Projects in genres: Drama

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A conflicted young socialite, uses his French elitist and street level social circles to sell drugs, until he receives some advice from an unlikely soothsayer. English/French language film.

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Jess and Jason meet at the bus station of a seaside town, seeing each other in daylight for the first time. What at first seemed exciting, forbidden, and divinely careless soon threatens to be a regretful experience for both. This is not how things were meant to be.

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London, a myriad of human lives intertwined by circumstance yet separated by experience. Eve's story is just one of millions set on the rocky road between happiness and tragedy. A life once heading towards seeming bliss, now in ruins. But not without hope.

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A man with learning difficulties believes a poem in a greeting card means something.

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The experimental student film ’The Befuddled Box of Betty Buttifint’ examines the fractured memory of Betty, an elderly woman whose confused mind provides the framework for a journey through the vivid landscape of her past as she struggles to make sense of the symbolic stages of her life. Blurring the line between reality and memory, featuring ensemble performance, dance and song, the film seeks to explore the emotional fabric of which we are made. 'Befuddled' is ultimately a poetic reflection of the life, loves and losses in one woman’s fading world.

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Heather works in a helpline call centre. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man, she has no idea that the encounter will change her life forever.

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Through interweaving stories, Until Tomorrow follows a group of teenagers through an eventful evening whilst visiting their local youth club. Tonight they will face past mistakes as the crushing repercussions catch up to them, realising they shouldn't play adult games if they can't handle adult responsibilities.

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Ruth and Guy‘s years of resentment, manipulation and maliciousness culminate in a bitter separation. Things spiral out of control when their ten year old son, Max, starts to behave abnormally.

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A flat above shops in anonymous south London. A well-off addict comes for his safe fix; but his dealer has been replaced by a middle-class white man. What's the score? And who's scoring what? An exploration of the competing values of risk and trust.

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After Mas is a story of love that flourishes under the cover of darkness during the festival of J'ouvert on the streets of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. But in the cold light of day, can these young lovers from very different backgrounds stay true to their desires?

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Two kids, Zippo and Nelly, who live a feral like lifestyle on the depleted coastline of North East England, find a beaten up dog, who they take back home and nurse back to health. Zippo has regular run ins with the local cops, teachers and town's underbelly who are forever hassling the kids and in particular their alcoholic and hopeless father, Les. The kids would like to keep the dog, whom they name "Carlos" as a pet. However, when they find out that he has escaped the despicable world of dog fighting the kids have a fight on their hands to save him being dragged back into a brutal and inhumane world once again. Not only do the cops try to take the dog away from Zippo and Nelly but the local thugs decide that Carlos could be a source of profit and status and they do a deal with Les that leads to an inevitable and dramatic confrontation.

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French cook Jacques Fournier arrives in London convinced that renown and irascible British chef Victor is the father he never knew. Having found work in Victor's kitchen, Jacques sets up home and soon happens on his eccentric neighbours including the waif-like Stella who shows little interest in Jacques and even less in eating food. Attracted to Stella, Jacques plans to tempt her with his fine cuisine but is caught red handed stealing the necessary costly ingredients from the restaurant. When confronted by a furious Victor, Jacques is forced to confess his true motive for coming to London. But Victor laughs off the assertion that he might be Jacques’ father and shows him the door. His world shattered, Jacques returns home only to discover Stella unconscious following a binge on junk food, booze and pills. Recognising a fellow lost soul, Jacques refuses to leave Stella’s side until she consumes something. He sets them both a challenge: for him to prepare her a feast so delicate and alluring that she cannot resist. But in the mental struggle that follows, Stella’s eating disorder may prove just too much for love to overcome and for Jacques and Stella’s dysfunctional romance to survive.