Projects in genres: Woman Director

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The Riddle is an absurd film noir drama. Bizarrely, a nun, an imam, a rabbi and a Marxist end up in a prostitute's cellar confronted with the task of cleaning her soul! But while they all manage to misinterpret the situation, an innocent, open minded child gets to deliver the ultimate solution with a twist. The Riddle is a deliberate interplay of cliches and iconic characters and it throws out questions around knowledge, innocence and ideology. Ultimately 'The Riddle' in question is the quest for Peace in this bizarre absurd world.

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Two women meet in a cafe on Christmas Eve - as they talk one realises that the other is her husband's mistress by a strange turn of events she also realises that this relationship benefits her.

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The Toughest Girl in the World is a coming of age drama set in a small seaside town which explores the frustrations of a young bully as she struggles to accept her femininity.

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Throwing Paint Tins off the Roof is a poetic documentary about community, architecture and social change demonstrated through the fates of two brother buildings. Through the stories of past inhabitants of the two houses, this documentary awakens the memories of a fading era and displaced community in East London.

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Arriving without her husband for reasons that are at first unexplained, Anna enters the cosy world of a bourgeois family on holiday. In her mid-40s with no children of her own, Anna is unrelated to this extended family, which belongs to her old school friend Verena.    Phone calls to her husband Alex reveal a rift in their marriage, hiding an unspoken sadness in both their lives. In a series of subtle ellipses, and with a deliberate avoidance of melodrama, we observe Anna as she rejects the company of the adults, in favour of the carefree teenagers. They seem to fill an empty space in her life. Through Anna's awkward attempts to join in with the teenagers' escapades, she unwittingly becomes the centre of a breakdown within the family, and finds herself shunned by everyone. She attempts to find solace through phone calls to her husband Alex but is met by jealousy and suspicion.    Anna retreats to an anonymous hotel room, where Verena visits her, and Anna's untold story finally emerges. Her curious behaviour appears in a new light and she now has to pick up the pieces of her relationship with Alex.

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This final degree film deals with themes of metamorphosis, the Uncanny and dark urges. It's a stop motion cathartic exploration of dream or reality.

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The bittersweet comedy of a little Jamaican girl, Winnie. In the guise of her alter-ego Danger Girl, she sets out to catch the infamous Duppy Bat - a creature within Jamaican mythology symbolizing the imminent death of someone close - and thereby save her dying mother.

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Crafted entirely from card, Better to Have Loved is a film about death, escape and reality.

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Is poverty caused by thieving politicians, third world gangsters and a global crimewave? No, but our obsession with corruption in Africa is endemic. So say Brendon and Yolanda, two young South Africans who are sick of the finger pointing. This powerful documentary suggests it is time to ditch the corruptababble.

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Cold digital 3D meets dirty charcoal and oil painting to create an animated poem about a particularly intimate encounter, in one significant moment, in the dark and troubled life of a strange young girl.

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The film's five episodes explore the legacies of Finland's post-war period, digging deep into the unspoken stories, misunderstandings and mysteries that a child of those years experienced.

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Four years ago Iham and Jihad lost their third child on the operating table. Now their nine-month-old son Jamal's life is threatened by congenital heart disease, for which no affordable treatment is available. With the aid of the charity The Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF), a British surgeon's arrival in Palestine offers hope for the future. But first the Samara family must travel from their home in the West Bank and through Israeli checkpoints to Makassed hospital in Jerusalem, before the real journey can even begin. An emotional journey that highlights the plight of the struggling Palestinian health care system under occupation, from the perspective of doctor, patient and humanitarian organisation.