Projects in genres: Asian

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Mel and Ash are two British Chinese gay men who studied together. After attending the funeral of Gavin, a closeted friend from their university days, they start examining the crow's feet on their faces and questioning the meaning of the labels in their wardrobes. Mel, an aging scene queen with the ego of Norma Desmond, believes life is a beauty pageant with him always the winner. He rejects the love of Todd, a provincial boy from the Welsh valleys who moves to London to be with him, in favour of quick-fix sex to fight his insecurities. But how long can he sashay down the catwalk when his eye bags are bigger than his Gucci bags? Ash is tired of the jaded gay scene where steroid bodies and the Atkin's diet are the only offerings on the menu. He meets Diane (a.k.a Dan) a transexual from their college days with a butch, sexy and straight looking ex army boyfriend, Ross. Ash decides the only way for him to find a real man is to cross dress. Will his foray into the wonderland of tranny burrows and tranny chasers bring him his dream man? With an underground drag club, sex in public toilet and an all male production of the Miss Pacific Rim Beauty Pageant, Cut Sleeve Boys is a quirky stir fried journey of self discovery and a makeover of the British Chinese gay experience.  

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Horn OK Please follows a momentous day in the life of an Indian taxi driver who chases his dream of driving an air-conditioned car.

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Amy is sick with a disease that keeps her in hospital isolation. While on his daily cigarette break, a janitor spots her. The two end up forming a tenuous friendship, one which occurs from different sides of the glass and only ever last as long as it takes for Ben's cigarette to burn down.

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A life story about four Chinese girls who study in the UK and falling in love with four very different men.

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Set in a country coming of age, Little Box of Sweets is a simple love story about a young girl's journey to fight for her dreams and the love of the man who inspired her. A little village in North India is Asha's world. Whatever she knows and wants is right here in her humble existence with her grandparents and her soul mate Lalli. Then Seth comes along, the handsome son of an Indian Commissioner and Sheila, the beautiful daughter of a British missionary. Seth and Asha's common love for poetry draws them closer - awakening Asha to a dream to be more like him and strive for a better future. But it comes at a price.  

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A short film about the 3 stages of love - the 'beginning', the 'honeymoon period' and the 'break-up'. Exploring these stages with five different characters whose stories, against their better knowledge, are linked. Love Is Like is a romantic thriller that intertwines narrative and explores love from start to finish.

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This artists' film explores a painting depicting the attack on the Golden Temple, Amritsar, by Indian Troops in 1984 and parallels Sikh sentiment surrounding this event with the Christian tradition of the 'Via Dolorosa' (Passion of Christ), thereby highlighting the universality of political corruption and human rights abuses.

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A 'Bollywood' legend comes to London to tread the boards in Shakespeare, but first he must find a leading lady to match his charm and sexual dynamism. He brings with him his (not so) faithful sidekick Ramyou Balti and his spiritual advisor the 'honourable guru Baboo' to help him with the auditions. However Popo Gigi's eloquence and magnetism is such that his rendition of Shakespeare makes the actresses melt in paroxysms of sexual ecstasy, forgetting to act, instead divesting themselves of their clothes. Ramyou's zeal to take over Popo's position leads to a madcap chase through London culminating in a yoga showdown for the title.

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A young boy in a rural village of Bangladesh ran away from his circumcision ceremony - With all the wonder of a child he walked to a Hindu Temple. He goes to a Red Flower.

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A 16 year old boy, Leung, has a chance to win a wish; it's a wish he has to fight for. It is said that if one succeeds in catching a falling leaf in mid flight, then a wish will be granted. Two best friends, Leung and Will, both 16 years old, go to the woods to catch themselves a wish. Through this we see Leung's affection for his friend. We see his anxiety, confusion and excitement hanging out with his friend and wanting to kiss him, but not knowing how to approach it. It's a kiss he has to fight for.

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Tanju Miah opens in a misty landscape in rural Bangladesh, where a young boy waits for his mother. "I'm about eight or nine", he says in a voice-over. "When I grow up I want to become a rich man, by singing". He waits and works, and sometimes sings. Director Sadik Ahmed uses a series of graceful scenes to build a psychologically complex portrait of a child who might otherwise disappear into statistics. His bosses call him Blacky. "But in my village", he says, "my real name is Tanju".

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'Eddie' Ahmed is waiting to be interviewed for a new job. The interview is for a job he never even applied for but Human Resources seem to know what they're doing.