Projects in genres: Action

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An immersive 360 experience created by Human Studio interpreting three scenes from an original short story by Nick Bax. The Neon Pack is a Protopian Tale which takes place in a very near future where XR technology is seamlessly fused into our everyday lives, enhancing even the most mundane of activities. The project was commissioned by Hope Works and match-funded by XR Stories (University of York) and attempts to provoke thought and discussion regarding the development and proliferation of XR technology and content. To date, ‘The Neon Pack’ has been exhibited at Sónar+D (Barcelona, 2023), the Immersive Futures Lab, SXSW, (Austin, Texas, 2023) and BEYOND, Cardiff City Hall (2022). An augmented reality iteration of the project was also displayed in Sheffield city centre until 2025 as part of the ‘Look Up’ AR artworks project. The Neon Pack features original soundtrack by 96 Back on CPU Records.

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A troupe of clowns gather to perform a story about a priest and a refugee but, as their misguided tale unfolds, the boundaries between fiction and reality begin to fray. Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2022 Official Selection Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2023

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Thriller writer Ben, struggling for inspiration, retreats to an isolated rural cabin to start on his latest novel and to escape the growing tension with his boyfriend Jamie. Working late into the night, he wakes to find a wounded man in the cabin, claiming to be a hunter whose car had broken down nearby. Intrigued and attracted to the mysterious and handsome intruder, Ben decides to secretly use him as inspiration as the antagonist for his new book: a savage murder believed to have taken place in the very cabin he has rented. As the man begins to help him enact increasingly dangerous and detailed scenarios for the story’s captive protagonist, Ben becomes aroused by the prospects, but finds himself rebuffed by a homophobic slur. Searching the man’s car, he uncovers stolen property belonging to several other young men hinting he may be a serial killer, a perfect twist for Ben’s novel. Discovering his own car sabotaged, and unable to escape, Ben enters a lethal game of cat and mouse. But it’s only when the fate of Ben’s boyfriend Jamie is revealed that Ben’s dark, erotic, fantasy becomes a stark, inescapable, reality.

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Everyone betrays each other trying to protect or find a young girl with supernatural abilities.

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Circumstances have led to them requiring his services again, the man with the skills to remove any lingering doubts and give them the confidence to go through with it, but afterwards, will that be enough, have their actions been justified?

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A psychological thriller that explores the complexity of loss, demonstrated by Tina's battle through the stages of grief in the aftermath of her friend’s suicide.

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In a dystopian near future, The Gateway offers the only chance of survival for teenagers, Zero and Serger, and their younger sister, Wake - who they are determined to save from the violence of The City. But, when Zero’s life is threatened, she flees taking her reluctant younger sister with her. Their brother, Serger, is forced to chase them down - and when he does, each is faced with the choice; to save only one.

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This story is about a 5-year-old deaf and dumb girl Sara and her family situation; how her brother gets kidnapped and how she helps UK police with some clues to find the kidnapper.

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In a café in Marseille, a man's life begins to unravel when his lunch is disturbed by a chatty stranger.

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Exploring today’s voyeuristic culture of fear and uncertainty. A woman with extreme anxiety is devoured by four major preoccupations – the man she met by chance on a train, her dying father, her daughter’s safety, and the murder she dreams she has committed. Official Selection Animafest Zagreb 2022 Official Selection Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2022

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Daniel’s not going to the office today. A dying man asked him to deliver a letter, so he’s doing that instead. Though he’s not sure who the dying man was or where the person he’s delivering it to is. Or what, if anything, it has to do with his new neighbours, The Illuminated Brotherhood of the All Seeing Eye. Official Selection PÖFF Shorts - Black Nights Film Festival 2022

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An orphaned girl seeks revenge on the creature that destroyed her home, but discovers more in its lair than she bargained for.