Projects in genres: Drama

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Athletic teen Marcie Haines, and twin brother Michael share an unconditional love, leaving mother Leonore feeling excluded from their intimate world. On the way to Marcie’s selection race, Michael is hit by a car and killed. Marcie collapses, waking to find her home full of mourners observing ‘Nine Nights’ - a Caribbean mourning ritual to relinquish ties with the deceased. Grief stricken Leonore subsumes her emotions in a whirl of cooking, even as disbelieving Marcie recalls that when Michael hurt his leg, she "felt pain in her leg - the same leg!" Leonore urges Marcie to join the ritual and let Michael go, but she’s adamant – her brother is still alive. As the nights count down, and the house fills up, Marcie hears Michael's whispers, his footsteps behind her in the streets. Prodigal Aunt Sylvie arrives, and Marcie’s belief she has an ally, is dashed as Sylvie attempts to co-ordinate the funeral, only to be thwarted by an unforgiving Leonore. Suddenly Marcie comes face to face with Michael- very much alive! Marcie’s apparent paranoia, is the catalyst that exposes and heals old wounds, ultimately enabling her to fulfill the hardest heartbreaking act- letting her brother rest in peace.

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After being torn away from her family, 14-year-old Esther must assume a new identity in order to navigate her survival on a remote snow bound farm amidst the hostility of Nazi-occupied Norway. Trondheim, Norway, 1940s: Esther (14) had been enjoying a peaceful, middle-class existence with her Jewish parents under the German occupation. However, one night, German officers arrive and arrest Esther's father, Hans, on account of his Jewish background. Esther and her mother escape in a truck but soon run into a German patrol. Hidden in a chest Esther is the only serving refugee - finding herself utterly alone in the snow she runs for cover in the woods but soon succumbs to the cold. She sees and follows a local farm boy, Aksel (16) back to his parent's farm. When the German patrol arrives at the farm Esther decides to escape. She runs through the forest where she stumbles upon the frozen body of her mother. Aksel finds Esther clutching her mother's dead body some time later, and leads her back to the farm. But it soon becomes apparent to Esther that she will never survive as a girl and she decides to transform herself into a young boy.

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A middle-aged barber dreams of escaping his rough area and becoming a Dancehall star, but an encounter with a local drug runner brings up uncomfortable truths about his past and makes him consider his importance in the community. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 - World premiere

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An 18-year-old youth offender is trying to start his own business as a mobile mechanic. But enterprise isn’t so easy when you’re a young, black male with a criminal past. BAFTA Film Awards 2019 - Nominated, Best British Short Film

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A local child has gone missing. For the family, it is a tragedy. For former celebrity psychic Dame Alvera, it is an opportunity to claw back her fame. But in the dingy confines of a small-town psychic fayre, can she still make a human connection?

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Desperate to do right by his children, a debt-ridden taxi driver has just one night left to deliver on a lucrative, yet sinister promise.

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A playwright risks his life in returning to his home city to find out if a woman with whom he once had a passionate and illicit affair ever truly loved him, only to learn that it was only ever the unknowing and distance that kept their desire alive.

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Being a teenager is hard. Figuring out who you want to be is harder. Sometimes a night out can change everything.

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The spirited tale of overlooked Kath who works in the ticket booth of a Scottish castle. She longs to join her village’s battle re-enactment, but is thwarted by her annoying younger boss Gordon. When gifted a mysterious hagstone Kath finally summons her courage to answer the battle cry.

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Alone on an isolated farm, a stubborn young woman confronts her multiple sclerosis diagnosis with the help of a fugitive from another world.

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An animated documentary about a woman who turns into a castle based on Oliver Sacks Case study.

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Exploring the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart. Queen of France at 16 and widowed at 18, Mary defies pressure to remarry. Instead, she returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. But Scotland and England fall under the rule of the compelling Elizabeth I. Each young Queen beholds her "sister" in fear and fascination. Rivals in power and in love, and female regents in a masculine world, the two must decide how to play the game of marriage versus independence. Determined to rule as much more than a figurehead, Mary asserts her claim to the English throne, threatening Elizabeth's sovereignty. Betrayal, rebellion, and conspiracies within each court imperil both thrones - and change the course of history. Official Selection AFI Film Festival 2018 - Closing Night Gala - World premiere