Projects in genres: Scottish

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Alistair McIntyre, a sales assistant at a department store in Glasgow, has a secret that he cannot divulge. He and his sister grew up in a hippy commune in Spain. Sixteen years ago, after a big row with his parents, Alistair was dumped on a dusty country road in Granada. That was the last time he saw Cristina. He now discovers that she is living in a commune in the Scottish highlands. He turns up, with a film crew in tow, and, although she is absolutely happy here, Alistair is determined to save her.

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Dimitri awakens from his bathtub after a rough night unaware of what is about to happen to him next. A dark atmospheric film from Foghorn Films, this is the first film from director Colin Ross Smith.

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Adam buys a cloning machine on eBay, then clones himself. He hopes his clones will tidy his place up but he soon discovers that they are just as lazy-arsed as he is. Chris Waitt directs himself in the BAFTA winning slacker comedy.

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Edie, an abused, off-centre transsexual, uses her video camera like a personal CCTV, recording the crimes and abuse perpetrated against her but it soon becomes a drug that only helps her avoid reality - so when someone tries to take it from her, there are tragic consequences. Can Edie ever stop pretending her life is all a movie?

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Filmed over the course of 18 turbulent months in Scotland that took in a race murder, the G8 summit and the London bombings, Good Cop follows Strathclyde Police's Race Relations co-ordinator, Chief Inspector Tom Harrigan about his work in Glasgow, one of Europe's toughest cities. Filmmakers Doug Aubrey and Marie Olesen gained unique access to Tom in his final year before retirement after 29 years service in the Police, and captured a remarkable insight into a maverick Police Officer and his often unorthodox working methods. 'There's only one race so how can you co-ordinate one race?' (Tom Harrigan).

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When Emily's quiet life is disrupted by a noisy musician moving in next door, the outcome is far from muted.  

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Jason Mackenzie isn't your typical Glaswegian - he's a real life superhero. Forged with ancient demons and gods, Jason has the ability of precognition whenever he touches somebody. Forced to see how that person is going to die, Jason must decide if he will risk his own life to save them. Powerful electricity and lightening surge through Jason's body whenever he touches someone, making him unable to be phsyically close to anyone ever again. In Dusk, Jason must save Karis from her gangster boyfriend, McDade, and his killer bodyguard, Aspirin. However Jason is not alone as two of Glasgow's finest Detectives are on the case!

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Filters and lines, salty mouths, a family on the edge of the sea.

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Actor Gary gets his big break in a feature film but things just couldn't seem to get any worse. Gary is playing the part of Nathan, an gangster with a conscience determined to cut his ties with the underworld fraternity but he just can't seem to find the right emotion to nail the scene. The director's method of working is too unconventional and the cold hearted crew are wilting rapidly as the takes roll on. Will poor Gary finally hit his mark or will he slide into obscurity and remain in television for the remainder of his career?

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Làn fhìrinn na sgeòil. The truth is in the story. When a young man, Angus, visits his dying Grandfather in hospital he cannot hold back his boyhood quest for the truth - the truth behind the death of his parents and the truth behind his Grandfather's ancient, incredible, fearful stories. Stories from the whole swathe of Gaelic history of poisoned lovers, bloody revenge, water-horses and Spanish gold. His Grandfather hijacks Angus' life for one last time leading him to one of Scotland's most treacherous mountains, The Inaccessible Pinnacle, and an ancient truth he never expected to find.  

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A teenage girl living in a remote petrol station in the Scottish Highlands is taken closer than ever to the edge of the road and her desire to escape when a salesman stops and offers her a taste of the outside world.

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A mockumentary following a rulerites sufferer. Keith Mackie suffers from a very rare neurological disease called rulerites, a condition that means he can only walk in straight lines. By August 2006, there were only 48 recorded cases in the UK. Dr. Cameron Pirie of the University of Edinburgh attempts to tackle Keith's condition through a course of specially designed exercises. Can he cure Keith's condition