Projects in genres: Drama

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The ups and downs in the life of a rough sleeper from several years ago till the recent past.

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During a heatwave in Belfast, transgender man Owen returns to the flat of his on-off-again lover Seán after taking a pregnancy test. Official Selection Palm Springs International Shortfest 2025 Official Selection 37th Galway Film Fleadh 2025

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In this tender story of connection between the dead and their loved ones, Jace and Bryan welcome newly passed Lina to the cemetery. Can they help her find a way to connect to her sister?

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On a rainy night, while closing a café, a young waitress is confronted by a mysterious older woman. Official Selection Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2025 Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025 Official Selection HollyShorts Film Festival 2025

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Haunted by unanswered questions about himself, Olly journeys through his past. His story unfolds in two starkly contrasting realms: the raw simplicity of his childhood, captured in his own drawings, and the fluid, surreal world of his dreams. We glimpse the fractured memories of his early years: an abusive father, a mother lost in the haze of the past, and his sister Sally, a beacon who urged him to find escape and control within his own imagination, transforming nightmares into refuges from reality. Official Selection Raindance Film Festival 2025 - World premiere Official Selection Venice International Film Festival (Biennale Cinema) 2025 - International premiere

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A Kafkaesque courtroom drama set in 19th century Liverpool recounts the trial of a corpse that has neither name nor past. Dozens of people gather to witness the absurd procedure. Official Selection Quinzaine Des Cineastes - Cannes Film Festival 2025 - World premiere

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Desperate to understand her family’s past in Japan before her birth, Niki probes her mother, Etsuko, about their time in Nagasaki. Told through flashbacks, Etsuko recounts the tale of a friend she knew long ago... Spanning the two timelines, the film is a moving and hopeful account of the generational impact of war and tragedy on one family. Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2025 - Un Certain Regard - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025

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After seventy years with her best friend, Eleanor moves to New York City for a fresh start. Making new friends at ninety proves difficult. Longing for connection, she befriends a 19-year-old student. Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2025 - Un Certain Regard - World premiere

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When a young couple spends a day in the countryside, suppressed tensions bubble to the surface, as they struggle to communicate on questions of power and responsibility. Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2025 - Cinefondation - World premiere

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A single mother and her two daughters return to Taipei after several years of living in the countryside to open a stand at a buzzing night market. Each in their own way will have to adapt to this new environment to make ends meet and succeed in maintaining the family unity. Three generations of family secrets begin to unravel after the youngest daughter who’s left-handed is told by her traditional grandfather to never use her "devil hand”. Official Selection Cannes Critics' Week 2025 - World premiere

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Two kid brothers Remi and Akin get to spend a gift of a day with their estranged father Folarin. They go on a voyage into Lagos observing the colossal city for the first time and the hoops their father must deal with to provide. All this is happening in the backdrop of a huge 1993 presidential election result which calls into question his ability to get them home. Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2025 - Un Certain Regard - World premiere Official Selection Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2025 Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2025 Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025 - First Feature Competition

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Colin, a weedy wallflower, is letting life pass him by. That is until Ray, the impossibly handsome leader of a motorbike club, takes him on as his submissive. Ray uproots Colin from his dreary suburban life, introducing him to a community of kinky, queer bikers and taking all sorts of virginities along the way. But as Colin steps deeper into Ray’s world of rules and mysteries, he begins to question whether the life of a 24/7 submissive is for him. Has he found his calling, or simply swapped one form of suffocation for another? Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2025 - Un Certain Regard - World premiere Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2025 Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025