Projects in genres: Drama

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Based on true events. The friendship of two boys is tested to its limits as they battle for survival during the Kosovo war.

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Ryan has recently returned from combat duty in Afghanistan and seeks out an old friend.

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The Watcher Self is a deeply unsettling psychosexual chiller written and directed by Matt Cruse about one woman’s descent into hell. Cora (Karen French) begins her day facing the consequences of a nightmare. Struggling to maintain a normal routine, she engages in a series of emotionally detached encounters and experiences a confusing psychological connection with the strange and elusive Van (Julian Shaw). Then echoes from the past threaten to derail her tenuous state of mind, and Cora becomes increasingly dislocated from her surroundings. Is she going insane, or is it something else? The Watcher Self is about what remains when the layers of sanity are gradually stripped away... and what may or may not be real.

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As simple-minded John's mother embraces the world of internet dating he finds himself pressured to get out and develop relationships himself. A threatening encounter leaves John desparately in search for romance in order to 'fit in' with the lads from the pub, leaving devastating results of John's frantic actions.

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Because of writing is the story of an heroin addict writer lost in the maze of his own mind, haunted in the dark by hallucinations, Illusions and a mysterious presence. His life is torn between a strong love for a prostitute, his wife's contempt and the passion for writing.

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Doorways is a story about a week in the life of two English Pub Doormen, one who is innocently on a path to find his masculinity, the other holds a dark secret and is on the edge of losing his mind. Inspired by our writer ‘working the doors’ for over 10 years, Doorways is a story about Craig, a life-long bouncer, it’s all he knows. He is also on a path of self-destruction and years of abuse are coming back to haunt him in a week from hell. He is questioning his own sanity and own reality. The last thing he needs to be is a student. The Student is on a path of self-discovery. He is searching for his masculinity. But he will find many answers to questions he didn’t need to know; defining who he is as a man as Craig takes him on a ride that eventually descends into the depths of human depravity. Will Craig break him? or will he rescue Craig’s heart?

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When drought threatens to wipe out his clan, a young Shaman sets out on an ardous journey in search of a spiritual leader he believes he can bring forth rain. He meets a mysterious monk who is in search of an ultimate spiritual revelation.

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When Eilis is given the opportunity to emigrate to New York she jumps at the chance for a better life, even if it means leaving her family and home. Desperately homesick at first, Eilis soon finds romance in Brooklyn, but when a family emergency forces her back to Ireland, she finds herself torn between two countries and the lives that exist within. Official Selection Toronto 2015 - Special Presentations

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Late nineteenth century, a white explorer is lost in the jungle. He sets off, trying to locate himself. In the thick rain forest, he encounters a young woman... Early twenty-first century, a foreign news correspondent just met a prostitute in a nightclub. They spend the night together but the mysterious girl disappears the day after. The news correspondent tries to find out what happened to her and eventually finish a travelogue. Sundance Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

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A father and son live a reclusive lifestyle in the middle of nowhere. The man, a disillusioned mercenary, has his final target in sight - a gang of foreign revolutionaries who lay low in a nearby derelict compound. As the man closes in on his target the boy falls for the revolutionaries' serving girl. Having spent his whole life in isolation the boy now discovers the warmth of friendship and the pleasures of something more. As father and son collide the boy is sent running, running in pain and full of betrayal, straight into the twisted embittered arms of the boy's maternal grandparents, who have come to snatch and save the boy. Figuring out what is right and wrong, what is good and bad is a task for both the man and the audience. International Film Festival Rotterdam 2015 - World premiere

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Based on Aardman Animations's claymation character Shaun the Sheep, first seen alongside Wallace and Gromit in the Oscar-winning 'A Close Shave'. Shaun’s mischief inadvertently leads to the farmer having to leave the farm. Shaun, the rest of the flock and Bitzer the dog then have to go into the big city to rescue him in an epic adventure. Sundance Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

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An uptight English businessman is troubled by reoccurring dreams of endlessly running for his life. He goes to see a Skandinavian Sleep Specialist who hypnotises him in an attempt to get to the root of his problem. What she discovers takes them both on a journey of unexpected consequence...