters Anthony’s perception of time.

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On her 16th birthday in a small factory town in North Wales, Tina dreams of escaping her inevitable blue collar destiny - the production lines of the local chicken factory. Frustrated by her lack of choices Tina yearns to raise her status above the expected. But will she fail? A poetic tale of the journey from childhood to adulthood.

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The story of a young boy from Nepal who spends his days working on a road development breaking up stones. His family were internally displaced during the insurgency in nepal and he left school in order to support the family.

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A young woman's perspective on her albinism.

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Taking the form of an experimental portrait, 'Celestial' explores the poetry of the sky, a space of fascination and contemplation.

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Charon, the demon sailor over the river Styx, sets off on a journey to recover his mortality. He renounces his role as ferryman for the dead and sails away in search for the archetypical home, the mythical place of his childhood where he can finally abandon his boat and die.

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Recently there have been massive, unprecedented rises across world markets in the value of Jade. It is now 40 times more valuable than gold. This part observational, part impressionistic study of a day in the life of a Muslim community, illustrate their hopeful efforts to discover Jade in the harsh conditions of a dried-up river bed in a remote town on the Silk Road in Western China.

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A visual and poetic insight into crane drivers' lives, the film is a must-see for anybody who has ever wondered what it is like to work hundreds of feet above the ground, only surrounded by a small metal cage.

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It's nearing 3am. Rob and Eric arrive home with a clatter. Before long the residents of four flats are disturbed from their sleep. As sounds travel, so do we, dipping into the worlds of these neighbours. As we leave, the unassuming actions of one may threaten them all.