Projects in genres: Drama

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GAZA YEAR ZERO tells the story of 13 year old Aboud and his family as they struggle to survive in Gaza during the war.

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Katherine Maxwell is an out-of-work actress tumbling through a midlife crisis, all whilst her father's health worsens, her marriage falls apart and her body craves things it shouldn't.

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A Bangladeshi taxi driver in Glasgow spends one long night driving others to the airport while struggling to bring his own family to safety.

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A reclusive university student, finds solace through fabricating his life to an ASMR camgirl - but when a fire alarm exposes his lies, he's forced to confront the isolating enclosure he's built around himself - and take his first steps back into the world.

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NOW AGAIN is the first filmic interpretation of Marcel Proust's entire novel 'À la recherche du temps perdu'. Part Three encompasses the volumes of SODOM & GOMORRAH. Filmmaker Richard Philpott stretches narrative form into rich and varied experimental territories, providing a visual feast and sonic immersion, using AI and unique digital production techniques, to reveal the vast panoramic structure of Proust's great masterwork and provide a 21st century foundation for this timeless 20th century epic.

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A Nigerian immigrant in Glasgow loses his right to live and work in the UK and faces deportation, a volatile night with his pregnant Scottish partner spirals into violence, forcing him to confront love, survival, and the brutal cost of belonging.

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Overwhelmed by grief and anger, a distraught parent arrives at a mosque with a makeshift firebomb, intent on seeking revenge against those believed to be responsible. But as they confront the imam outside the mosque, an unexpected conversation challenges the hatred and begins to unravel the lies fed.

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In 1497, Prince Richard of Shrewsbury, the youngest of the missing 'Princes in the Tower', faces both his inner demons and the forces of King Henry Tudor during the final days of his conquest for the Throne of England.

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The Public have just played the best gig of their lives, and for the first time, someone in a suit is interested. It feels like the moment they have been waiting for, but celebrations quickly descend into chaos. Andy, the band's quiet and devoted guitarist, watches as his dream begins to dissolve around him. A chain reaction is set in motion as secrets are exposed, loyalties shift, and buried tensions explode to the surface. As the night spirals further out of control, the frontman, Ted, is pulled toward a future that could take him away for good. Andy becomes desperate to save Ted from himself and hold everything together, even as it becomes clear that some things will never be the same.

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Anna is a single mother balancing work with raising her nine-year-old daughter, Thea, a bright, sensitive child experiencing severe school- related distress and stuck on a three-year waiting list for an autism assessment. At home, Thea is creative, affectionate and deeply vulnerable. At school, her psychological distress is mistaken for truancy, fabrication or bad parenting. As Anna fights for support, she faces mounting scrutiny from the school and local authority. She is blamed for Thea’s behaviour, instructed to attend parenting courses and ultimately served financial fines for repeated “unauthorised absence”. Her daughter’s needs remain unrecognised, the morning routine is reduced to a battle of increasing violence, and Anna is pushed to breaking point. Threatened with criminal prosecution, on the brink of losing her job and now in a state of complete exhaustion, Anna attempts a final school drop- off. Thea, in a state of sensory overwhelm, takes desperate measures to avoid a public meltdown which ends in unspeakable tragedy. Yet, the calls from the school continue: a relentless reminder that, to the system, Anna's young daughter remains little more than another “unauthorised absence”.

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Miles and Angie go back to his flat after a perfect first date. But when she enters, she's struck by the blankness of it; the lack of decoration and furniture. As she explores more of the flat, she becomes more and more disturbed. But when Miles makes her a drink, they settle down to chatting and everything seems fine again. Until she realises he's been lying to her this whole time, about something small that might represent a much bigger threat...

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Desperate to escape her decaying coastal town but unable to abandon the grandfather who depends on her, Ori sees a way out when tainted fish wash ashore, but only if she can bring herself to put them on his plate. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2026