Projects in genres: Drama

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Thirst is the story of three old friends reunited over dinner and who share in a secret that will either change the world, or set in motion something altogether different.

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A young, desperate mother tries unsuccessfully to turn her life around by attempting to smuggle immigrants across the US borders. When the quick money scheme fails, she ends up with an abandoned Mexican girl, and the journey they embark upon will change her life forever.

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Jack (Simon Pegg) is a children’s author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by an irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent, and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in Jack’s script, what should be his ‘big break’ rapidly turns into his ‘big breakdown’ as Jack is forced to confront his worst fears; among them love, laundry and serial killers.

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K is a doctor on his last day of retirement. His kids have migrated to another country and everyone in Athens is preoccupied with the violent riots on the streets. K. finds shelter in discussions with his dead friends and family while trying to make choices about his future.

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David Blair directs this powerful British Drama, loosely inspired by John Steinbeck's novel 'Of Mice and Men'. Set in Nottingham, the film revolves around the relationship between the thuggish Danny and Joseph, a giant of a man with a mental age of seven. When Danny finds himself in debt to a local crime boss, he feels he is left with no choice but to manipulate Joseph into participating in a series of underground cage fights from which Danny can pay his debts.

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Death is a feature length mysterious comedy sci-fi drama. Following the death of their last remaining parent, their dad, two brothers and two sisters have to return to the family home, after many years to face each other, face the future... and most importantly face the past.

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James (Cerith Flinn) and Amy (India Wadsworth), an ex-couple, meet up in a cafe a year after James suffered a mental breakdown. She just wants to rekindle their friendship but he has other things on his mind.

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A classic rites of passage story of two brothers and the exuberance and pain of their teenage love for the same girl, the pressures of their feudal family life, the horrors and folly of war and the ultimate price of courage and cowardice.

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When newly elected MP Richard Dove runs over a young girl on a deserted forest road, he must decide to what lengths he will go to save his blossoming career…

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A young sick man falls in love with the girl on the bus. His passionate love for this girl and his imagination leads to a tragic circumstance.

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The Collector dissects one man's obsessive compulsion for gathering materialistic possessions, showing him at three different ages throughout his life as he struggles against the neurotic need to hoard, compile, collect.

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Dave McKean presents The Gospel of Us, the film adaptation of the ground-breaking theatre event starring Michael Sheen. Taking inspiration from one of the defining narratives of our times, this contemporary re-telling of The Passion took place across the town, with the people of Port Talbot as its cast, crew and heroes. Easter. Port Talbot is in a battle for its life. Authoritarian forces have taken over and the town is in thrall to ICU, a sinister and merciless corporation depleting the town of its resources with scant regard for the residents. The atmosphere is explosive. Resistance is inevitable. When a company representative and suicide bomber clash on the beach, catastrophe is only averted by the intervention a softly spoken man who had disappeared 40 days earlier. Revealed later as the Teacher (Michael Sheen), he attracts followers and becomes a focus for the Resistance. His influence quickly draws the attention of ICU, who perceive him as a danger who must be removed at all costs…