Projects in genres: Drama

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Do you love or do you live?
In post-apocalyptic North America one family fights for survival.
A sci-fi action drama set two years in the future after a major nuclear war has destroyed civilization on earth as we know it. A mother and her daughter struggle to survive this cruel new world, as they embark upon a perilous journey through this blighted, poisoned, radioactive wasteland. They must fight scavengers, mutants, deviants and worse in their quest to build a better world.

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Story of the legendary German-born goalkeeper Bernd ‘Bert’ Trautmann who was goalkeeper for Manchester City from 1949 to 1964. A man whose love for football, for England and for the love of his life, Margaret saw him rise from Nazi 'villain' to British hero. Trautmann won over even his harshest critics by playing on with a broken neck in the 1956 FA Cup Final, ensuring victory for his team.

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Still living at home, the lonely 40-year-old Giorgos devises an intricate plan to take his life after his beloved mother chokes to death on a pistachio.
As the day progresses, Giorgos allows excuses to hinder his deadly leap from the balcony, completely oblivious to the true reason behind all his stalling.

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Tricked by reality TV director Ava to spy on their son Eddie, Margaret and Chris have no idea what that soon they be watching helplessly as a disaster of their own making unfold - as Eddie is seduced by a mysterious woman.

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What happens when fertility becomes a commodity in a fractured society? Oedipus reborn. Sophocles’ classic of classics adapted for the 21st Century.
A contemporary tragedy about the unravelling of the most fundamental of relationships in society; that between a father, a mother and a child. Set in the context of a world where donor eggs and sperm are freely traded as increasing numbers of people are having to resort to fertility treatment as a consequence of social changes, individual decisions and biological imperatives.

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The stories of the desperate souls who pass through the doors of 508, a room on the fifth floor of an anonymous, decaying hotel.
A surreal and blackly comic journey down the hotel's lonely corridors and behind its out-dated furnishings and stained surfaces. The story plunging into the ever-turning carousel of haunted lives who check in and out of the establishment. Adulterers, lonely businessmen, and hustlers grapple with their demons whilst a prying, occasionally sinister hotel staff always seems to be within earshot. Inside this hotel the mundane transforms into an implement of threat; a faulty light fixture appears to contain a hidden camera; a heating unit whispers to guests with increasing menace; a television set randomly flips channels, displaying TV shows which reveal a guest's secret paranoid fantasies; and a stray look into the bathroom mirror becomes the quickest way to disprove your existence.

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A blind Iraq war veteran and his wife awake to hear devastating news, throughout the day escalating events happen globally. This is the day the internet goes down and stays down, if they manage to make it through the day, the world will never be the same.

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On this day, Maeve has set a deadline. As she goes about her routine, hoping it will be broken, life pushes and pulls her in its riptide. She struggles to see how everything fits, all the while trying to protect her son from the coldness that tortures her.

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A Jamaican man of the community battles depression and disillusionment.

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Seventeen year old, music obsessed school girl Kat Malone tricks her way into managing struggling band Dollar Days, pretending to be a band manager her twenties.
Set in London, 'Kat and the Band' tells of one young girl’s headstrong determination to follow her own path when confronted by tough life lessons, her mother’s unwavering exasperation and the weight of expectation, in this entertaining and touching coming-of-age comedy-drama.
Persuading disillusioned bassist Alex to give her a trial as manager and with the support of her free-minded gran, Kat takes the band on tour.
Kat’s entrepreneurial spirit generates band buzz and begins to re-energize Alex but success is short lived. As gigs get cancelled, band members lose faith, and exam time looms, Kat realizes pretending to be someone you’re not isn’t easy.
Kat must courageously navigate the challenges of growing up, whilst understanding the power of following your heart and dreams, and the surprise effect it can have on others...

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An elderly man in mourning finds purpose when he becomes the owner of a Venus flytrap.

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Omar lives a lonely life in London. One evening he meets Marco, a Spanish student newly-arrived in town. As their night together progresses, the truth of Marco’s journey to London will change Omar forever.