Projects in genres: Sci-Fi

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During a traumatic accident whilst on a deep-sea dive in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, Olive, a gifted, young marine-biologist discovers an unearthly creature. Losing her dream job, Olive smuggles the creature home, intent on studying it in her basement, unbeknownst to her devoted boyfriend Matt. Whilst struggling to re-adjust to landlocked life and recover from her recent trauma, Olive begins to realise that she and the creature share a symbiotic bond that drives her to carry out its sinister will. Plagued by gruesome nightmares, her fractured memories of what happened during the accident in the depths of the ocean begin to unravel and reveal an eldritch horror far older and malevolent than she could ever imagine, one which she has unwittingly set free. Olive's obsession leads to madness as her discovery consumes her entire humanity, with deadly results for those around her.

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Lorraine believes there's a lost portal to another world in Essex. As she explores time and space with her friends and family will she be proven wrong or be vindicated? “This film will be a Cult Classic” Tim Noakes- Edior, Dazed and Confused “The craziest thing I’ve ever worked on.” Ceephax Acid Crew – Dance Music Producer In this brand new subgenre of surreal British comedy filmmaking, Lorraine Willy of Planet Earth believes there's an ancient lost portal built by Amen Rah somewhere in deep Essex that leads to Sirius. As she explores, time, space and greasy chicken wings with her friends and family, will she be proven wrong by those who think they hold the secrets to her madness or will she be vindicated in her unstoppable quest for the truth?

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When a strange sound wipes out the hearing population, a small group of Deaf people must band together to survive. Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2017 - International Narrative Short Film Selection

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Sophia is grief-stricken, overwhelmed with sadness since the untimely death of her young daughter. In a desperate attempt to achieve some form of closure, she reaches out to Solomon, an occultist with experience in an ancient invocation ritual that Sophia believes will allow her to make contact with her deceased child. Locked away in a remote country house, the disparate pair undergo the long and arduous incantation process, risking both their mental and physical safety as they attempt to access a world beyond our understanding. (LFF brochure) Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Cult Strand

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After a botched art heist in France, a group of friends are left with a body on their hands and the gendarme hot on their trail. They hide the body and make a plan to sell the painting and return home. But as they wait for a chance to escape from their secluded holiday home, they realise the body has gone missing. Paranoia and fear sets in and the friends begin to turn on each other. Soon it is clear there's a killer in the house and the group must figure out who is responsible before they all suffer the consequences.

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Jimmy, an orphan teenager confined to a wheelchair, and Sophie, an elderly, homeless woman, are resigned to separate lives of loneliness, until they discover a shared passion: chess. When they play out the game of their lives, checkmate reveals their true identities and feelings. Two lives, one destiny. Earth.

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It's after her Skin... As Leela's eighteenth birthday approaches the very power that grows wild and strong inside of her is exactly what attracts the most malevolent of creatures...the Cicada. With only her grandparents to guide her, can Leela survive an evil that has already killed both her parents?

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Women in Pictish garb! Tri-partite geometry! Psychedelic sitars! Heavy Magick! The Return from Annwn is a mytho-ecological short film and digital project by Annwn Collective, depicting a trans-dimensional quest to restore cosmic equilibrium through female alignment. Borrowing from Celtic mythology, Pictish symbolism, Japanese butoh dancing and the Western hermetic magic tradition, The Return from Annwn chronicles an atmospheric journey by six summoned spectres through the landscapes of England. Paying equal homage to the filmic rituals of Kenneth Anger and Maya Deren and the aesthetics of 80s fantasy epics, the film performs a form of spiritual archaeology on a world where objects have the power of change and lasers emanate from pineal eyes. The sword must be drawn and the stars realigned! Come forth Guardians of Annwn, come forth!

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200 years after the 'Great Fail'. The world is divided. The Northern Zone led by Fergus and tightly ruled. Everywhere else is The Wilderness. Fergus is accused of a murder he didn't commit and sentenced to exile from The Northern Zone. Bound by familial duty, Cathal and his brothers Cet and Cormac, accompany their exiled father into a bleak and strange wilderness in search of redemption and a new beginning. But They quickly become lost. Cathal becomes increasingly more angry by the choices Fergus makes. Fergus's time is over and Cathal is ready to make his mark on the world.

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Sophie is on the brink of womanhood, in love for the first time, and fighting for her life. She’s anorexic, the result of a battle for control with her overbearing father Ilyas. He’s a chef; when she doesn’t eat, she hits him where it hurts. Stuck in a West Midlands village far from her old friends, in a family that refuses to let her grow up and find her own way, refusing food is her only weapon, and her secret boyfriend Liam her only relief. When Sophie starts having nocturnal visits from a horrifying ghost, everyone she loves dismisses it, believing she’s having anorexic hallucinations. Her credibility lost, Sophie leans on Liam and they become ever more intimate. Suspicious Ilyas cracks down harder, while Sophie’s possessive mother is disturbed, sensing she may lose her virginity. Pressure builds, the anorexia and the attacks increase. Sophie’s life is on the line and a dark family secret surfaces as the battle of wills becomes a battle for survival.

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When two young parents discover their daughter is a magnet for the supernatural, their lives are turned upside down in their bid to protect her. Little Thea's arrival brings with it terrifying entities that threaten her parents Charlie and James' newly formed family. Panic-stricken they turn to Elizabeth, an occult practitioner of great power, who teaches Thea to control rather than be afraid of the dark forces around her. But Charlie sees her daughter is changing; Thea's newfound confidence unleashes something far more malevolent and terrifying than they have ever encountered. An evocative horror story that takes as its inspiration from the seminal horror films of the 1970s. A chilling insight into the sacrifices we make when we bring a new life into this world. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 - World premiere

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Djata is a carefree 12-year-old growing up in the dystopian Homeland. When he finds out that his father Peter has been imprisoned by the authorities and he and his mother are labeled traitors, Djata vows he will not rest until he sees his father again. Based on György Dragomán's multiple award winning novel that has been published in 28 languages. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 - World premiere