Projects in genres: LGBTQIA+

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Inspired by a true story about an outbreak of mass hysteria in a girls' high school in England in the 1960s, 'The Falling' tells the story of Louise, the troubled girl at the centre of a mysterious fainting epidemic, who is determined to find out the cause of the illness spreading through her school. London Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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When an elderly woman sees a vision of Jesus on the shorts of a young African man at her swimming class, she befriends him, believing God has sent him to free her from the loneliness. ‘Followers’ is a dark-comedy drama about faith and loneliness, and how the two intertwine.

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A cold and isolated transgender sex worker takes in a young girl who has been abandoned by her mother, and her life is thrown into question.

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The Female Masculinity Appreciation Society is a sort of gentlemen’s club for queer women and those who love them. Follow Cookie and Foxy Ven in their quest to reach the arm-wrestling finals, discover the reason behind Rubyyy’s ginger moustache and judge for yourself the standards in Dapper wear.

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English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II. Telluride Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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Pale Shadows is told through the eyes of a young storyteller. She reveals the story of Bradamante who travels to a magical island to reclaim her lost lover Ruggeiro from the enchantress Alcina. This is a rich visionary approach to Handel’s opera Alcina, which explores the intrigue and turmoil of love.

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A story of lust and desire, of identity and sexuality. A young woman’s mundane life is turned upside down when she meets a sensuous older Spanish woman, who is passing through the sleepy English coastal town she lives in.

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The last hour of Faustus. Adapted from: 'The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus' by Christopher Marlowe

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The Enemy Within is a unique insight into one of history’s most dramatic events: the 1984-85 British Miners’ Strike. No experts. No politicians. Thirty years on, this is the raw first-hand experience of those who lived through Britain’s longest strike. Follow the highs and lows of that life-changing year.

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Inspired by the writing of Jean Genet and made in collaboration with members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans community in Plymouth, whose personal narratives of longing and loss are told through a series of encounters in the liminal, waterfront spaces of the city's border with the sea.

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OUT is a dramatic and sometimes comic story about a mother's reactions to her son coming out as gay in a small town.

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A teenage boxer searching for self-definition gives in to his true colours at the risk of losing everything.