Projects in genres: Drama

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The Call is a tense urban thriller in which a gauche youth is drawn in by a sophisticated seductress after he discovers her mobile phone ringing in the street.

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Based upon a series of true stories Cargo is the intense tale of four refugees escaping from Croatia to the UK in the back of a truck in the early 1990s. It was shot in only ten days in January 2003 at Pinewood Studios and emphasises that refugees, regardless of where they have come from or from what economic scenario they are escaping, are desperate people resorting to desperate measures.

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A boy, a girl, a love story of sorts. In a high-rise, two flatmates endure a restless night.

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Little people watch an elderly man over three days from under the carpet, as he struggles with loneliness and a worsening illness. Quietly and unseen by him they attempt to bring some order and respect to his lonely life.

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A melodic, evocative painting of a universe where we're all born from the stars and we shall return there too. The ghost of a small boy resides in a dilapidated caravan, forever repeating the memory of his magical trip to the seaside with his Nan and Gramps. Briefly the cycle is interrupted by two boys etching their own magical moment on to the fabric of time.

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Harvey lives in a world without gravity but keeping his feet on the ground is the least of his problems.

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Cheese Makes You Dream is a day in the life of Jim O'Connor - an acutely lonely pensioner with high hopes and a subscription to a Golden Oldie dating service.
 

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In Dorset a Tom-boy learns the true consequences of conflict. In Belgium a German boy waits to see if his pilot father will return home and in London a young orphan chances to trust an elderly guardian. On the eve of the Blitz each learns exactly whom they can trust.

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The near future. While investigating the creation of fraudulent 'papelles' (a form of insurance cover, passport and visa rolled into one) at the sphinx insurance company in Shanghai, husband and father, William falls in love with chief suspect Maria. He does not report her. They spend the night together. William returns to his wife and son in Seattle. When one of Maria's clients dies while using fake papelles, William is sent back to Shanghai. Torn between his professional duty and his powerful love for Maria, William must decide whether to risk his career and marriage to be with her.

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Set against a primitive and unforgiving landscape, Cold Mountain tells the story of Inman (Jude Law), a wounded Confederate soldier who is on a perilious journey home to his mountain community, hoping to reunite with his pre-war sweetheart Ada Monroe (Nicole Kidman). In his absence, Ada struggles to survive and revive her father's farm with the help of an intrepid young drifter Ruby Thewes (Renee Zellweger).
 
Directed by Anthony Minghella from a screenplay he wrote based on Charles Frazier's National Book Award winning Civil War novel of the same name, Cold Mountain stars Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Ray Winstone, Donald Sutherland, Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Giovanni Ribisi, Natalie Portman, Kathy Baker, James Gammon, Eileen Atkins, Charlie Hunman, Jack White, Jena Malone, Lucas Black, Ethan Suplee.

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Comfortably Numb follows Jake's battle to overcome his addiction to alcohol in a specialised treatment centre, Promis. He is initially resistant to the programme, but things improve when he starts a relationship with fellow patient, Emma. Jake is introduced to Promis's system of group counselling and is confronted about his 'sex and love' addiction. But he can't understand that his growing reliance on Emma is as much a barrier to his recovery as his dependency on alcohol. The pair are banned from seeing each other.
 
After a drug-fuelled night, things get out of hand. The next day, Jake comes close to accepting what he needs to do to recover but it proves too much for him and he decides to leave, and recover on his own terms. But almost immediately he walks into a pub.
 
It seems as though Jake will return to his old ways, but as the film ends, we see that he is back at Promis, determined to make a full recovery this time.

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A very short film about love iin the rural metropolis. Boy. Girl. Car. Bus.