'My Accomplice' is an off-beat comedy about falling in love, set in Brighton, featuring songs and live performances from local bands Transformer, Bob Wants His Head Back and The Mountain Firework Company. An ill-starred search for the village of Wivelsfield, the personal politics of perestroika in the wider context of David Hasselhoff, apricot flapjacks, abruptly unpredictable weather, gathering evidence of a seagull conspiracy, and a small cast of everyday eccentrics that usually don’t make it into films: Bulgarians, adults with learning disabilities, very tall women and elective mutes. In a city of this many vulnerable adults, Frank and Ilse might never have met.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere
The movie is a tragicomedy, the story of Alberto, an aging corporate employee, who lives alone in the gloomy housing estate in East London and dreams about returning to his beloved Rio de Janeiro. During a one solitary night, Alberto immerses himself into the abyss of his imagination and desires…
An old Jewish baker’s failing business gets an unexpected boost when his young Muslim apprentice, also a part time cannabis dealer, accidentally drops a load of dope in the dough, and the customers suddenly can’t get enough of his bread.
Rose Daily has been critically injured and hospitalised after a near-fatal accident. One night, Rose awakes to be confronted by a ‘mysterious’ patient who testifies to how and why Rose ended up in such an awful predicament. Leaving Rose puzzled and eager to solve this mystery.
Mal Walker, a reclusive, disillusioned Army veteran, is prompted into action when his only mate mysteriously disappears on a down-at-heel council estate. But as he journeys on his urban quest - encountering a succession of the estate's oddball characters - Mal begins to learn it is not just his friend he's looking for. It is his own humanity.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere
Four young people flee from London and set up a polyamorous commune in the country- choosing total isolation as an opportunity for an emotional, intellectual, and political hiding place. Strange rules and rituals help to loosen their inhibitions as, fighting cynicism and ghosts from the past, they move towards a deeply unconventional joy.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere
I May Be Some Time… is a short animated film about an old, grumpy man, Lawrence, who is forced on a journey to confront his inner self. Throughout the journey he grows younger and in the end of the film he is just a child.
Bill is an elderly pianist in his first week at a care home devoid of music.
Growing increasingly aware of Bill's passion for music, resident nurse Emma, seeks ways in which she can connect with him and help him to recover his sense of self.
