Projects in genres: Drama

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The village of Wake Wood in rural Ireland has preserved a tradition which enables its inhabitants to bring a person back from the dead for three days, one year after their death, in order to say a final farewell to their loved ones, before they make their final journey to the spirit world.

Patrick and Louise Daly have come to Wake Wood to take over the veterinary practice. They are relocating from the city to recover from the tragic death of their daughter. The couple can’t have another child. They discover the ritual.

Patrick and Louise ask if the villagers might bring their child back. The villagers agree to help but remind them that they can only have her back for three days and then she must return to the world of the dead. Patrick and Louise accept the rules, but when their child returns, they decide to keep her and break their agreement. The couple pay a terrible price for this transgression.

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Based on the Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, We Need To Talk About Kevin is the story of Eva, Franklin and Kevin, who two days before his sixteenth birthday, goes on a horrific rampage. In the wake of his actions, his mother Eva grapples with her own feelings of grief and responsibility. She confronts the ultimate taboo - Did she ever love her son? And how much of what Kevin did was her fault?

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Set on a rural island of the south coast England, We Once Were Tide tells the story of Anthony and Kyle, and their last night together as Kyle moves away leaving Anthony to look after his dependent mother.

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It is 1985. Thatcher is in power, Sade is on the radio and the print workers have gone on strike. But nothing will ever put a dampener on a group of close friends that meet every Sunday in their regular South London pub for alcohol and free flowing banter of the highest order. It is at one of these sessions that a man approaches their table and asks the most intriguing question.

Does anyone want to buy a racehorse?

From that simple but surreal question unfolds the story of The Mumper. Set against the backdrop of a changing way of life as Rupert Murdoch moves the printing of his newspapers from the traditions of Fleet Street to the computers of Wapping, this is a tale of seven firm friends, spanning three generations, who embark on a unique journey that eventually leads them to gamble all of their savings and redundancy money on a single race.

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This is a film about family: a young Chinese couple strive to live a free life in the face of the harsh reality of life filled with restrictions. Jun and Long are two lovers, who decide to get married after Jun becomes pregnant in order to avoid any stigma in a traditional Chinese society.

Struggling to take care of the newborn baby on their own, Jun's parents arrive to help, which strains the relationship between the couple. As lecturers while studying for their PHD diplomas, Long is particularly torn between his dream of freedom and the reality of a powerful traditional culture and Jun is torn between the bond she eventually forms with her child and her need to excel in her career and possibly take an extended work trip to Australia. This is the incredible story of a simple tale; the battle between love, life and tradition in modern China.

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Dare you enter the realm of the witch when she has yet to exact her revenge on those who sought to destroy her.

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A man's love of nature and the sea is threatened by the work of a famous artist. The conflict unfolds on the shifting sands of a Lancashire beach.

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It is a glimpse into the lives of this extraordinary group of people as they embark upon a weekend break. We also follow the emotional journey of a carer, Katie, who is new to the care industry and struggling to find her feet.

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On the afternoon of her birthday an art student is attacked. She immediately succumbs to amnesia forgetting all about the incident, until slowly the realisation of what has happened to her creeps through the cracks of reality.

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When two urban teenagers are trapped in the wilds of the Peak District, they are forced to put aside their rivalry in order to survive and find mutual respect and the start of friendship.

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When 30 year-old Hayley is diagnosed with a brain tumour she insists that her husband, Phil, starts going on blind dates. He only pretends to go, but love will find a way.

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Mike finishes a letter to his family and seals it in a waterproof bag, he tapes it to his midriff and leaves the house.  Mike’s next act will change the Rivers family forever.  This three-screen drama captures an irretrievable moment in the life of a middle–class family, revealing a story of infidelity, jealousy and extortion.