Projects in genres: Fantasy

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As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run. Through the night, their journey becomes a terrifying voyage through the heart of darkness, the forest coming to life around them. Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2021 - World Premiere

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In this British folk horror, three siblings in a rural town stumble upon a local community centre and family secrets are unravelled. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Shorts - Weird and Wonderful World

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The film explores the story of Veronica Ghent (Alice Krige) who after a double mastectomy, goes to a healing retreat in rural Scotland with her young nurse Desi (Kota Eberhardt). She discovers that the process of such surgery opens up questions about her very existence, leading her to start to question and confront past traumas. The two develop an unlikely bond as mysterious forces give Veronica the power to enact revenge within her dreams. Official Selection Locarno Film Festival 2021 - World premiere Winner - Best First Feature - Locarno Film Festival 2021 Official Selection Sitges Films Festival 2021 Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Cult Official Selection Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2021

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THE FEAST is told over the course of one evening as a wealthy family gathers for a sumptuous dinner in their ostentatious house in the Welsh mountains. The guests are a local business man and a neighbouring farmer and the intent is to secure a business deal to mine in the surrounding countryside. When a mysterious young woman arrives to be their waitress for the evening, the family’s beliefs and values are challenged as her quiet yet disturbing presence begins to unravel their lives. Slowly, deliberately and with the most terrifying consequences. Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2021 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - First Feature Competition

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Horror-comedy short based on an improbable pub tale from the North East of England. A man walking home from his local one night is tormented by a terrifying sound: The Nicky Nack. Starring Alun Armstrong.

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Head Gamekeeper Abel discovers the thing that is eating his grouse. His blunt and violent response brings the menace back home shattering his already crumbling relationship with his wife. Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2021 Official Selection Sundance Film Festival London 2021

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Deon Williams is missing. And he's not the first. Deon’s mates have their theories on who it might be, always bringing it back to the figures of authority who make their lives difficult. But there is one suspect that stands out the most - the shady proprietor of the rundown chip shop on the edge of the estate with the lisp and unusual skin condition. Something just ain’t right about him. Deon’s brother Junior, resolves to go in and find out the truth.

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A mother and daughter float in life pods in deep space, and battle to keep each other alive, and awake, during their own intergalactic lockdown.

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In a dystopian Britain flooded by climate change, Arya is raised as a militant racist on an isolated island. When a mixed race stranger arrives, she sees the monstrous truth of her world through his eyes. Arya must decide between freedom and justice, and the only home she’s ever known.

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When film censor Enid discovers an eerie horror that speaks directly to her sister’s mysterious disappearance, she resolves to unravel the puzzle behind the film and its enigmatic director - a quest that will blur the lines between fiction and reality in terrifying ways. Steeped in glorious 1980s aesthetics, CENSOR is a bloody love letter to the VHS horror classics of the past. Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2021 - World Premiere Official Selection Berlinale Panorama 2021

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The only British guerrilla-shot homage to the short-lived, acid-western sub-genre of the countercultural era ever made promises a kaleidoscope of blood, guns, satanic nymphs and psychedelic frenzy! A bounty retrieval gone wrong sees gun for hire Caine Farrowood face his toughest challenge yet as he faces a mysterious stranger who holds the key to the truth of his fate.

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After Jill is violently burgled in her first house, she struggles to deal with the resulting paranoia while trying to continue refurbishing.