Projects in genres: Drama

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Behind-the-scenes of a movie snog.

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Làn fhìrinn na sgeòil. The truth is in the story. When a young man, Angus, visits his dying Grandfather in hospital he cannot hold back his boyhood quest for the truth - the truth behind the death of his parents and the truth behind his Grandfather's ancient, incredible, fearful stories. Stories from the whole swathe of Gaelic history of poisoned lovers, bloody revenge, water-horses and Spanish gold. His Grandfather hijacks Angus' life for one last time leading him to one of Scotland's most treacherous mountains, The Inaccessible Pinnacle, and an ancient truth he never expected to find.  

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Flow 24-7 a fledging commercial radio station organises a blind date competition for a wedding to rescue crashing ratings. A cheque for a £100,000 awaits the daring couple who agree to court over the airwaves, get married blindfolded and agree to stay married once the blindfolds come off. The applications are flooding in but for all the wrong reasons.

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Every boy has a secret, Every man has a dream, Every nightmare has a meaning. When Robert falls for Alice they are the perfect couple, for both of them this is a 'once in a lifetime' love. But when Alice falls pregnant, it triggers in Robert a horrific nightmare. Misunderstood by the people closest to him, a wall of silence grows around him and with the birth of his son he is catapulted into the abyss of losing everything he loves. Terrified by what is happening, Robert spirals downwards, where he discovers the truth about himself. This psychological drama encapsulates the intensity of films like Mystic River. A moving love story, that will resonate with anyone who has struggled with the difficult things they inherit from childhood.  

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A teenage girl living in a remote petrol station in the Scottish Highlands is taken closer than ever to the edge of the road and her desire to escape when a salesman stops and offers her a taste of the outside world.

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It is the summer of '66, and England is about to be consumed by World Cup Fever. For 12 year-old Bernie though, the biggest day of his life is looming: his Bar Mitzvah, and the day he becomes a man. Bernie's family, however, are increasingly distracted by the threat of losing their business and their errant older son's bad behaviour, so much so that the scale of Bernie’s Bar Mitzvah diminishes daily. Worst of all the Cup Final is scheduled to take place on the same day and when England makes it through the qualifying rounds, Bernie’s longed-for Bar Mitzvah looks set to be a complete disaster.

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A battered wife gets a once in lifetime chance to change her life, when her husband suddenly chokes on the food he is eating in the middle of them having dinner.

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An absurd tragedy, to accompany a melancholy song by the Tiger Lillies.  

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One Night. Two Cloakroom Attendents. Three Bouncers. Four Bar Staff. Five Hours of Madness! Every weekend the streets surge with crowds looking for love, music and oblivion. Social Work is about the people who provide it to them -- those faceless heroes whose Monday morning is other people's Friday night. It's a dirty job but someone's got to do it. The film takes place over one Saturday night shift in a seedy nightclub and centres on Lee and Andy, who run the cloakroom. The club is the kind that people go to in every city and town all over the country. Andy and Lee are the Cloakroom Attendants, having worked there for the longest anyone has ever managed to, ruling it like their own little cubby-hole of a kingdom. It is their world. Everyone who enters the nightclub, almost invariably has to go through the ritual of leaving in their coats and unwanted belongings under the care of Andy and Lee. Under the ever-watching eye of the arrogant, slimey Club-owner Barry, they do their best to have a great night and make a little extra dosh with their cloakroom scams. The Staff and Clubbers find themselves intertwining, as each life has an unexpected impact on another. Lee and Andy find that their little cloakroom is a centre-point for many unforeseeable developments as they transpire throughout the night.

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Obliquely inspired by the fourth of the 'Duino Elegies' by Rilke, a moving story about loneliness, the feeling of loss and the irrevocable passing of time. Illustrated with the music of Eric Satie and suggestions to the paintings of Balthus, an aging man is visited by his reproaching younger self.

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Thirtysomething photographer David has for some time been happily dating Lisa, but increasingly he's dreaming of Nina, a tempestuous free spirit who seems to represent everything his loving, stable girlfriend is not. So what's a man to do? A funny, sad and honest look at the male gender's seemingly infinite capacity for self-deception.   "A small pearl in the gritty ocean of indie Brit grunge, Someone Else is a finely scripted, classily played relationships movie for a connoisseur audience. " (Variety)   Variety Critics' Choice, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2007.

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Part one of a trilogy: Lulled by the sensuous sounds of a thunderstorm she seems to fall under a spell which conjures up sensations and feelings so intense that she becomes lost in her own thoughts and oblivious to anything or anyone. But this is not just a response to the extraordinary power of nature.