Projects in genres: Drama

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On the eve of Chinese Dynastical millennium, a score of Triad gangs converge on a warehouse. They all seek to hold, as the clock strikes midnight, an ancient Chinese artefact, which promises to the bearer, at the fateful hour, prosperity for the next 1,000 years.

At the centre of this decidedly dangerous situation are two small time crooks who have been unwittingly conned into 'caretaking' the gem until midnight. They have no inkling of the gem's real significance, or why so many sadistic people are determined to possess it... but they're slowly finding out!

The film is a twist of British film noir with old style Kung Fu. It is a story of deception and gullibility in the highest degree.

We follow John and Jerry through their absurd banter as they twist and turn through the maze of events that unravel before them. In the face of danger...

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As four Londoners head off into the depths of the English countryside to share a little Christmas cheer, they get more than they bargained for.

Soap star Julian Evans discovers his younger sister has been impregnated by inbred pig farmer Carl Sykes, and decides to get out of London and spend Christmas back at his parents' house in the English countryside.

Julian's acting career has gone up the creek since leaving top UK soap, Covent Gardens, where he played the character the nation loved to hate, a paedophile social worker. Amber Jade is writing a feature on Julian for a national newspaper. He's been coming on strong since day one, although Jade has a good idea that it will all be over once the article comes out.

When he invites her to his country home, she doubts his intentions, and insists her Spanish friend, Carlos, comes along for the ride. All Julian wants is to sort out his pregnant sister and avoid an unfortunate family embarrassment. Jade just wants to cement her dubious relationship with Julian and spend Christmas at a country estate.

Unfortunately Carlos wants to cement Julian's sister, along with every other female they come across. And when Carlos laces pig farmer Carl Sykes' little sister, Sam, full of Class A's you can guarantee life for all involved will never be the same.

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Sex is a currency. It commands power and it can instil fear. Tom, a young man with a troubled past, finds himself sucked into a seedy underworld by George Norris, a now super villain with a sadistic streak.

A helpless pawn in one of Norris' narcotic scams with a bent cop, Dunston, Tom is dragged deeper into a vicious circle of blood money, vice and ruthless violence from which there seems no way out. Until fate gives Tom a glimmer of hope.

When Norris is killed in his apartment, Tom seizes his chance to escape. Terrified and covered in Norris' blood, Tom heads downstairs to his neighbours, Max and Nikki, his new friends in the city.

With going to the police out of the question, Max and Nikki speed Tom to their desolate cottage deep in the Welsh countryside.

With the luxury of space, Tom begins to realise a long-forgotten dream; a return to happier times before his innocence was shattered. Suppressed emotions flood back provoked by Tom's attraction to Nikki, a beautiful woman fascinated by Tom's past.

Yet how long can this last with Dunston desperate to hunt down Tom before he exposes the corruption? It's only a matter of time before his deadly past catches up with him again. But just how much is Tom willing to sacrifice?

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Caitlin is a young freelance photographer living in an oppressive and impersonal city. Following a series of events, both economic and spiritual, that result in a global recession and subsequent mass unemployment, Caitlin watches as the people around her attempt to come to terms with living a life that no longer seems safe or familiar.

At first Caitlin sets out to record the everyday people affected by the crash, whose plight is being almost completely ignored by the mass media, who seem interested in reporting nothing but feel-good propaganda and help perpetuate what amounts to a news blackout.

With the crisis continuing to grow, many turn to religious cults that recommend increasingly violent action against the people they believe to be responsible for the global recession.

As lawlessness descends upon the city, what remains of the established orders begins a brutal crack down and Caitlin is forced to take drastic action in order to save herself.

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A sleepy seaside town, Rachel and Mike are camping on the outskirts of town. Nearby in her campervan is young Israeli Maya and her sister Dannie. As Rachel pursues the sixteen year old son she abandoned years ago, Mike pursues Dannie. Relationships are tested to breaking point.

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Fallen Dreams is the first feature from four-time award winning shorts director, Daniel Samray.

It is about a group of friends living in a big private building who have been given twenty-four hours to vacate the property.

Karen is seven months pregnant. Her boyfriend, Ian, is currently out of work and is trying to get his life back in order before the baby is born. However, without a fixed abode he is finding it hard to find a job.

Arthur is Ian's best friend who is having an affair with Karen. He thinks the baby she is carrying is his and not Ian's.

Alice is going out with Trevor who is obsessed and addicted to sex with multiple partners and is turned on only by girls who are currently seeing someone else.

Jim is an old man living in the basement of the property with a lot of hatred for the young guys living upstairs.

In the tension of the last day, all their relationships are tested to a point where they get involved in a homicide.

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A teenage boy returns home in the dark and is unnerved by a sound.

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Rites of passage story about Jimmy, a sensitive young teenager of mixed race growing up on a rough inner city estate in the North of England.

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In a rundown tenement building Flickerman, a reclusive agoraphobic, strikes up an unusual bargain with the Ivory Skinned Woman. In return for cuttings from his prized possession, an exotic plant, she brings him images of the world on Super-8 film.

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When Jack breaks up with his girlfriend, his life is turned upside-down - literally, as gravity completely changes direction, and he wakes up on the ceiling! Stuck upside-down in a cottage in the middle of nowhere, how will he survive?

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A romantic essay on a modern Icarus and his metal flying angel. Some call it freedom, some call it flying saucers, some call it insane, some call it living, some are seen dying, some call it flying, some call it heaven, some call it hell.

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Acclaimed fashion photographer Glen Luchford departs the world of Prada for his directorial debut.

Sitting somewhere between documentary and fiction, the film follows Paul Hugo, an ambitious, self-absorbed young filmmaker who sees an opportunity in the true story of Mr Alfred, a stateless man in his 50's who has lived in Paris Charles De Gaulle airport for the last eleven years. Hugo becomes more obsessed by his subject to the point of wanting to help and change his life.

Meanwhile, the nonchalant Mr Alfred, at first intrigued by the idea, has his own plans. A welcome arrival on the British filmmaking scene, Luchford directs with wit and style.