Projects in genres: Drama

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Jennifer, a controlling mother, interferes in her nine-year-old daughter's audition in order to live out her own dreams. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025 - World premiere

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Kemi, a Nigerian mother in London, believes her deaf daughter Sola can be cured through a pastor’s ritual. Torn between her son Yomi’s frustration, family pressures, and her own doubts, Kemi struggles with faith, tradition, and the complexity of a mother’s love. Official Selection Dinard Festival of British & Irish Films 2025

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A 1980s popstar receives a surprising invitation to perform, pulling him out of musical retirement and into a moral dilemma. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025 - Short Film Competition - World premiere Official Selection Belfast Film Festival 2025 Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2026 BAFTA Film Awards 2026 - Nomination - Best British Short Film

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“Just because you can’t see something doesn’t mean it’s not real.” Mags summons the powers of the sky in an attempt to seek justice for her late sister. A haunting exploration of grief, revenge and the unseen forces we overlook. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025 - World premiere

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9 year-old Marla is having her first sleepover with her best friend Lola. Despite her nan's reservations, the sleepover is at her fun-loving dad's house. But when they're playing Marla finds something that changes the course of the sleepover and the dynamics of her relationship with her dad forever.

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A young man, torn between want and needs, allows a phone call to choose his destiny. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025

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An anxious young man, Ruari, arrives to meet his dad, Liam, in their local pub. They reminisce about the past, as Ruari struggles to share some big news. Conversation turns to Liam’s alcoholism, which resulted in the breakdown of Liam’s marriage to Ruari’s Mum, Bridget. As tensions rise over the strained father-son relationship, Ruari finally tells his dad the reason for their impromptu meeting – he has Motor Neurone Disease. He is going to die. The shock forces them to finally connect and talk properly, as they realise what is ahead of them. Desperate, Ruari asks his dad to help him break the news to his mum. Liam, reluctant at first, downs another pint, and it hits Ruari that his dad is drinking non-alcoholic beer. As Bridget, Ruari’s mum, walks through the door, Liam is caught in the headlights by the family reunion. In tragedy and celebration, and with their differences finally set aside, we know that these two men will navigate their days ahead, together. Official Selection Galway Film Fleadh 2026

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In a world where blood and memory intertwine, a seasoned sensei discovers an ancient bracelet said to defy death itself. Desperate for vengeance against his wise brother now a leader who has overshadowed him. The Sensei performs a forbidden ritual to revive two fallen warriors: a pair of blood brothers whose bond was once unbreakable. But when they return, their memories are fractured. They don't recognize each other, their loyalty is uncertain, and the sensei finds himself caught in a storm of violence, betrayal, and confusion. As the brothers show threats of clash in combat, the sensei must make the impossible choice: which of the two will stand by his side to bring down his own flesh and blood. Every strike draws him closer to his revenge, yet every drop of blood reminds him of the cost. In the end, vengeance may come not only with the death of his brother but with the death of the very family he tried to control. A bloody, action-packed short film of fractured brotherhood, haunting memories, and the heavy price of revenge.

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A retired physicist, tormented by decades of guilt for not having saved his wife from breast cancer, believes he has finally found a chance at redemption. Thirty-five years after her death, he visits a small café on the outskirts of London, where a young waiter he is about to meet, seemingly by chance, turns out not to be a stranger at all.

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A man on parole, a struggling mother, and a pair of drug-dealing brothers each become part of a dizzying multiplicity of plots, but one story. A working class drama focusing on social mobility, disillusionment, and the struggles of working class people. Seen through the perspectives of three characters, the film is loosely based on real life events and uses a mixture of professional and first time actors.

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A family band. Three burnt out brothers, an undervalued sister, a cornucopia of addictions, oversized egos, murderous resentments, delusions of grandeur, washed out morals and rapidly fading success culminates in a whirlwind dark comedy. A portrait of chasing success in the music industry, exposing the toll of addiction and the mental battles that come with the price of ambition.

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In Northern England estranged brothers reunite in a remote cabin. Forced to confront their painful upbringing, they try to process their separate journeys as a result of generational and lived trauma. Official Selection New York Film Festival 2025 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025 - European premiere