Projects in genres: Drama

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It is the summer of 1976, the hottest summer in living memory, and keen drama teacher Vivienne fights sweltering heat and general teenage apathy to put on a school musical of her version of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'. To get the kids engaged, she weaves the play around their favourite pop songs, using the hits of the day by artists as diverse as David Bowie, Lou Reed, The Beach Boys, Simon and Garfunkel, Dusty Springfield and Electric Light Orchestra. The music is sung and performed by a fresh and enormously talented group of young actors led by rising star Aneurin Barnard. The result is a film that is in turn touching, life affirming, funny and nostalgic, and a love letter to the music of the period.

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Luka (27) is a carer for his mother. When she gives him a day off he feels the need to leave out his entire youth in one day, helped by two significant encounters.

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17-year-old Zoe succeeds in juggling her GCSE retakes, supermarket job and commitments to her friends until her boyfriend and best mate betray her. Is this the wake-up call she needs? It's a dark moment for Zoe, faced with sacrificing the life she knows for the life she really wants.

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Molly (8), an only child of a Pakistani father and British mother, watches her parents' marriage disintegrate before her eyes as mum embarks on a romantic relationship with another man.

In a disturbing dream Molly fantasises with killing mum's lover to put an end to the extramarital affair, subconsciously wishing that putting mum's lover out of the picture will bring things back to normal in her family.

But things are far from normal when mum disappears after a heated argument with dad.

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An ominous curse materializes to change Rita's life forever. Hunted down, flung across borders, and plunged into a world of torture, imprisonment and sexual exploitation, Rita battles desperately to overcome her predicament.

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Impatient to grow and become a man, eleven year-old Robert is stuck on a boating holiday with only his parents and his curiosity for company.

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In a bold new feature version of Jane Eyre, director Cary Fukunaga and screenwriter Moira Buffini infuse a contemporary immediacy into Charlotte Brontë’s timeless, classic story.

Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender star in the iconic lead roles of the romantic drama, the heroine of which continues to inspire new generations of devoted readers and viewers.
 

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Join My Band is a short film about a boy who starts a band to get a girl. Set in inner city London, Steve, a nerdy schoolboy, falls in love with rebellious rock-chic Stella. Oblivious to his feelings, Steve transforms his image, forming a punk-rock band with his friends. However, despite appearances, Stella isn't quite what she seems.

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A tale of an obsession with junk food that may prove hard to swallow!

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Frank is an ex-soldier, haunted by a violent past. He lives alone, drowning his nightmares with alcohol. Lynette, a young rough sleeper sits in the cold waiting for loose change to fall on her lap; but her luck seems to change when she meets Frank who despite his misgivings, offers her a place to stay. Their relationship blossoms. For the first time in years he sobers up and life takes on some meaning.

But Lynette is not all she seems. Recruited by her drug dealer boyfriend, Danny, to find a new base for his dealing, she has targeted Frank. When her genuine fondness for him and their emerging friendship takes her by surprise, she attempts to break away from her previous life.
Such fragile happiness can't last - Danny reappears. As Danny tightens his hold on the house and its inhabitants, Lynette begins to slide into addiction and fear. Frank’s battle becomes as much for her safety as his own.

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Two female friends are on a mission to rediscover the heady days of their youth. At a late night, isolated party in the countryside one of them discovers this might be more difficult than she imagined.

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Tom is perceived as having everything: a great career, a beautiful wife - an ideal life. But behind this façade of perfection, Tom is living a lie. When his wife threatens to leave him, Tom's tightly wound composure finally cracks. He lashes out and the consequences are something to be
reckoned with. Tom is sent to prison and his life, as he knew it, is gone forever. After losing his job, his wife and his identity he is forced to start afresh alone. Self-doubt and loneliness now seem to dominate his days. What is he going to do with the rest of his life?

He eventually befriends a young girl called PJ and his life seems to regain a bit of colour and warmth from their slowly ensuing friendship. But then Tom meets his beautiful French neighbour Inès. A tender connection develops among them. This quietly mysterious woman intrigues Tom. When he finds out about her life, it finally puts everything in Tom's own story into perspective.

There might be damage, but there is always hope.