A love story about Catarina who bumps in to her old flame Diogo at the airport. During a very awkward conversation, and constantly interrupted by airport security staff and procedures, Catarina and Diogo unravel a big misunderstanding.
Ben Wetherall has never had the motivation to trace his biological parents – but becoming a father has just changed all that.
As Ben tries to uncover his own past, he must also come to terms with his present, and find a way to make the most of the future.
Heavy drinking, agoraphobic, ex property developer Malcolm has lost almost everything he ever possessed to the recession. He has one remaining property, his only chance of escape from a lifetime fending off bailiffs and parasitical ex employees chasing unpaid debts. He needs to renovate and sell... fast! But work comes to a premature halt when he discovers the layout of his home doesn’t match the original plans.
Armed with a claw hammer, he begins demolishing the internal walls, discovering toys, clothes and trinkets belonging to a woman and child entombed within every wall.
Plagued by nightmares and apparitions of previous tenants Malcolm’s obsession leads to uncharacteristic acts of violence as he tries to protect his last remaining possession and unearth the dark truth hidden within it's four walls.
One year on from School Friends, a confession finally brings the events of that night to light. With the truth out, more than one relationship might be set to change...
An art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband's novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a veiled threat and a symbolic revenge tale.
A dark, sophisticated adaptation of Austin Wright’s novel 'Tony and Susan'.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Gala Presentations
Lahore at an imaginary time....
A kindly Governor goes into hiding after appointing a younger, puritanical Deputy in his place who is convinced that Lahore needs harsher punishments and strict implementation of laws. Fear begins to grip the city as a young man is condemned to death after getting his fiancé pregnant on the accusations of her parents. Sameena, his sister, begs the Deputy for mercy. He refuses at first but can’t resist her beauty and offers her a deal that requires Sameena to dishonour herself in exchange for commuting the death sentence on her brother. Sameena has to outwit him, and, with the help of the disguised ex-Governor they attempt to turn the tables in a gripping climax.
Moving in together confronts a couple with inevitable adjustments to their personal autonomy. The dialogue employs the poetic verse structure of the Pantoum, which imitates the entanglement of their commitment and acts as the language of a joined organism: a relationship.
Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival 2017
Two close friends, two very different people.
Ava knows who she is, what she wants. Lucille does not. A chance encounter turns an average night into an extraordinary one; as Lucille - confused by her own jealousy - makes a choice that will change the course of their future.
Somerset, England. Trainee veterinarian Clover Catto returns to the farm where she grew up after hearing news that her brother Harry has died - an apparent suicide. Finding the family home in ruins following recent floods that devastated the area, Clover is forced to confront her difficult father Aubrey about the farm, the livestock and, crucially, the details surrounding Harry’s death. As the funeral approaches Clover’s discoveries send her on an emotional journey of reckoning - with the land, her family and herself.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - First Feature Competition
In a world obsessed with knowing the future, we find Alberto, a Colombian immigrant working as a massage therapist in the City of London. Mild-mannered, almost shy, he blends into the multi-ethnic city to which he has come to earn money to pay for his mother's operation back home.
The streets of London aren't paved with gold but with old chip wrappers, and Alberto has found himself trapped in a vicious circle. Staying in London beyond his plans, the fervently religious man becomes obsessed that God has a destiny marked out for him. Everywhere he begins to see signs - on the streets, in bars and most potently on the clients he massages. When one day, a "third-way" politician, Jackie Jordan, visits the spa Alberto sees a sign that will set him on the path to his ultimate destiny.
Absorbing the Bible, Nostradamus, Palmistry and the Qur'an in its mythology, this is a taut, poignant East London based thriller with a supernatural twist.
Each believing the other to have drowned, identical twins Viola and Sebastian seek their fortune amongst the high society of Illyria. With a host of memorable characters William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night tells a tale of love and ambition with a series of mistaken identities and misplaced affections.
