Projects in genres: Crime

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The series follows Johnny, a magnetic figure drawn to wild women and fast living. Haunted by his past, he spirals into turmoil, battling demons that blur memory and madness. As he unravels, Johnny's charm becomes both weapon and curse.

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After a young woman disappears, a corrupt detective and his volatile partner stumble through London’s starless underbelly, only to discover their prime suspect is entangled in a vast conspiracy - one that reveals the missing woman’s secret double life.

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Immerse yourself as a dark-web hacker in LILI, a neo-noir interactive adaptation of Macbeth set in contemporary Iran. As Lili plots a murder to secure her husband's rise in the militia, your covert actions expose the machinery of surveillance, power, and violence in a regime where nothing stays hidden. Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2025 - Immersive Competition Official Selection Venice International Film Festival - Venice Immersive

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In a world where humans live alongside sock-monsters, a maverick human detective must battle lies, deception, and every movie cliché, in his hunt for the truth when a sock monster is murdered. Official Selection Flickerfest International Short Film Festival 2025 Official Selection Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 2025

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Exploring the reports of a spectral mansion on the outskirts of Rougham, a village in the Eastern county of Suffolk. The film delves into local folklore surrounding these sightings as villagers recount their haunting experiences against the desolate backdrop of rural Britain. It reflects on themes of memory, place, and the fading tradition of oral storytelling, evoking the eerie atmosphere of a fractured England and our growing disconnect from the natural environment.

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Documenting the January 6 assault on the US Capitol - Filmmaker Nick Quested was embedded with the Proud Boys, and other far-right groups during the months leading up to the insurrection, capturing exclusive footage of figures including Enrique Tarrio and Stewart Rhodes that was used as evidence in hearings of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, and as part of their larger investigation.

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A Hypnotherapist tries to get revenge for his daughter's death at the hands of a domestic abuser. One of his patients presents as in an abusive relationship and seeks his help. But nothing is as it seems and the Hypnotherapist finds himself in a tangled web of lies and deceit.

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A visually-arresting, psychologically layered journey through shifting states of consciousness. The film follows Pandemonia, a London-based conceptual artist who exists as a living artwork - an anonymous avatar navigating both real and constructed worlds. Against the stark backdrop of London’s high-rises, Pandemonia enters a mysterious castle whose corridors, stairways, and chambers form a labyrinth of the mind. Reality and the subconscious intertwine as each ascent reveals dreamlike spaces, elusive memories, and fragmented versions of self. The castle becomes a metaphor for identity - unstable, multifaceted, and shaped by the interplay of perception and projection. The work emerged from a unique collaboration with Chinese film maker Tim Yip, who provided a unseen film footage from the Love Infinity project. Using William Burroughs’ cut-up technique, these discarded fragments were deconstructed and reassembled into a new narrative through editing, animation, and digital manipulation. The film’s atmosphere is further enriched by an original score from Taiwanese musicians Code Wu and April Red, whose soundscapes heighten its hypnotic pull. Blurring the lines between found footage, conceptual performance, and cinematic dream, THE CASTLE invites viewers to explore the unstable architectures of selfhood in our image-saturated, digital age.

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Three men drive into the desert at night to wrestle with an unspeakable evil. Official Selection PÖFF Shorts Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2025

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Following an unsuccessful excavation, a zealous archaeologist and her fieldwork-trained dog decide to follow the trail of one last scent, beginning a journey through mysterious underground structures in the British countryside: relics from the Iron Age and remnants of the mining industry. Official Selection Les Arcs Film Festival 2021 - World premiere Official Selection London Short Film Festival 2022

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Set in a stylised, fast-moving London, Brash Young Turks follows a new breed of hustlers—flashy, unapologetic, and operating beyond their lane—led by Terrell Mackintosh, a magnetic figure who drives his crew from street-level survival into a world of high-stakes ambition and influence. When Mia, a care-leaver searching for love and escape, is pulled into his orbit, she enters a volatile world defined by hustle, risk, and the pursuit of elevation. Moving through the cut-throat arenas of sales and property, where image is currency and success is measured in money, status, and power, the group chase opportunity at any cost. But as ambition intensifies, loyalty begins to fracture. What once felt like progress turns unstable, and the personal and material costs of rising become impossible to ignore. Told through intersecting storylines and a visceral, hyper-kinetic style, the film captures a generation in motion—restless, defiant, and unwilling to accept limitation, no matter the consequences.

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A lonely retiree returns home to find that he's been burgled, only to then realise that the culprit never left.