Projects in genres: Fantasy

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Odin has dispatched his knights, led by Elvind, to eradicate the Forest Elves, the Huldra, from Asgard. Maiken and her sisters Thyra and Lisbet are the last. Maiken and Thyra have conflicting plans for survival. Can the siblings work together and survive the last Odin hunt?

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In an alternate world where having sex means swapping bodies with the other person, a young woman struggles to be herself, defying her small conservative community where swapping is taboo. A deeply intimate portrait of identity in transition. Official Selection Tampere Film Festival 2023

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In reverence to the British paintings that watch over her from inside a desolate stately home, a young Pakistani girl aspires to become the perfect upper-class lady.

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Annag is lost and alone, fighting for her sanity. Awake and dreaming, she is drawn to the shoreline, yearning for the deep coastal waters. By day she feels the eyes of The Herring Girls on her trying to hide her slipping grasp of reality. Do they know something she doesn’t?

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The gothic story of Dracula is reimagined in a solitary séance in which an animated pop-up book serves as a conduit for Dracula’s curse to re-enter the modern world. The participating audience are 'The Invited'. One guest at a time enters a dark room and is presented with a theatrical set up containing an AR device and a hand crafted pop-up book. Each turn of the page reveals an intricate kirigami world that fills with AR holograms to tell the story of Vampire X’s unholy desires. The 15 minute experience is an emotionally touching, uniquely poetic, haunted ride through the torments of unconsummated love. Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2023 - XR Experience Competition

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A blind ballet dancer is being stalked by Tommy, a dissociative identity disorder (split personality) street artist. A surreal image of Tommy descending the lonely path of the seeker, his suit made bespoke. A blind ballet dancer. Both will be on Wolfman Radio. Some say that there is a permanent and a temporary personality within a human being. A twisting walkabout in the worlds of separateness beyond dreams and reality. Unfolding with the logic of a dream, which can be interpreted but never explained. Punctuated by a series of occurrences that twist and turn where the lamb becomes the wolf. 4th International Film Festival of Crete & Awards 2023 - World Premiere - Best Feature Film Award, Best Script, Best Female Actor, Best Male Actor

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Set within the fictional smart city of SimBeijing, the CGI animation follows a self-driving car as they discuss their troubles with their built-in therapy program called Guanyin. The video is made within the custom-made virtual world of SimBeijing: an intelligent replica of the Chinese capital built to test self-driving cars. In this fictional scenario, the smart city has turned into a ghost town. Accompanied by CGI drive-through renders of SimBeijing, the narrator of this video is the eponymous ‘Theta’, a self-driving police car who patrols the streets of an uninhabited cityscape. Over the course of their dialogue with Guanyin, Theta reveals the darker reasons behind why the city has been abandoned... Continuing Lawrence Lek’s ongoing ‘Sinofuturist’ cinematic universe, in which he explores the psychological impact of technology on emerging forms of nonhuman life. Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023 - Ammodo Tiger Short Competition

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After a tough day navigating the worries and stresses of her loved ones, an empathetic young woman struggles to find space for her own care.

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Attempting to make some extra money a young woman decides to rent out some of the spare rooms of her parents' house as a bed and breakfast, unsuspecting that you really need to be very careful as to whom you invite into your home. ROSEMARY'S BABY meets SCANNERS and KILL LIST.

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In a reimagined future a King of a Nigerian village passes. The kingmakers consult with traditional Gods - Ayo, an unsuspecting young man from Southeast London, has been selected as the new Oba. Ayo is plunged into a surreal journey of reconnection and discovery as he ascends to the throne.

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A Baker experiences the paranormal in his basement.

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Two young soldiers across enemy lines fall in love and find escape from their oppressive environments in this musical drama. Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2023