Projects in genres: Drama

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A highly focused athlete is out on a routine training run along an isolated undercliff path when he receives a world-shattering phone call from his concerned Mum who is watching "the biggest event in human history" unfold live on TV.

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To escape the spectres of a traumatic experience, Tom strikes up a friendship with a younger boy. However, it pulls him into places and memories he’s desperate to forget. SILENCE is a study of abuse and PTSD, reminding that some things are too big to tackle alone. And that’s okay.

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11-year-old Andre and his story about his inspiration to pursue a ballet career in a one long take short film.

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On a grey day, a woman sits alone on a beach and calmly watches the birds. As she sits, she is joined by various people who make up the tapestry of her life, in a film about the fragile, fallible and human stories that compose our memories.

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A hook-up between two young men - they make a connection, but it quickly becomes apparent they're looking for different things.

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Toni, 13, doesn’t fit in at school. One day, after her situation takes a dive, the internet unexpectedly comes to save her. Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2020 - Generation Kplus - International premiere

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Ed Accura is a black British man who develops phobia with water, and as a result wears a lifejacket everywhere he goes. Ed is torn between his friends encouraging him to learn how to swim and society dramatically dampening his confidence with stereotypes on black people and their inability to swim.

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Set in Australia between lush wine country and the breathtaking outback, a compelling, evocative and uplifting rite of passage story about a 12-year-old boy’s struggle to step out from the shadows of his Spanish family’s traumatic past and ultimately set himself and his father free.

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Jade is a young mother in the prime of her life when an acid attack leaves her severely burned. While her face has been reconstructed, her beauty is lost beneath the scars. On a self-destructive path with her relationships crumbling, Jade must take drastic action to reclaim her life. Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2019 - Voices - World premiere Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition

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Based on the true story of Katharine Gun, a former Mandarin translator at the British intelligence agency GCHQ, who made headlines after she leaked a confidential NSA memo that proposed the USA and UK put pressure on six ‘swing’ nations on the UN Security Council to vote in favour of the imminent 2003 Iraq invasion. The Observer newspaper in the UK broke the story and Gun was subsequently arrested and charged under the Official Secrets Act, sparking a public outcry. Authorities dropped the case almost as soon as her trial began in early 2004. Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019 - Premieres - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Debate Strand Gala - European premiere

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13-year-old William Kamkwamba is thrown out of the school he loves when his family can no longer afford the fees. Sneaking back into the school library, he finds a way, using the bones of the bicycle belonging to his father Trywell, to build a windmill which then saves his village from famine. The emotional journey of a father and his exceptional son at its heart, William’s tale captures the incredible determination of a boy whose inquisitive mind overcame every obstacle in his path. Official Selection Berlinale 2019 - Berlinale Special Gala - European premiere

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Femi, a British boy of Nigerian heritage who, after a happy childhood in rural Lincolnshire, moves to inner London to live with his mum. Struggling with the unfamiliar culture and values of his new environment, teenage Femi has to figure out which path to adulthood he wants to take, and what it means to be a young black man in London. Shola Amoo's second feature is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama, which explores universal themes of identity and belonging. Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition - World premiere