Projects in genres: Drama

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The film follows Pete, a repeat offender, trapped in an inner city economic, and social underclass, as he struggles to make sense of the void around him. This powerful film perfectly captures the cycle of destruction brought about by hate, fear and distrust, and the isolation this environment creates.

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Youths, Tashan and Cola, have followed young, drug dealer Vince into the tower block where Cola lives with his mum. Tashan suspects Vince is selling drugs to his cousin Clarice in return for sexual favours – in fact the case.

When Vince exits Clarice’s flat, Tashan confronts him in the corridor. They face off. Tashan misreads the signs and panics, stabbing Vince in the gut. This act of violence then sets off a chain of events which brings the violence back to the original perpetrator.

So ends the circle: what goes around comes around.

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Successful British artist Sam Clarke is heading for a nervous breakdown. Burned out by his intense nature and even more taxing lifestyle he has come to a point of no return. His art dealer and mentor Joanna Castelloe manages to convince Sam to take an important commission in Venice. Lou Kaminesta is dying and Sam is to create a visual requiem for him. A celebration of beauty and death. Whilst in Venice an emotional journey unfolds. Inspired by the enigmatic Ho Yi, Sam crosses many bridges, but then delivers the ultimate work of art. 'What's Your Name 41?' is a film about passion, power and the understanding of our own immortality.

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Pete is having a bad day, a bad year, a bad life.

Pete Blaggit is a man desperate for a second chance at life. For the past 20 years he's been responsible for the downfall of his family business; Blagmore Wedding Videos is no longer the leading company it once was. It seems that life can't get any worse for Pete. But it does. Strange, unknown forces are occurring in Pete's life that he can't explain; visions and hallucinations that he can't shake off.

Whatever Happened to Pete Blaggit is the story about one man's inner journey to outer peace.

Pete's hit rock bottom. Now the only way is up.

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Despite having excellent witness descriptions of possible suspects, vain and uncompromising police detective Fred Andrews becomes increasingly frustrated by his lack of success into a traumatic series of missing persons investigations.
 
Fearful that he is replicating the errors of a previously botched-up police investigation, narcisistic Andrews deduces that a mysterious white van is the key to unwinding this growing police debacle, and more importantly the platform for his own meteoric rise throught the ranks. As the number of abductions increase, key suspects are progressively eliminated, egos clash and tempers fray until the self-centred detective eventually zeros in on his nemesis. In the final confrontation, Andrews realises that capturing the psychotic killer will almost certainly rocket his career, but it will fail miserably, to bring true justice to the missing souls.

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Windy Corner holds the weight of pains and emotions of a natural disaster, which happened in South East England in October 1987. A little boy, born to a couple after 18 years of marriage, was killed by the storm. The film though highlights the change of this street from the past to the present.

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The bittersweet comedy of a little Jamaican girl, Winnie. In the guise of her alter-ego Danger Girl, she sets out to catch the infamous Duppy Bat - a creature within Jamaican mythology symbolizing the imminent death of someone close - and thereby save her dying mother.

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Zohra is a coming of age short film about family independence and growing up. Based on a real event – in 1960 it follows the an 18 year girl, Zohra, from Karachi to London. Under pressure from her brothers, looking for “a better life at her Majesty’s invitation” Zohra arrives in Britain. She soon realises the chasm of culture between and the England and the rest of the world and how it can be bridged. The film is based on the true experiences of young settler, Zohra Naseem Akhtar Bem, in sixties London who was a leading figure for race relations in the seventies.

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Childhood abuse victim goes through a rough time with her boyfreind and life in general before finding a way to tackle her childhood.

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24 minute TV drama - made as part of the Coming Up series.

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Natalie and Adam sing their love for one another. After work they meet a mysterious woman. She gives them a special candle and then disappears. They make their way home and then make love. Next morning tired and late, they decide to run to work, when a drunk driver kills Adam. Months later, Natalie (now pregnant) has a remembrance dinner and from a the special candle comes a shadow of the dead man. The shadow follows her around and tries to get her attention, but is unable to until it lies beside her in bed. She reaches out and thinks she feels its presence. As soon as this happens, the candle goes out and the shadow disappears. All she wishes is for her husband to be back with her again. A little time later, Natalie gives birth to a boy who is her late husband reborn. And so she gets her wish.

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A Documentary on Women’s experience of Punk.

The present media interest in the 70’s is a pre punk; US dominated vision of the era. The UK experience was of a decadent hippie movement and the apolitical skinhead movement being swept aside by punk. This programme reassesses from a punk women’s perspective, women’s role in this dynamic movement that irreversibly changed the face of society, politics art and music.

Director Zillah Minx – Lead singer with punk band rubella ballet since 1976.