Projects in genres: Drama

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Thirty-three year old Chris Hopkins has a wife, child and works 9 to 5 in a respectable office job. Resentful of his mundane existence, he believes his son to be a burden and struggles to look at his wife with lust after 15 years under the same roof. He feels like something is missing and longs for change. Surfing adult sex sites when he should be working, he soon discovers a woman that he truly connects with. She listens to his problems, dresses like he wishes his wife would and she likes to talk dirty. How long can he hold out before fantasy and reality collide? Lie With Me is an erotic thriller that explores the seedy world of adult sex sites and the consequences of one man's journey to find sexual fulfilment. This 20-minute digital short film was shot on the increasingly popular Canon 5D Mk2 camera with a budget of less than £1,500.00. It is writer/director Nick Padley's debut short film and was shot entirely in West Yorkshire.

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A mother takes her three children on a road trip but finds that home cannot easily be left behind.

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Lipstikka is a psychological drama which depicts the emotional and sexual bond between Lara and Inam, two Palestinian teenage girls from the West Bank. In the midst of the political turmoil of the 1st Intifada, they decide to break the curfew imposed by the Israel military, and sneak into the Jewish part of Jerusalem to see a movie. What begins as a youthful prank, soon evolves into a twisted set of events. Fifteen years later, they meet in London as adult women, and realise that what they remember from their past may not necessarily reflect what indeed happened. [A UK/Israel co-production]

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A teenage boy uses his hearing impairment to escape his daily routine and the responsibility of looking after his wheelchair bound little brother.

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A lonely boy wishes for a friend.

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LOW tells the harrowing story of Alice (Amy Comper), a young woman who is one day forced to venture into the countryside to bury a dark and dangerous secret for her abusive husband. Upon her return, she is accosted by a strange man, Edward (David Keyes), who is intent on befriending her and following her. Edward claims to have a secret of his own which he needs Alice to see. As Alice refuses, she is taken hostage by Edward and dragged into a terrifying fight for her life, miles from home, with no chance of reaching anyone to help her. A series of lethal twists and turns await as she struggles to flee from Edward and regain control of her life.

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On the last day of her life, ballerina Ida Rubinstein, is a frail and forgotten figure with only her three greedy servants in attendance. With one last supreme effort Ida rises from her chair and revealing her ballet shoes she begins to dance.

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A father takes justice into his own hands when he thinks his son has been sexually assaulted.

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Martin is a up and coming writer who has the idea for his first novel. He lives with his girlfriend Kate who truly believes in him. As Martin begins the novel against some disapproval from novelist and mentor Rod Jonas he starts to become obsessed with completing his book. Martin starts to push away everyone in his life as he spirals into depression and succumbs to alcoholism. Martin has to realize that to finish his work he must realize what life is truly about. A drama about the transformation of human beings, exploring the dark and painful faucet of our existence as a race and why we create.

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In 1987 as BSE spreads across Britain and a mystical 'harmonic convergence' is foretold two gangsters Gill and Rokit roam the country seeking a place to lay low with their loot until things cool down. What transpires takes them on a surreal journey to their ultimate destinies. Maybe if David Lynch had remade The Wicker Man it would have looked something like this.

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The latest film by Frame on Frame was made in the style of Mike Leigh and Alexander Sokurov. It is an exceptional piece of experimental film-making and was shot from beginning to end in less than 100 minutes, using 6 cameras strategically placed in a large private garden in Hammersmith. Twenty-four actors took part and although they worked to a plot, all the dialogue was improvised during the shoot with no rehearsals beforehand. Only Morrison was made aware of the final scene before the shoot.

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MOVE, is a short film fusing the worlds of traditional Highland pipe music and urban hip hop, shot on location in Mid Argyll. This dynamic short film is the result of a unique collaboration with Wild Biscuit, Mid Argyll Pipe Band and Scotland's No1 Hip Hop Crew, Random Aspekts.