Projects in genres: Drama

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Mini Mayor is a short film focusing on the issues of power and popularity through the eyes of London's youth. The main character goes through a rollercoaster-like experience with authoritative powers as he finds himself in the shoes of the Mayor of London for a day. As he soon discovers, power and popularity have their pros and cons as he experiences the trials and tribulations of dealing with the public in various situations. With it's fresh take on a modern mayor, Mini Mayor hopes to educate both the viewers and filmmakers on what would could happen if today's youth were in the shoes of big decision-makers.

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A teenage girl on community service has to take a grumpy old man to the supermarket. This is a love song in a minor key.

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A love story about fare dodgers set on a passenger ferry. Liz is doing it for kicks, John is doing it because he's run away from home and doesn't have any money. Both want to get to the big city. The only thing that stands between them is the ferryman.

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Chloe arrives on her Father’s doorstep after splitting with her boyfriend. In her emotionally vulnerable state Chloe becomes closer to her father, perhaps a little closer than comfortable.

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Sofia remembers a bedtime story her father told her.

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Two brothers share the same Algerian father but have different mothers. Alan's mother is Scottish whilst Samir's mother is also North African. Samir is fluent in Arabic but Alan cannot speak the language. They are united by the fact they share the same father that has been absent from both their lives. They have both grown up in west London but on distinctly different sides of the tracks. A night out in London reveals hidden tensions between them.

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A pianist's art - and life - fall out of balance. Memory, trauma and creativity.

Triple-flashback visual poem to music, without dialogue.

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Almost Adult is the story of two teenage girls who come from different countries and speak different languages but still become each other's family.

The two girls meet at a bus station in Birmingham after arriving in the UK as unaccompanied minors in search of asylum. Mamie, the elder of the two, takes Shiku under her wing. In doing so, she resolves to be the younger girl's big sister.

The girls try to adjust to their new lives. Many things seem strange and alarming to them. Shiku in particular is having real difficulty fitting in with her new family.

She is suffering from the after affects of the loss of her family back home and the traumatic things that happened to her on her journey to the UK. No one can properly understand what she has been through. No one but Mamie.

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The idealist William Wilberforce manoeuvres his way through Parliament in 18th century England, endeavouring to end slavery in the empire.

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A nervous young American flees a psychotic girlfriend and escapes to London. Befriended by an 'Artful Dodger' charity worker, will he be able to get escape the crazy ex, battle his way through putting the pieces of his life back together and find the girl of his dreams?

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An Eye for a Tooth tells the story of two families interwoven over several generations. Most family members place honor above everything, while a courageous few believe it is wiser to question tradition.

Efkan, a successful businessman living in London, finds his comfortable life in turmoil when he finds out that he is the target of a killer. An unknown assassin from his native Turkey wants to kill him to satisfy a generation-old blood feud. Charlotte, Efkan's wife, this code of revenge, and fears that their 5-year-old son could become a victim of this ancient tradition.

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Giles and Carole have been living together for some time now. Late twenties, professional, successful and life is treating them well. However their relationship has become a bit of a routine. Their feelings have become convenient rather than emotional.

Carole is off to a conference with her boss but events make her cut short the trip to talk to Giles. As she gets in the door she sees an ashtray full of cigarette ends; all stained with the same distinctive lipstick shade. Both are incapable of communicating and confronting each other so a game of cat and mouse begins.