Projects in genres: Drama

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Emma a teenage girl with anxiety disorder tries to succeed in her exams and live up to her late mother’s expectations. Alongside her caring best friend, Rob, and loud-mouthed little sister, Mia, Emma must do her best to hold it together.

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A journey through a sugary wonderland, following a boy and his mother as they wander through a frozen forest, meeting a bear, wolves. Wandering through magical white landscapes there are moments of danger and wonder. All ending in a mothers hug and a sugar cube.

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The journey of an applicant through the immigration system of an unspecified country.

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When Karen develops a crush on the postman delivering to her road it becomes clear she has to come up with a plan to get his attention. Spurred on by his daily visits she slips into a vivid fantasy world, Sticky is a tale of sexual awakening set in early 80s Britain against a backdrop of obsession, awkwardness and teenage angst.

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Twins Max and Jordan drive to the seaside town of Hastings where Max has arranged to meet a stranger.  Set in the pre-online world of 1994, the brothers fall back on mutual ground (football and conflicting music tastes) as they navigate untested waters.

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Inspired by a heart-breaking true story, 'The Climb' quietly explores the concept of feeling connected to someone you have lost by immersing yourself in something they love. The painful act of remembering by doing.

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What if, suddenly, everyone disappeared? How would you cope? Sometimes a lie is more comfortable than the truth. Every living thing on the planet has vanished. No warning. No apparent reason. Every human and animal, gone. Except Matthew.

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The continuing adventures of British publishing executive Bridget Jones as she enters her 40s... Bridget Jones finds herself unexpectedly expecting. The third film instalment of Ms Bridget Jones's story, based this time on novelist Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones newspaper column stories.

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Johnna's dad talks too much, and Johnna herself lives inside her head. 'Your Mother and I' looks at the small moments that belie the larger tensions between families and generations, whilst Johnna's dad recounts all the ways he and his wife changed the world. Or so he says. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2016 - Short Cuts - World premiere

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The true story of Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo), King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike), the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Opening Night Gala

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Charlie Brooker’s TV anthology series 'Black Mirror' taps into the collective unease within the modern world. Each stand-alone episode a sharp and suspenseful tale exploring themes of contemporary techno-paranoia. Without questioning it, technology has transformed all aspects of people’s lives; in every home, on every desk, in every palm there is a plasma screen, a monitor, a smartphone — a Black Mirror reflecting our 21st Century existence back at us. TIFF presents two episodes from the forthcoming third season of Black Mirror: San Junipero and Nosedive Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2016 - Primetime - World premiere

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A triumphant epic of survival set in the searing wilds of the Badlands, the menacing inferno of the old American West. A tale of powerful womanhood and resistance against the unforgiving cruelty of a hell on earth. Liz is formed by the beautiful wilderness, full of heart and grit, accused of a crime she didn’t commit, hunted by the vengeful Preacher – a diabolical zealot. But Liz is a genuine survivor; a woman of fearsome strength who responds with astonishing bravery to claim the better life she and her daughter deserve. Fear not. Retribution is coming. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Official Competition