Projects in genres: Drama

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The King's Speech stars Colin Firth as King George VI, the present Queen's father, and tells the story of the King's relationship with his unorthodox Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue.
 
Chance makes George the King just as radio is taking off as a mass medium. As King he must speak not only to the nation but to the people of the British Empire, across the world, as war looms. Struggling from childhood with a nervous stammer, George, known to his family as Bertie, the second son of King George V never expects to be King.  But his older brother Edward abdicates the throne to marry the American Wallis Simpson.  George VI's wife, Queen Elizabeth - the future Queen Mother - is tireless in her belief in him. Having tried all the traditional doctors, they put their faith in the Australian outsider, Logue.
 
The film movingly and humorously reveals the relationship of Royal and colonial commoner as they face the abdication crisis then the greatest test of all - the approach of the Second World War. The King must inspire the nation and the Empire on the radio. But will he be able to speak?  Will his friendship with Logue save him?

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Oliver, mid-forties, is fed up of failed relationships so he decides to get married to himself. He persuades the local Reverend to perform the ceremony, and despite his parents’ disapproval, the one-sided wedding goes ahead.

His unusual union is a triumph, until he starts feeling that something is missing from his life. So he starts looking for happiness elsewhere, and discovers some truths about life and love on the way.
 
WINNER OF BEST COMEDY (LA International Shorts Festival and Rhode Island Film Festival).

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In old age your world shrinks. Partners can finish each others' sentences and anticipate what the other will think or do.

This morning Betty, Jim's wife, must rely on him knowing what she wants. Will he do the right thing? This morning the news is about his love.

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Adapted from Raymond Carver's short story 'Neighbours' this film examines a middle aged couple's exposure to an enviable lifestyle and the effect it has on their relationship.

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What goes around comes around? John is a small-time crook who buys a gun from the proceeds of a drug deal. Phil and Spooner have their own problems and to make matters worse they get ripped off. Everyone is after Mickey, but who will get there first?

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A father and son face off in this darkly amusing tale.

The father, returning to find his son has set fire to their house, offers the boy a deal: he'll give him a 50 yard head start and he'll only put one bullet in the chamber. The son decides to negotiate.

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A consistent, original, beautiful and tender tribute to avant-garde artists Stefan and Franciszka Themerson. Unique couple who influenced generations in Britain and abroad. A poetic travel through their lives.

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Theo is madly in love with Aria but in a town filled to the brim with warriors from all over the globe he has a mighty struggle ahead of him if he wants to impress her.

He finally gets his chance when Aria is kidnapped by the man-eating Macrotaur, a creature that blurs the lines between beast and man that lives in the ultra dense Beasting Forest. Armed only with a wooden sword Theo sets off into the forest to save his love.

The story is a look at heroism; specifically what it takes to be a hero and how far one can go to protect your loved ones.

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Theo & the Macrotaur is a 10 minute dramatic love story loosely based on the classic Greek myth Theseus and the Minotaur.

Theo is madly in love with Aria but in a town filled to the brim with warriors from all over the globe he has a mighty struggle ahead of him if he wants to impress her.

He finally gets his chance when Aria is kidnapped by the man-eating Macrotaur, a creature that blurs the lines between beast and man that lives in the ultra dense Beasting Forest.

Armed only with a wooden sword Theo sets off into the forest to save his love.

The story is a look at heroism; specifically what it takes to be a hero and how far one can go to protect your loved ones.

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Third Star is the story of four young men, friends since childhood, who take an ill-advised camping trip to the farthest reaches of the West Wales coast.

James has been diagnosed with a terminal illness so he and his friends know that the trip will be their last together. They use it both as an opportunity to experience the joy of a group adventure and to resolve the latent tensions that affect the group.

The results are touching and funny, leaving an enduring sense of the courage and the dignity to be found in James and the beauty to be found in the friendship between him and the three other men.

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When George meets Ruby he thinks he's found the one but when things don't go as planned he starts to become obsessed with her. Told entirely through photos, we witness the birth and death of a relationship.

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"If you just knew what it is I find so hard to say, if I could only say the truth I'd say".

Tonight, a magical night, time will appear to stop while Adam, his girlfriend Jenna, the other woman Terri, and Sara the woman he doesn't know loves him, reveal the truth they find so hard to say.