Projects in genres: Sport and with status: Production, Pre-production

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Borneo, the world’s oldest rainforest, a culture near extinction. All destroyed by a sporting event viewed by billions. Three brothers from the forest, a film crew and their activist friends become undercover investigators, following the stolen wood to its final stop: Tokyo’s new Olympic Stadium. TOUCH WOOD plays out in the build-up to the approaching Olympic spectacle, the camera following a group of friends across oceans, through a spectrum of cultures, to reveal an honest tale of a peoples’ attempt to understand the forces behind the destruction of their home. This journey, however, is not without dangers. Spying on illegal companies has obvious risks but the alienating world they discover on the way has more sinister perils. In this character-driven documentary, the brothers are a symbol of the exploited. The Tokyo Olympics in contrast typifies the insatiable consumer society validating this type of profiteering. Whilst highlighting these clear injustices, TOUCH WOOD provides a window into how indigenous peoples view the world that is driving so much change within their own communities. In doing so, exploring the costs of humanity’s addiction to progress and the effect it is having on the globe’s most vulnerable peoples and the ecosystems they inhabit.

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Biopic feature biopic about the rivalry between celebrated UK boxers Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank, charting the former world champion fighters' journeys and maverick personalities and the intense rivalry that culminated in two highly anticipated fights in the early 1990s.

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Set against the backdrop of a giant hurricane that flattened Galveston, Texas in 1900. Local black champion Little Arthur must go head-to-head not only against prejudiced social and relational divides, but with a ringer from Chicago – Jim McBride – a dirty-fighting racist hired by the local Sporting Club to do one thing: Kill Little Arthur and restore the championship to a white fighter. As with the real Jack Johnson, Little Arthur further defies social constructs by being in a forbidden relationship with a white woman. Based on a Joe Landsdale novella that is inspired by the real life story of Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight boxing champion. Johnson was recently granted a posthumous pardon by President Donald Trump from his conviction for violating the Mann Act in 1910 at the height of the Jim Crow era in the USA.

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Three generations of men in an Irish community: A father, Eamon, haunted by his childhood decision not to pursue trials with Liverpool Football Club; his talented teenage son, who he pressures into taking a similar opportunity; and Eamon's estranged father, whose timely return to the fold sparks a plan.

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Action/ biopic of the Bentley Boys - a group of wealthy British motorists who raced Bentley sports cars to fame and victory in the 1920s, and helped keep the brand's reputation for high performance alive.

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Documentary about revered UK footballer Steven Gerrard.

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A film about legendary British cyclist Tom Simpson, who became the country's first citizen to lead the Tour de France in the 1960s.

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Exploring the classic rivalries between successful boxers Michael Watson, Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank and Gerald McClellan.

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Based on Lauren St John's youth novel 'The Glory', an adventure story about an epic, 1,200 mile horse race across the American West.