Blue Gene Baby portrays visions of Genetic Identity and the scanning of the individual. The complexities of the individual can be reduced to numbers, codes and patterns through science. Genetic profiling and engineering hold a potential for human transformation both good and bad. But who will be checking the morality of these scientific advances?
Jessie wakes to hear footsteps inside her flat. Will she be able to confront them or will the monsters inside her head render her powerless? A powerful psychological drama about the nature of depression and what it means to be truly alive.
Trapped by unfinished homework on a Sunday afternoon, Kelly's bored and irritable. Sharing a bedroom with her elderly Grandmother is at the centre of Kelly's teenage discontent and the sleeping old woman is the target for her resentment.
When a wedding comes to a small town in the Indian countryside, it's a good opportunity for Mrs Bakshi to find eligible mates for her four daughters, but the smart and headstrong Lalita is determined to marry for love. Sparks fly when she meets the handsome American Will Darcy, but is it love or hate?
Gurinder Chadha directs this Bollywood-style re-telling of Jane Austen's classic tale of marriage and manners, transplanted to modern-day India, England and America, and complete with lavish musical spectacle.
In Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, we find Bridget (Renee Zellweger) where we left her - in the arms of gorgeous human rights lawyer Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). But what happens after the happy ending?
Brothers Arne and Oystein have spent almost every day of their lives together. Alone since their mother's death, they've grown old in their childhood home in a small Norwegian valley. The filmmaker observes the stillness of their daily life, engaging the audience in a different tempo and emphasizing the role of the powerful landscape. As our understanding of the character grows, Brothers becomes an emotional exploration of their intense relationship and their lifelong difficulties in coping with the outside world.
What does Isky, a young Croatian immigrant, do when life seems just too black and white? A piece of pink bubblegum takes him on a journey to discover the power of his imagination.
Cheese Makes You Dream is a day in the life of Jim O'Connor - an acutely lonely pensioner with high hopes and a subscription to a Golden Oldie dating service.
When an East End butcher boy discovers his lover's been unfaithful, he resolves to win back his lover's heart, no matter what the consequences.
Daddy's Boy is a dark comedy that proves the way to a man's heart really is through his stomach.
Warning: Not Suitable for Vegetarians.
Nine year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember, most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town. Wanting to protect her deaf son from the truth that they've run away from his father, Lizzie has invented a story that he is away at sea on the HMS Accra. Every few weeks, Lizzie writes to Frankie a make-believe letter from his father, telling of his adventures in exotic lands.
As Frankie tracks the ship's progress around the globe, he discovers that it is due to dock in his hometown. With the real HMS Accra arriving in only a fortnight, Lizzie must choose between telling Frankie the truth or finding the perfect stranger to play Frankie's father for just one day.
