Projects in genres: Sci-Fi

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Jamie and Sofia Cooper's marriage is on the rocks, when they wake up one morning to find they can no longer touch. How will they save their union?

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As a world-renowned professional killer tests out his latest fly-killing machine, he comes face to face with a fly that refuses to die...

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15-year-old Lara lives with her father and her strict governess, Miss Fontaine, in total isolation, and is struggling to find an outlet for her curiosity and burgeoning sexuality. When a carriage crash nearby brings a young girl into the family home to recuperate, Lara is enchanted by the eponymous Carmilla. The pair strike up a passionate relationship, which strikes fear in the heart of Miss Fontaine, and a complex triangulate emerges between the three women. Local rumours of an evil supernatural presence fuel Miss Fontaine's concern for Lara's wellbeing, and with the exhortation of the family doctor, Fontaine seeks to put an end to the relationship for good.

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HANGING BY A THREAD is my final BA Animation film, highlighting the struggle of loneliness and irrational thought.

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A man receives a phone call from someone claiming to be his future self.

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A woman drunkenly wrecks her big family house. Soon it turns out that her past haunts her, throwing her into a whirlwind of emotions and projections as she tries to piece together what happened to her; the psyche of a woman pushed beyond the limits of sanity is explored...

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ROSALYN is about the fears, emotions and anxieties that arise with pregnancy. Our central character, Rose, feels threatened by, and resentful of the volatility of her own body.

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Alice, a single mother, is a dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. She has engineered a very special crimson flower, remarkable not only for its beauty but also for its therapeutic value: if kept at the ideal temperature, fed properly and spoken to regularly, this plant makes its owner happy. Against company policy, Alice takes one home as a gift for her teenage son, Joe. They christen it ‘Little Joe’ but as it grows, so too does Alice’s suspicion that her new creations may not be as harmless as their nickname suggests. Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2019 - Competition - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Dare Strand

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A sci-fi short set in the aftermath of an eco-disaster. An abandoned nuclear reactor under the biblical town of Bethlehem has been converted into an enormous orchard. Using heirloom seeds collected in the final days before the apocalypse, a group of scientists are preparing to replant the soil above. In the hospital wing of the underground compound, the orchard’s ailing founder is on her deathbed, as her young successor, who is born underground, comes to visit her. The talk between the two scientists soon evolves into an intimate dialogue about memory, exile and inherited trauma. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Official Short Film Competition - Experimenta Strand

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A magic realist tale of chance, karma and retribution inspired by the Brothers Grimm fable The Wanderers. On an isolated peninsula, a small band of outsiders and survivalists, led by an enigmatic, but fading and delusional matriarch, are severely tested by the unexpected arrival of two strangers. As the two strangers rivalry runs its course, the leadership of this out-of-the-way community is increasingly called into question and an extraordinary chain of events ensues.

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Detectives Skye Steele and Inspector Miles Davies solve a kidnapping case that draws them into a 3000 year old supernatural mystery. A mystery that threatens to bring a new darkness throughout 1930s Europe. Is the enormity of the challenge too much for our heroes?

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Kiera is being bullied at school. She’s the nerdish captain of the a cappella club and an easy target. Or so it seems. In fact, her a cappella club possess a secret, supernatural power: when they sing 'The Devil’s Harmony’, listeners are sent into a state of never-ending sleep. Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2020 - Shorts Programme