Projects in genres: Drama

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A signal from the other side of the universe is received by a hive-like society. Two scientists, Cane and Eva, are chosen to leave their Home planet and journey many light years to find and colonize the distant world that sent this transmission. As their telepathic connection to Home weakens, they begin to question the morality of the mission and the very meaning of their own existence in the isolation of deep space. Boston Science Fiction Festival 2016 - World premiere

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A chronicle of Max Perkins' time as book editor at Scribner. A renowned and highly respected literary editor, Perkins oversaw seminal works by Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. 'Genius' centres on Perkins' relationship with literary giant Thomas Wolfe, a blazing talent with a larger-than-life personality. They formed a complex, transformative and irrepressible friendship that changed the lives of these brilliant but very different men forever. Berlinale 2016 - World premiere

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The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist. Dickinson wrote a poem a day, but only a fraction of her output was published throughout her lifetime. She was extremely shy, but with a wry, lively sense of humour and loved to laugh or to be made to laugh. Her friendships were intense but it was within the family that she found her greatest happiness. Her life is one of quiet dignity, and the poetry magnificent. All the terror and beauty of the world distilled down to the quintessence of meaning and expression. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Official Competition

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A man doles out fifteen years worth of advice to a young woman with thoroughly unexpected results. Official Selection Berlinale 2016 - Generation 14 Plus - World premiere

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Downtown Cairo, 2009. Khalid, a 35-year-old filmmaker is struggling to make a film that captures the soul of his city while facing loss in his own life. With the help of his friends, who send him footage from their lives in Beirut, Baghdad and Berlin, he finds the strength to keep going through the difficulty and beauty of living In the last days of the city. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Debate Strand

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An eight year-old tomboy challenges gender expectations when forced to make an Easter Bonnet with the girls. Then, when confronted with a family with two mums, she begins to question traditional family dynamics. Bravely subverting convention, her vivid imagination and resourcefulness leads her on a journey of discovery around her neighbourhood that will have radical and far reaching effects. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Journey Strand

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A Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio's stars in line. Official Selection Berlinale 2016 - Opening Film (Out of Competition)

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A tense and atmospheric story about a little girl who witnesses an act of horrible violence at home, and how it drives her to despair and obsession.

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A tormented and neglected twelve year old finds solace watching violent spaghetti western movies. When she finds an antique pistol in her late father's belongings she decides to stand up to her tormentors, just like her gun-slinging heroes.

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An aspiring yet dispirited dancer develops an odd relationship with an obscene phone caller. Together they discover an impassioned interest in self-amputation

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A British Nigerian family, fragmented by their personal struggles tries to come to terms with their youngest daughters mutism.

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A young man meets the worn voice of a fading city under the dim lights of a London sex shop.