Projects in genres: Drama

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When a reclusive woman falls in love, it’s easy to fall with her in this tender and sensual story of shocking self-discovery. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Journey Strand BAFTA Film Awards 2020 - Nomination - Best British Short Film

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The Withnail generation had children... and Owen is one of them. His memories of his wild childhood weave a spell on him – or was it the acid he accidentally took as a child? Weaving her spell too is his mother, the free-spirited Marianne. She is supposed to be on her deathbed – but she's not going quietly. The family gather at their crumbling farmhouse for her last birthday. Among the stones and the animals, they prepare for battle. Owen struggles to free himself from Marianne's web and win back his ex-partner Caroline. Along the way he must reckon with uncles, babies, brothers, sisters, children and dads. Love, pain, laughter, wine – and mushrooms. Everyone in this family longs to be free. Their quests play out like a game of hide and seek in the old house – a curiously timeless space full of secrets rich and strange. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Journey Strand - World premiere

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A heartless and cruel drug dealer is forced to see the hurt he's causing. He refuses to change until it is too late, but is it ever too late?

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In her mid-20s, Angie is interviewed as she tries to understand how and why her brother David committed dark and terrible deeds, which led to him being sectioned.

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Great Britain voted to leave the EU. While euphoria and disappointment are mixed among in the population, William goes to visit his parents and discuss about the results of Brexit with his father. Their opposite vision will open old wounds never healed showing that love could be hidden in unexpected choices.

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A six-story complex interwoven drama filmed around the world based on their individual dependencies.

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At his request, Nathan meets up with his childhood friend Edgar, still living in his childhood home. Since then they have become dichotomous, incapable of conversing honestly, but their shared past still lurks in the back of their minds.

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A teenager tries his best to hide his involvement in a violent encounter, attempting to sneak back home after an evening out. However, his family is waiting for his arrival so that they can all eat together. While the night plays out, we follow the conflicted son of a family who is challenged by both the trauma of a recent altercation and his intentions to conceal it by any means from those who would care most, but also expect better.

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Single mother and immigrant Sonia Diaconescu works at a sheltered accommodation scheme. A resident of the scheme has made an official complaint against her, rousing the elderly community into a mob of angry and fearful citizens whose intolerance is palpable.

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A job is just a job, but as with anything, time flies when you’re doing it with your best friend. And today’s no different. We follow Ty & Malcolm as they go about their daily routine. Just another day for two really good friends conducting business as usual. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2020

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In 1970, the Miss World competition took place in London, hosted by US comedy legend, Bob Hope. At the time, Miss World was the most-watched TV show on the planet with over 100 million viewers. Claiming that beauty competitions demeaned women, the newly-formed Women’s Liberation Movement achieved overnight fame by invading the stage and disrupting the live broadcast of the competition. Not only that, when the show resumed, the result caused uproar: the winner was not the Swedish favourite but Miss Grenada - the first black woman to be crowned Miss World. In a matter of hours, a global audience had witnessed the patriarchy driven from the stage and the Western ideal of beauty turned on its head.

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Laurie, a cynical schoolgirl, builds and nurtures a secret friendship with Pete, an older man who's apparently obsessed with her. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Love Strand- World premiere