Projects in genres: Drama

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45 is a 12 minute psychological thriller, Jaden Cole relives an important day in his life over and over, each rewinded day sees new information leading to the shocking truth Jaden has to face alone.

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8.5 Hours is an intense, contemporary drama about one day in the working lives of four software workers in Dublin. On one particular Monday, each of the characters finds their lives are in turmoil and each undergoes a gruelling series of events between the hours of 9 to 5.30, the 8.5 hours of the title.  

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Gareth embarks on a day like any other - or so he thinks. As things go from bad to worse, he decides he wants more out of life than his rubbish job, failed relationships and sarcastic flatmate.  What Gareth needs is a new start, but first he has to escape a dodgy debt collector, and the unwanted attentions of a mysterious woman who stalks his every move.

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A Boy Called Dad tells the story of Robbie, a 14 year old boy who becomes a father. Neglected and rejected by his own father Joe, Robbie snatches his son and goes on the run hoping to get to Ireland. When Joe follows both have to face up to the reality of the past and what it means to be a dad. A Boy Called Dad is directed by double BAFTA winning Brian Percival and written by BAFTA winner Julie Rutterford.

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A broken chronological journey revealing a week in the life of a struggling young writer.

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A Complete History Of My Sexual Failures follows independent filmmaker Chris Waitt as he interviews his ex-girlfriends in an attempt to find out why they dumped him. This revealing and humorous documentary sees the slacker filmmaker go on a sexual and emotional odyssey in a desperate quest to solve his innumerable problems.

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Paul Callow has a dream. Fed up with city life and driving trains, he longs to commune with Nature and write novels. But that’s easier dreamt than done. The trauma of having two people fall under his train in as many weeks does little to improve his mood, until he hears that three fatal accidents in a month, qualifies you for early retirement with 10 years’ salary - lump sum! Paul suddenly sees a way of clearing his debts and escaping to a better life. All he has to do is find a willing victim. After some bizarre encounters, he eventually meets up with itinerant Irishman Tommy Cassidy furious at being saved from certain death by jumping off a bridge. Paul offers him £1500 cash to wait till Monday. Racked with guilt at having abandoned his family 8 years ago, Tommy decides to salve his conscience by paying them a visit and Paul insists on tagging along to protect his ‘investment’. But Tommy’s wife Rosemary and his daughter Frankie, now a beautiful, feisty and independent young woman, both harbour a deep-rooted grudge. Over the course of the weekend, relationships between all four are changed forever but when Monday morning arrives, Paul and Tommy are confronted with the harsh reality of the deal they struck. Surely they won’t go through with it. Or will they? After all - A Deal is a Deal.

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A disagreement about the nature of love between a postman and his friend leads to an unexpected confession about a love letter that was never sent.

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A road trip set in the Swiss Alps. The paths of Italian motorist Filippo and Serbian hitchhiker Boris cross in dramatic circumstances while both travel back to their homelands to face their two very different pasts.

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Andrea and Felice are two kids whose lives centre around the sea. One day during a fishing excursion their usual routine is disturbed when something unexpected appears from the water. A'Mare is a story of childhood friendship shot in Sicily in original Sicilian dialect. Amati (director) worked with and directed two local children from Lipari Island to act as the lead characters in the film.

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When Alice and Dan meet their connection is undeniable; it's clear they are meant to be. But are they ready for each other? Confined in their small London flat, they magnify their differences, create conflict out of nothing, and slowly tear each other down. A+D is a raw, edgy, and intensely intimate documentary-like examination of all the aspects of their romantic and sexual involvement. Unflinchingly exploring themes that challenge the idea of public versus private. As Alice and Dan simply try to ‘get along’ we are reminded of our own failed loves, our own weaknesses, our own destructive patterns, all the while feeling like the lucky voyeur.

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When hearts are a rare and valuable commodity, only the most ruthless survive.