Projects in genres: Drama

Synopsis

A screen test for an adaptation of the ballet 'Giselle' as an ecofeminist thriller. Reimagined in a near-future, where Giselle and her friends have moved on from a failed metropolis to her mother’s rural village to “reset society”. An invasion of their successful community sets off a contamination of their new ecosystem with old power dynamics. Giselle’s death emerges as an investigation into mutability and multiplicity as a strategy for escape. (FIAC Brochure)
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2020 - Bright Future - International premiere

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Twelve-year-old Reese must brave the mean and marvellous streets of North East Glasgow to bring his drunken father safely home.
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019 - World premiere

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15-year-old Lara lives with her father and her strict governess, Miss Fontaine, in total isolation, and is struggling to find an outlet for her curiosity and burgeoning sexuality. When a carriage crash nearby brings a young girl into the family home to recuperate, Lara is enchanted by the eponymous Carmilla.
The pair strike up a passionate relationship, which strikes fear in the heart of Miss Fontaine, and a complex triangulate emerges between the three women. Local rumours of an evil supernatural presence fuel Miss Fontaine's concern for Lara's wellbeing, and with the exhortation of the family doctor, Fontaine seeks to put an end to the relationship for good.

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Two young men are compelled toward one another through a shared grief.
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019 - World premiere

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Johnina seeks revenge on her childhood abuser and the community that enabled him, with the help of a duck.
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019 - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019

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After a strange encounter with his seemingly benign teacher, an isolated school boy must decide how to negotiate this contentious and intriguing relationship.
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019

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It is the story of Celeste, a young poet and single mother, her comedically unsuccessful attempts to get her first book published and find her father, and her co-dependent friendship with her babysitter Stella, a middle-aged failed actress captivated by an online love affair.
Celeste and Stella find their lives cross over in more ways than one as each searches for a relationship that they believe will provide them with fulfilment in different ways.
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019 - World premiere

Synopsis

A woman drunkenly wrecks her big family house. Soon it turns out that her past haunts her, throwing her into a whirlwind of emotions and projections as she tries to piece together what happened to her;
the psyche of a woman pushed beyond the limits of sanity is explored...

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1980s Glasgow: As his family disintegrates around him, the only thing on eight-year-old Jonjo’s mind is getting his prized He Man figure for Christmas.
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019 - World premiere

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A top lad recalls fights, friends and painting his toenails with his old man.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Dare Strand - World premiere

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Artist L.S. Lowry lived all his life with his over-bearing mother Elizabeth. Bed-ridden and bitter, Elizabeth actively tried to dissuade her bachelor son from pursuing his artistic ambitions, whilst never failing to voice her opinion at what a disappointment he was to her.

Closing Gala - Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019

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A short film based on the true story of Nigel, the lonely gannet of Mana Island who hopelessly fell in love with a concrete statue. His tragic tale of idealisation and delusion shows us a reflection of our own misconceptions in love.