Projects in genres: Drama

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The dilapidated suburbia of Edenstown casts a shadow over Tommy Cowley’s life. Trapped there by his agoraphobia since his wife was fatally attacked by twisted feral children, he now finds himself terrorized by the same mysterious hooded gang, who seem intent on taking his baby daughter.

Torn between the help of an understanding nurse and a vigilante priest, he discovers that to be free of his fears, he must finally face the demons of his past and enter the one place that he fears the most...the abandoned tower block known as the "Citadel".

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A young idealistic Irishman traveling across Africa to reach his girlfriend; hitches a ride with a warring European couple. The crossfire could be deadly.

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The definitive life story of Bob Marley - musician, revolutionary, legend - from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best.

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Mired in the nervous desperation of Havana, Raul dreams of escaping to Miami. When accused of assault, his only option is to flee. He appeals to his best friend, Elio, to abandon everything and help him reach his destiny, 90 miles across the ocean. Elio's commitment is tested when he is torn between protecting his sister and his own desire to get out. On this one night, full of hope and fraught with tensions, they face the biggest challenge of their lives.

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In a misguided attempt to protect his family and pay back gambling debts to the local Mobster, Jimbo robs a fish market, which is coincidentally owned by the same Mobster. On the run, Jimbo is cornered in a local curio shop, where he takes hostage an assortment of colorful characters, including Maguire, who may be his illegitimate father. Surrounded by the Police, the SAS, and the Mobster's crew, the young man must find a way out of his precarious predicament with the help of his oddball captives.

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Shot over the course of five years, this documentary-style feature from prolific English filmmaker Michael Winterbottom offers a masterful meditation on the daily travails of a family living apart from their imprisoned patriarch (TIFF 2012).

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Stella's beloved dog Frida has been sold. In a neighborhood where people have withdrawn into their cocoons, Stella must emerge from hers and take up a bizarre job if she wants to get Frida back.

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Ian (Ed Hogg), a charismatic new spatial orientation instructor, arrives at a topnotch school for the visually impaired. The head teacher hires Ian under condition that the children will not be exposed to any danger as they learn to move around by themselves.

Ian’s unconventional techniques intrigue the children and embolden them to explore their surroundings. But more than only teaching them how to move without a cane, Ian encourages his students to develop their vision of the world.

Among his students, a young woman called Eva (Alexandra Maria Lara), is withdrawn and secluded. Ian concentrates his efforts to make her overcome her shyness. He brings her outside the clinic without permission to help her rediscover the pleasures of life. Because of Ian’s insubordination, the Headmaster is forced to make him leave the clinic, to avoid putting the patients at any further risk.

The clinic administration tells the students that Ian ingeniously tricked them by using a sensor in his pocket. Eva and Serrano, one of Ian’s best students, have their doubts. Using Ian’s teachings, they decide one evening to leave the clinic to be confronted with the outside world and try to discover the truth about Ian.

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A twisted burglary, a failed revenge, and two mens search for the perfect women in each other.

James has gone bankrupt and in a bizarre mission to change himself for the better he tries cross dressing as a woman.

James "Im terrified of getting old and looking at some tight piece of heaven and feeling totally.... irrelevant."

School teacher, Gary, finds his parents murdered in their house after a bungled robbery.

Discovering a vital piece of evidence, Gary, finds the opportunity to avenge his parents murder, the unplanned attack results in him suffering life changing injuries of his own, forcing him to reevaluate his own life.

Just as James (now cross-dressing full time) and Gary's lives appear to be spiralling dangerously out of control, a chance meeting between the two men, brings them to discover a new perspective that is more liberating than either could have imagined.

But before James and Gary can move on from the painful decisions of their past, they need to make a few more about their future.

James "We are morally bound to teach this bitch (Zoe) a lesson, but first we have to get this garden done."

And these ones will kill.

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An unemployed stay at home dad begins venturing out at night. Befriended by a group of petty criminals and strippers, he begins to feel alive. But when he is implicated in a murder, he finds himself indebted to a psychotic gangster and is drawn into a world of violence that threatens his life and his family's safety.

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Self-made businessman Harry Papadopoulos has got it all; a mansion house; awards and a super rich lifestyle. However, on the eve of a property deal of a lifetime, a financial crisis hits and the banks call in their huge loans. Harry and his family lose everything in an instant. Everything, except the dormant and forgotten Three Brothers Fish & Chip Shop half owned by Harry’s larger than life brother Spiros - who's been estranged from the family for years.
With no alternative, Harry and his family, plant enthusiast James; fashion victim Katie; bookish Theo and their loyal nanny Mrs. Parrington, are forced to pack their bags, leave their millionaire lifestyle and join ‘Uncle Spiros’ to live above the neglected Three Brothers chippie.
Together they set about bringing the chip shop back to life under the suspicious gaze of the their old rival, Hassan, from the neighbouring Turkish kebab shop. Harry struggles with the banks to regain his lost business empire, but as the chip shop comes to life and old memories are stirred Harry and his family gradually discover that only when you lose everything are you free to discover it all.

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Set in the Cumbrian countryside, we see a young boy trying to help his parents deal with a loss which is slowly breaking down their lives.