Projects in genres: Drama

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Set over an idyllic English summer holiday, the four Walker children and their sailing rivals, the Blacketts, run amok in their boats against the stunning backdrop of the Lake District. The Walkers sail the agile Swallow and the Blacketts commandeer The Amazon, making camp on a nearby island. Their world is one of imagination – filled with pirates and canons, where boats are captured and the enemy has to walk the plank. But when family friend, Uncle Jim is revealed to be a spy, our motley crew are forced to put down their imaginary swords and band together to protect him from his Soviet enemies. An inspiring adventure for all the family, based on Arthur Ransome’s beloved children’s classics.

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The directional debut from Scottish director Graeme Maley, a gritty and poetic Nordic-noir about digital revenge set over three nights in the permanent winter darkness of Iceland’s capital. The freezing city of Reykjavik provides a backdrop for a story of digital revenge and dirty secrets. When Ada shows Ingvar a ‘parent porn’ website where a local teen has hacked his mum’s webcam and been secretly filming her having a string of one night stands, Ingvar becomes fixated. He recognises the place where the original parent porn was filmed leading him to its teenage maker, a path ripe with danger, regrets and guilt. Ingvar’s life is changed forever… Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 - World premiere

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A grief-stricken video archivist becomes increasingly obsessed with the meaning behind a sinister television signal hijacking.

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A young British girl of Ghanaian descent goes on holiday to Accra, Ghana for the first time. Staying with her wealthy Aunty Barbara, Jennifer meets Efua, a young domestic maid who Aunty Barbara treats very harshly. Jennifer struggles to watch this treatment however she is forced to because of cultural restrictions.

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A young British Muslim undercover cop is given the task of shadowing a football gang on their European tours. Sequel to the ground-breaking 1995 film ID.

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Elias is a 'fallen angel' given a second, pathetic life, after dying young from an accidental overdose. Forced by higher powers to work as a 'cupid' on Earth, he is forbidden from pursuing love himself, namely Mary, his true love. He decides to finally end his cruel existence and, ultimately, his heartbreak.

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Through the thoughts of a young man, we travel between parallel realities to find the one where he can be eternally happy.

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PullTagKnot. At a young age I grew a dislike for my hair, morning nightmare of tangles and despair. It was not only the hassle but the scrutiny by the other schools kids and their curiosity. This led me towards a black woman's dream. a chemical altering tub of white cream...

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A loving, close-knit family falls apart as we hurtle through the Seventies into the divorce boom of the Eighties. Many years later, when the family home is sold, hindsight and fragments of childhood memory combine to reveal the full story. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Love Strand

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A single-mum family are driven to extreme behaviour when they are evicted from the house they live in illegally and replaced with second-generation immigrants.

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Set in the world of illegal bike-racing, the film charts the journey of a young woman whose brother is killed on the streets of London in a hit-and-run, and who then must push herself to her mental and physical limits to find justice.

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When a strange sound wipes out the hearing population, a small group of Deaf people must band together to survive. Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2017 - International Narrative Short Film Selection