Projects in genres: Drama

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Bobby, a small dog, befriends Ewan, a young boy. The adventures that they share in 19th-century Edinburgh change their lives and the city forever. Based on the true story of 'Greyfriars Bobby'.

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Richard Atlas was once one of the top documentary television presenters of all time, but that was five years ago! Now he is a washed up has-been who nobody wants to hire. In desperation Richard called on his former assistant and lover Pippa Johnston, the brains behind his original success. Richard would like to get back with Pippa, but Pippa likes thier new assistant Ryan Benton, but Ryan has enough to deal with his job as a communty career and the fact that he's being stalked by a mythical creature. A Griffin!

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Michel and Nathan have been through a lot since they set up their firm all those years ago. And although Michael is now semi-retired, Nathan drags him along to help out on one last job. Unfortunately things are not what they seem and very soon they both find themselves out of their depth.

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Gypo, the first British Dogme95-certified feature film, reveals how suburban fears and tabloid sensationalism have come to perpetuate the myths surrounding refugees.  Helen has been married to Paul for 25 years. She lives a monotonous and frozen existence and is desperate, damaged and looking for change. Paul is on the brink of a breakdown, sick and tired of being in the poverty trap. Bitter, hypocritical and bigoted, his biggest fear is change. Into their lives comes Tasha, a Romany Czech refugee awaiting her British passport and her chance for freedom - a concept taken for granted by all those around her.  The story is told in three revelatory narratives, each from a particular character's point of view, and reveals how the disintegration of an ordinary working-class family finally comes to a head when unexpected emotions are unleashed.

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Amidst the chaos of 7/7, love continues to blossom. Harry, a London barman, living at home with his domineering Catholic mother, has never been lucky enough to meet 'the one', until a chance encounter brings him into contact with Aisha. She too feels a connection, but there is one problem. Her parents are strict Muslims. Their relationship appears doomed from the start but Harry is determined to overcome any obstacles. He works his way into Aisha's family by donning a head-to-toe burka and taking lessons in Islam. Despite several appalling cultural and religious faux pas, Harry makes good progress, and with Aisha's help he gradually wins over her forbidding father. But the hard-line neighbours are not so quick to accept him: Ghoni, the pious pillar of the community, whose devotion to Islam is second only to that for his local call-girl, Cherise, tells everyone that Harry is an infidel and has been seeing another woman! Will Harry prove his innocence and win back the heart of the one he loves? To do so he must dare to confront the unbending, uncompromising force of extremist Islam - and his mother.

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Heavy Pockets is a six-minute animated film about a girl who loses her gravity. Initially embarrassed by this amazing gift, Awel Jones becomes isolated from the other kids at school and only her sister is aware of her hidden talent. However, after being forced to confront the school bullies her secret is revealed and her classmates must marvel at her incredible floating skills.

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Based on the original novel by Johanna Spyri about orphan Heidi who is taken from her grandfather in the Alps to Frankfurt, where she changes the lives of those around her.

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A bus driver drops off his last passenger in the middle of nowhere and drives into the night. Next morning he walks into a lush and overgrown forest with a determined look on his face as he pops a pill into his mouth. The outcome is not what he expected!

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Iris (Shirley Anne Field), a frail woman in her eighties, falls in love with Percy (Kenny Lynch) in their old people's home. Wishing she could have spent her life with him, she builds a time machine from an old wheelchair. Heyday is a touching modern fairytale about treasuring every moment and valuing the person that you love.

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1985. A secret tree house. Two children disguised in animal costumes experiment on reviving a bee. But they are searching for a way to bring back something much bigger. A magical and moving story about a journey of discovery and revelation.

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'It's either up and down or a bit of along, but it's usually up or down.'

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Looking at once for escape and definition in his life, a teenage boy drifts through a summer's day, aimlessly riding a stolen car with his friend.