Projects in genres: Drama

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MY FERAL HEART is an award-winning, understated character study bolstered by critically acclaimed performances, distinctive cinematography and a deeply evocative score. A warm-hearted yet hard-hitting drama about new beginnings, the power of unforeseen friendships, and the remarkable effect of one young man on the people he meets. A sudden bereavement forces Luke, a fiercely independent young man with Down syndrome, into a daunting new environment where he finds unexpected support from Eve a feisty, streetwise carer, and Pete, a complex local lad dealing with his own demons. Luke’s search for solace leads to an encounter with a desperate young girl in need of help. While friendships bloom, long-buried secrets are revealed, and Luke verges dangerously close to disaster. (Emma Boa, Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 brochure)

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A hard-hitting drama based on the true story of a young woman who must deal with the devastating effects of having a murderer for a brother. Anne Marie O’Donnell pieces together the harrowing events that lead to the murders by her brother Brendan in the forest of East Clare, Ireland, of a young mother, her son and the curate, Father Joe Walsh. Piece by piece, as her story unfolds Anne Marie reveals the neglect by the state, the brutal physical beatings that her brother suffered as a child at home and the sexual abuse and rape inflicted by his nightmarish parish Priest whilst in his care. Ultimately, mistakes and lost opportunities all lead to tragic consequences.

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Roxanne, a young homeless woman, crosses unexpectedly with an ex-boyfriend on the streets of London.

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In a post-apocalyptic industrial town, a father and his daughter embark on an adventure in search of a better world. Searching for Sunnyvale is a mixed-media animated short film developed and funded through Creative England's scheme iShorts, an extraordinary tale of paternal love, hope, imagination and... tinned pineapple.

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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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One Saturday morning, a middle aged couple decides to make love in their car in the driveway to put a spark back in their marriage - only to find it has rather the opposite effect..

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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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Sebastian, 18, needs a new heart but the search for a donor remains futile. At his lowest ebb, he spurns the attentions of Emily, 16, a terminal leukaemia patient. Sebastian is elated when a donor becomes available, but when Emily disappears, Sebastian discovers her very special gift to him.

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A random act of theft that has put Tom Hammond's life in a tailspin. His most treasured possession, a photograph of him with his son Luke... their last moment of shared happiness, has been stolen from his bookshop. “The story is a simple one, made up of fragmented memories, the present and the past, told out of chronology. Love, loss, terror… and the hopeful promise of change.” (Danny Huston) Edinburgh International FIlm Festival 2017 - World premiere

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Tasha, 16, is a strong-willed young girl who learns that her mother’s partner, Charlie, is not her real father. When her older sister, Jenny, tells Tasha of a man only referred to as ‘The Viking’ who appeared when Tasha was a baby, she becomes convinced this mysterious ‘Viking’ is her long-lost father and resolves to track him down. As Tasha begins her quest to find her father on the ferry to Norway, life takes unexpected turns back home. Jenny has moved into her own flat, and the only son in the family, Danny, struggles with the prospect of becoming a father. Landing in Norway Tasha befriends Marta, a local girl who agrees to help her find her father. But will she find him and what will happen to her family while she is away? Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 - World premiere

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This is the story of Joseph and Ria, two kindred spirits who forge an unlikely friendship. Both are looking for a way out until they find each other and their friendship gives them both a glimpse of something more. But it is destined to end in the most extreme of circumstances if either is to escape the confines of their lives and get away for good. A story of love, of loss and of hope played out against the magical backdrop of the northern English seaside town of Blackpool. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 - World premiere