Projects in genres: Drama

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April 2003, three weeks after the fall of Saddam. A journey through Iraq, a troubled land where no one knows what lies ahead. On hearing the news that prisoners of war have been found alive in the South, a curious young boy Ahmed and his obstinate grandmother set out to uncover the fate of the boy's missing father, one of the many soldiers who never came home since the gulf war 1991.

From the mountains of the North to the sands of Babylon, the pair hitch rides with strangers and cross paths with fellow pilgrims on an all too similar quest. As a grandmother struggles to accept an awful truth, Ahmed retraces the footsteps of a father he never knew. This is a journey that will not only connect them to the past, but will determine their lives forever.

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A story inspired by a set of wardrobe photographs Kubrick took for a movie he never made creates the backdrop for a relationship between two women to develop and be explored. Kristina is an actress. Esma is the costume designer. Kristina and Esma have a lot in common first and second-generation refugees from war torn areas of Europe. As we delve into their pasts, through a series of flashbacks, we unravel the hardship they have been through, the difficulty they have in connecting with their current environments and the similarities between them.

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SSDD: Same Sh*t Different Day is a slice of life in the east end of London following Lee (Samuel Anokye), recently released from prison, and Phil (Richard Oldham), a squatter and former rioter, who both work night shift together.
 
Retaining both a social realist approach and a comedy delivery, the film is set to the backdrop of the recession in contemporary Britain, executed on a shoestring budget and marking a mature step forward for critically acclaimed auteur Greg Hall (The Plague, Kapital).

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Stanley never goes outside. He likes to play with his clockwork toys and every night his mother kisses him goodnight.

Stanley is twenty.

The trouble is that Stanley thinks this is all quite normal, until an encounter with a mysterious girl turns his world upside down.

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Storage is the story of an autistic 19-year-old and the relationship with his father.

Jason is isolated by his autism; his father loves him but is unable to break through Jason's defences to communicate this or anything else.

Jason, meanwhile, boxes up everyday objects each box representing certain experiences he needs to control. When items suddenly go missing from the storage boxes, Jason's autistic world is forced to rub up against a more alien one, ours.
 

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Sparks fly as the worlds of street-dance and ballet collide in Streetdance - the vibrant, uplifting and ground-breaking 3D feature film from award-winning music video directors Max and Dania, Vertigo Films and BBC Films.

While training for the UK Streetdance Championships, a streetdance crew are forced to work with Royal ballet dancers in return for rehearsal space. With no common ground and with passions riding high, they realise they need to find a way to join forces to win.

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After having his car stolen and being kidnapped, Pedro, a lonely salesperson, tries a new life at the seaside in the south of Brazil. There he meets Celia, a teenager who is looking for a job. They begin a emotional relationship that suddenly ends when Celia becomes victim of prostitution and human traffic.

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1979: Election Night - a police interview room. Delroy's pregnant wife has been found dead in a pool of blood and he is brought in as the chief suspect. With all the evidence stacking up against him Delroy continually refuses to confess. He suffers a night of callous humiliation at the hands of two racist coppers, both high on the impending Conservative landslide victory.

More concerned with the outcome of the election than establishing the truth they resort to brutal interrogation. The country wakes up to a new dawn with Margaret Thatcher as the new Prime Minister and Delroy's world is changed forever.

From the writer of British classic 'The Long Good Friday' and based on a true story, Sus is a powerful cry against institutional racism which is as relevant today as ever. It pulls no punches in its depiction of a corrupt system that fails the very people it should protect.

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Swinging with the Finkels tells the hilarious story of Alvin and Ellie's relationship.

We are in the present day, looking back at the eventful moments in their lives. Two young students, Alvin and Ellie, meet at university, fall in and out of love, discuss music, hair and other less important things. Ellie is from the U.S. and they do things differently there.

We jump 10 years and they are now married and have successful careers, but do they have time for each other? Advised by best friends Peter and Janet, Alvin and Ellie analyse the best and worst bits of their relationship. Do they stay together, do they have children, are sex toys good for marriage, SHOULD THEY SWING?
 
Swinging with the Finkels is the story of what happens after the honeymoon. It's the truth about sex, the truth about marriage, and the truth about love.

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Let the battle commence.

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Paul is jobless, alone, and about to turn 30. He's also selling up the family house. Joan his sister, pays him an annual visit, neither of them knowing that this year will be different from the rest. With the rediscovery of their childhood tandem bike, the siblings embark on an unforgettable cycling trip.

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Drama of urban alienation set in an austere and chaotic London. The son of a world-renowned Iraqi writer struggles with his conscience as he plans to publish a book which exploits his assassinated father's name, while wrestling with his unrequited love for his best friend.