Projects in genres: Sci-Fi

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In a world where everyone has a partner, a woman from the secluded society of rejected singles, known as the Leftovers, takes a bold leap of faith on a revolutionary new dating app, risking everything for one last chance at love.

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Joe is consumed by a recurring dream that won’t let him go, always threatening to surface in reality.

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Joe is consumed by a recurring dream that won’t let him go, always threatening to surface in reality.

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In an isolated religious community ruled by men the Pastor’s daughter, Magpie, murders her abusive husband. In the process, she unleashes a malevolent force – a Beast with shimmering white eyes and a taste for foul men. Suspicion and paranoia grip the community, and accusations are thrown at Magpie. The Pastor is unable to bring her back into ‘The Truth’, as the Beast’s allure takes its hold over her. When the Beast leaves a trail of gruesome carnage, a brutal witch hunt begins and the community spirals into darkness.

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The film is set in a future where prejudice has forced mixed-species families of AI and humans to flee their homes. It centres around the daughter who tries to reunite with her father by breaking down the barrier that separates them.

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A visually-arresting, psychologically layered journey through shifting states of consciousness. The film follows Pandemonia, a London-based conceptual artist who exists as a living artwork - an anonymous avatar navigating both real and constructed worlds. Against the stark backdrop of London’s high-rises, Pandemonia enters a mysterious castle whose corridors, stairways, and chambers form a labyrinth of the mind. Reality and the subconscious intertwine as each ascent reveals dreamlike spaces, elusive memories, and fragmented versions of self. The castle becomes a metaphor for identity - unstable, multifaceted, and shaped by the interplay of perception and projection. The work emerged from a unique collaboration with Chinese film maker Tim Yip, who provided a unseen film footage from the Love Infinity project. Using William Burroughs’ cut-up technique, these discarded fragments were deconstructed and reassembled into a new narrative through editing, animation, and digital manipulation. The film’s atmosphere is further enriched by an original score from Taiwanese musicians Code Wu and April Red, whose soundscapes heighten its hypnotic pull. Blurring the lines between found footage, conceptual performance, and cinematic dream, THE CASTLE invites viewers to explore the unstable architectures of selfhood in our image-saturated, digital age.

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Britain… the near future. Earth is dying and another home needs to be found. The EXO1 launch is the only hope. Trapped in an abusive relationship, a woman makes desperate choices to escape, and claim her place on the launch. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024

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Charting the thrilling unravelling of a Chinese father in his 50s, who feels invisible in British society, as something unknown is manifesting inside of him. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2024 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - Short Film Competition - European premiere Official Selection SXSW Film & TV Festival 2025 BAFTA Film Awards 2025 - Nomination - Best British Short Film

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A personal essay film centring on a sci-fi B-movie shot in Hemel Hempstead about the arrival of a non-human entity infiltrating the minds of residents with a toxic black slime. Playing a composite character of herself and the movie’s detective protagonist, filmmaker Danielle Dean brings together real and imagined worlds, past and present. Official Selection New York Film Festival 2024 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - European premiere

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Olly sifts through his memories searching to understand why he is the way he is. The narrative swings between two contrasting worlds: his memories of his first years, captured by his childhood drawings, and surreal underwater live-action scenes representing his dreams. We witness fragmented memories of a torn family - an abusive father, a mother whose memory seems faded, and a sister, Sally, encouraging her little brother to escape through imagination and dreams. As memory and fantasy blur, The Time Before becomes a meditation on the stories we tell ourselves to survive, and what is lost in the telling. Official Selection Aesthetica Film Festival 2024

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Lawrence Lek directs an animated court drama where the defendant is a driverless car accused of kidnapping its own creator. Setting the premise for the artist to address themes like accountability, agency, the (already happening) use of AI in the justice system, and the future of class struggle. Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2025

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Max and Ricky find themselves the prey of an angry vampire, they must ditch their plans to hide out at home. When a pizza delivery shows up, can they risk letting the driver in? Can Max find the courage to face the one thing worse than death - coming out?