Richard, an unemployed 55-year-old, arrives 3 minutes late for his appointment at a job centre. An advisor, stifled by the limits of the system she works in, has no choice but to penalise him for his tardiness. To avoid plunging further into destitution, Richard takes desperate measures.
Set in war torn Europe of the 1940s, ‘Dancing in the Ashes’ follows the story of Edina, a young Jewish ballerina who must battle against segregation, separation and inhumanity, when she is snatched from her home and sent to a Nazi concentration camp.
A greedy multinational company, a poetic vision of the end of the world, an extraordinary drug-induced final dream, great love. Not necessarily in that order.
Inspired by the story of real-life identical twin dancers Michael and Jeremy Hodges, DOUBLE TAKE is a story of sibling rivalry and aging bodies. Part drama, part-documentary, the film plots the twins' journey to reconnect with each other after a lifetime apart.
Danielle is Eris; goddess of Strife in the Greek pantheon. She is a foster child, teen mother, victim of violence at home and from the state. This is a portrait of a life currently being lived. This film examines the nature of Strife in 21st century Britain.
Colin, a man beaten by failures, is forced to face his fears when they appear to him as variations of himself. In a tense, drug-fueled crisis of confidence, will he come through it a stronger man, or will his demons get the better of him?
Johnny, a small time crook and Marie, a dissatisfied shop assistant are both looking for a fresh start. Greta and Pearse meet in extraordinary circumstances on a bridge overlooking the city. With Greta facing a terminal illness and Pearse with a bounty on his head, this unlikely duo fall unexpectedly, helplessly in love before fate and circumstance take over. A wayward corpse and this unlikely love story all compose the jigsaw puzzle as the night's events expertly fall into place, weaving an existential portrait of our characters' lives as their hopes, fears and secrets are revealed.
A coruscating drama, based on an award winning novel, which explores the troubled relationships between the various members of an English family over a long summer when Eleanor, the stroke-afflicted old mother decides to give away her beautiful house in Provence to a New Age Foundation run by an Irish charlatan rather than to her own son and his young family. The story is told from the point-of-view firstly of Robert, an eight year old boy, then his increasingly drunken father, Patrick and also finally Mary, his long-suffering mother as they all struggle to come to terms with the loss of something they love desperately but increasingly realize will soon be gone forever. It is both a funny and moving tale of family discord.
