Projects in genres: Woman Director

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Set against a secretive London subculture, Unicorns follows a British Indian performer living a double life and a single father working as a mechanic, whose lives collide after a chance encounter. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2023 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - European premiere

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England, tomorrow: An environmental crisis submerges London in flood waters. Forced out of by the cataclysmic flooding, a new mother, her partner, and their infant make their way to his parents’ home in the countryside, only to find the situation growing increasingly desperate there, as well. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2023 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023

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When people in Littlehampton start receiving scandalous and obscene letters, suspicion immediately falls on fiery Rose, who might lose the custody of her daughter. A group of women set out to solve the mystery. Inspired by an unbelievable true story. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2023 - World premiere

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A meditative portrayal of terrorist, disinherited heiress and expectant mother Rose Dugdale - based on the real-life story of the self-radicalised Provisional IRA volunteer, who led an art raid for principle not money. "Time moves like ripples before and after the raid, with glimpses of contemporary reportage. We’re presented with violence, contradictions, lush cinematography and, ultimately, a portrait of a singular personality." (LFF Brochure) Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2023 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Official Competition

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It’s 2006, and George - a small-town sixteen-year old - is on the road to complete social and academic failure. He dreams of being a star, knows he’s a gifted musician - but no one else seems to agree... So, when Max - the son of a mega-famous musical duo - enrols at his school and takes an interest in his music, George can’t believe it! Neither can anyone else. But as the boys grow closer, George begins to question why he actually wants to spend time with Max... George is faced with a potential dream come true - if he can just figure out what that dream now really is... Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - World premiere

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GHOSTS OF SOLID AIR is an experiential Augmented Reality (AR) story that you do on your phone - Voices guide you on a journey from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament. As you move, you encounter a ghost world layered right on top of us all the time - shadows who shimmer in and out vision, haunting the streets and whispering messages into the air. These are people from across time who were radicalised through personal experience and forced into disobedient action. Obey those in charge at your peril, they say. Speak up! And you will be heard. Through an encounter with those who have been pushed beyond their tipping point - this experience asks: where does disobedience come from? And is it for love or rage that we break peace with the conditions of now? Walk with the ghosts - and decide for yourself. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023

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1984, London: 7 year old Maria and her mother live in their own loving world built on sorting through bins and collecting shiny rubbish. One night, their world falls apart, and we join Maria a decade later, living with her foster mother. An older stranger, Michael, then enters their home, opening the door to past trauma, magic and madness… Official Selection Venice Critics' Week 2023 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - First Feature Competition

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Political engagement spawned the wildest of wonderlands for Hong Kong’s creativity – but as a new law annihilates freedom of expression overnight, artists and creatives find themselves targets and their works disappeared. We race to preserve the creative uprising amid China’s crackdown. In June 2020, the day after the National Security Law was imposed, the government started listing words, images, books, slogans, songs that were now deemed illegal - making so much that was ‘normal', forbidden. Hong Kong Mixtape weaves in the personal story of San the director, as we immerse with these underground artists, including some of Asia’s most famous and iconic creators - rappers, dancers, performers, illustrators, stunt collectives - as they navigate this authoritarian new normal. We also follow San having to ask herself the same questions as the other artists; are you willing to risk a life sentence for your art? And if this the last time we can be home - what do we make now? Official Selection Glasgow Film Festival 2023 - European Premiere

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A noir-ish tale centred around a packet of menthol Vogue cigarettes, moving between Sri Lanka and the UK. Intrigued by the allure of a mysterious woman and political espionage, our narrator finds herself enticed into an addiction. Created with cut out animation using entirely painted fabric and embroidered parts. Official Selection Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival PÖFF Shorts 2023 - World premiere

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At Rodeston High School’s leaving do, Mo has one last chance to tell the girl of her dreams how she feels. Will she be able to tell her how she feels before it's too late with one eyebrow and an assortment of classmates who hinder more than help.

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An observation of the benefits system, NEXT IN LINE centres a refugee doctor who is seeking government financial assistance. At her job centre meeting she faces a harrowing decision – either she works as a cleaner or gets sanctioned.

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A Magic Realist Documentary. The film weaves together real and mythical events to create connections between the history of the Crystal Palace in London and the sculpture called Psyche Abandoned. The story reveals how a moment in the life of a young woman called Psyche was captured in marble and travelled through time and space to sit in the same park overlooking South London for the last 170 years, while world wars, fires, explosions, royalty, music events, funfairs and circuses have rushed past her in endless succession. This ‘moment’ is the only constant in a story of splendour and spectacle, and like all the best stories, if only half of it is true it is still an incredible tale.