Projects in genres: Drama

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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.

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The film opens in England, on the hottest day of the summer of 1935. Thirteen year old Briony Tallis and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous Victorian Gothic mansion. As the family gathers for the weekend, the combination of the oppressive heat and long suppressed emotions coming to the surface create an ominous sense of threat and danger. Briony, a fledgling writer, is a girl with a vivid imagination. Through a series of catastropic misunderstandings which take place that day, the lives of Briony, her sister and her sister's newfound lover Robbie Turner - who is also the housekeeper's son - will have been changed forever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had never before dared to approach, becoming victims of the younger girl's scheming imagination. Briony will have committed a dreadful crime, the guilt of which will colour her entire life.

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A neo-Nazi skinhead is apprehended because he has attacked two black teenage boys. As we are taken backwards through the story we realise that things may not be as 'Black and White' as they appear.   Watch on BBC Film Network.

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Countess Bathory has been called the greatest murderess of history but no evidence has ever been found to prove the accusations. The film aims to settle the score by telling the story as it should be heard, within its historical context.

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Bent Double is the story of one woman's struggle against the inevitability of life. Will she make the ultimate sacrifice to follow her dream?

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A disabled salesman takes his autistic son across northern England in a doomed attempt to reunite his broken family.