Projects in genres: Drama

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Sex and love. Some seek it, some need it, some spurn it and some pay for it, but we're all involved in it. Set on one afternoon on Hampstead Heath, London, the film investigates the minutiae of seven couples. The film is a comedic and erotically charged look at what makes us tick, and it seems that what makes us tick is complex, dark and ludicrously funny.

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A transcriptor tries to deal with the failures of technology.

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Erik Knudsen's latest feature film is about identical teenage twin girls, one of whom has cancer, who escape their stifling middle-class home life in search of their natural father, whom they have not seen since infancy. Their adventure, fuelled by a unique spiritual bond and aspiration, leads them through a northern British city during one night, in which they experience, through episodic encounters and events, the underbelly of their society. One final major obstacle tests their faith and resolve, and leads to fundamental change for both of them. This is an intimate and intense story taking us into the alienation of two teenage girls caught between conflicting values and allegiances.

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An immigrant resorts to desperate measures while living in London, in a bid to convince his family back home that he is living the rich life they expect of him.

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On the surface, Anne and James enjoy a perfect marriage. They slip easily between their two homes - one in London, convenient for James's city job, the other in the idyllic rural countryside. James believes their life is happy and fulfilled, but is blinkered to Anne's unhappiness and when Anne meets the enigmatic and carefree Bill Bule her world shatters and she realises she can never be truly happy with James again. Anne's affair with Bill comes to light when James discovers the pair were involved in a tragic accident, which killed a local man. Faced with the shocking reality of Anne's revelations, a bereft James responds with a loving resolve to protect Anne. But as he becomes embroiled in the investigation, life's unpredictability once more alters the course of their lives.

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Following in the footsteps of Luther, Passion of the Christ and Kingdom of Heaven, Shadow of the Sword is a tale about love, courage and faith put to the test by the ruthless arm of the Church Inquisition in its drive to stamp out reformation in 16th century Europe.

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An aspiring young writer tracks a literary titan suffering from writer's block to his idyllic refuge in rural Italy, and falls for his idol's daughter.

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A detective tale with a modern twist. Detective Callaghan seeks to find and arrest the men who set him up for murder but we soon discover that not all is what it seems.

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Two British-born Bangladeshi boys, Biplob and Faz, struggle to adapt to the culture around them and rebel against family tradition. They enter the world of drugs and cause havoc in their local community. The film highlights friendship, trust, culture, dilemmas and decisions. It looks at how Asian families struggle to hold on to their culture and to pass it on to their children, and at the positive impact young Asians are making in England.

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A little bit of love and fantasy in the culinary underbelly, where life is a buffet and everything is short order.  

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Grace and Violet, ethereal and eccentric sisters, live in the middle of nowhere, shadowed by the eerie phantoms of their younger selves. Brought up in isolation in an attempt by their father to incite heightened creative and telepathic abilities, the sisters are linked together in an almost supernatural way. As a dare the two sisters bring a man into their dysfunctional home, a good-looking drifter named Luke, who has no idea what is in store for him: more of a trick than a treat. Slowly he is drawn further and further into a devastating ménage à trois. To Grace and Violet it is simply a game, but the game of chance has increasingly higher stakes as Violet breaks the rules and falls desperately in love, threatening the sisters' unity. As Violet and Luke grow closer, the bonds that have tied the sisters together for so many years are slowly being torn apart and the pain of this betrayal drives Grace to despair. As she begins to lose her mind she creates a chain of events that endangers not only the experiment but also their lives.

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Danny is a victim of circumstances, embroiled in a decade-long feud between a ruthless businessman and an ex-greyhound trainer. He and his two pals are trapped by both sides, and thoughts of escape are futile. They can die tomorrow or chance a few more months, the latter being the best option. Northern comedy at its best.