Projects in genres: Drama

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Seven-year-old Zachary is looking for a foster parent. Could today be the lucky day?

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Four brothers are set to send their father on his journey into the next life when their lives are turned upside down by the unexpected arrival of Sunny. Not only is she beautiful but she carries with her dark secrets from the past. With emotions running high, what happens when one by one, each of the brothers lets his guard down.

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From his idyllic Mediterranean home, Larry dreams of being a great musician. When the opportunity comes his way to stage a gala tribute concert, he grabs it with both hands. A heady blend of music, love, lust and angst amidst the olive groves.

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It's a mad world - so who's to say who or what is crazy? Out of order? Or not normal?  Where do we draw the fine line between what is 'funny mad' or just 'plain insane'? When does a disorder define as dysfunctional? Funny Farm turns the commonly-held concept of what is unacceptably 'crazy' on its hilarious head - and enlightens the world of rehabilitation, relapse and recovery with a little laughter, debunking the Anglo-American culture of 'therapy' along the way.

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In a power cut, a boy plays with matches. His father returns home late, drunk.

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In a hotel room a man remembers a meeting with a prostitute. Sex was all he wanted from her, but then something divine happens.

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Goal! 2 is the second chapter in the odyssey about a young Latino played by Kuno Becker who dreams of becoming an international football star. The film sees our hero playing for the world's most glamorous football team, Real Madrid.

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Nothing in life is black and white. When death reveals a painful secret all the rules you live by are abandoned. In the town where he was born 28 years earlier, Jack Duggan discovers a part of himself that he never knew existed. Haunted by his mother's pain Jack begins his search for revenge, which leads him into a dangerous world beyond his control. Suddenly he is faced with choices he never dreamed he would have to make. Meeting Laura changes everything and reminds him of the morals he once held so dear. But is he already in too deep? When an ordinary man becomes driven by revenge what happens when he comes face to face with the past? Set against the backdrop of modern day Cork (Ireland), this unique revenge begs the question - His life or her love?

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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.