Projects in genres: Drama

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When London's sleaziest club opens for the night, no one expects the dramatic turn of events which is going to change the lives of the performers and the regulars of the 'Gin and It' club.

Lonely burlesque dancer, Celina, is besotted with her American GI boyfriend, Eddy, a crook and womaniser. While he makes his moves on the girls that Celina think are her friends, she is out on the stage hiding her insecurities behind feather boas and sequened nipple tassels. The clubs seedy regulars, enjoy the company of performer and prostitue, Lily, who decides to take advantage of vulnerable celina as well as her delusional customer Oscar, a man who believes Lily to be his girlfriend. She will stop at nothing to stir trouble between the performers and guests at the club, while making Celina confused about her feelings towards her so called friend after Lily tries to seduce her.

Taking drastic measurements, Celina is determined to know where she stands with her GI boyfriend, but the obstacles in her way are leadling Celina to deadly consequences.
 

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Gone Fishing is the touching story of a boy and old man coming to terms with bereavement through their shared love of fishing, and the legend of Goliath, the biggest pike ever caught!

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Good Dick is an unusual fairy tale about a troubled, solitary women and the persistent video clerk who draws her out of the claustrophobic world by pursuing a courtship with her. As they become closer, her sexual antipathy is met with his unflinching optimism, until finally her aggressive defenses overwhelm them both. Profoundly affected by his presence in her life, she finds the courage to face her past.

Writer, director, and lead Marianna Palka has an uncanny knack for understanding the complex give and take of human interaction and the sometimes painful motivations behind them. She has made a raw, joyously unpredictable feature debut touched with sly humor, tender hope and as much upfront honesty as its title implies, Good Dick.

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Bradley McKee is a Straight ‘A’ Student and just a normal guy. He’s a student who doesn’t have the perfect job or even a perfect social life.
But he has met the perfect girl, of every man's dreams, famous glamour model Elle Harvard. At first sight of her, he is astounded by her beauty and style.

The pair have a whirlwind relationship and in just one day dream Bradley is about to take Elle’s life by storm - much to the disgust of her over-protective and very arrogant agent. Elle possesses the ability to make Bradley take risks and do the things that he never believed that he could allow himself to do.

Like most romantic comedies this relationship is about to take a turn for the worse when Bradley is set up by Elle’s agent and another model is photographed leaving his house. This is about to cause a major catfights in the model world. When Top model Elle threatens to give up her whole career for this boy there must be some serious pay offs. Elle’s agent pays Bradley off to end his relationship with the beauty.

Bradley takes the money but automatically knows he has made the wrong decision - but it is too late once he has broken things off? It’s not long before he wonders if he can handle his newfound fame when things start crashing around him.

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A man kneels down to pray to a painting of Jesus, only to find that his prayers are interrupted by a noisy fly. Despite his efforts, the man cannot deter the fly from interrupting his prayer, and soon finds himself embroiled in a challenge of the great and small.

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A British-Pakistani film set runner transporting a load of replica guns gets stuck in a London suburb in the middle of the night.

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Ever get bored of happy endings? Why does every rom-com feel familiar? Happy F****** Endings is an existential romance with a sci-fi twist that is the result of what happens if the characters of a film get bored with their stereotypical relationship story.

Old friends Rachel and Iain, both in their 20s, desperately pursue their independent paths to what they think is true love, whilst slowly realising their love for one another. As their story reaches its inevitable happy ending, Clare, who so far has simply been a pawn in their courtship reveals that she is in fact in control of the path their story takes. Bored by the naïve developments Rachel and Iain’s story has taken thus far, she decides to make them re-live the scenes of their budding romance desperately trying to find a way to make a new love-story. However as things progress it looks that she may have to just face up to the reality that perhaps a romantic comedy will never really be able to break it's own rules, and that, inevitably, there will always be a happy f****** ending.

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Love isn't blind, just extremely short-sighted.

Hardly Bear To Look At You takes an unflinching look at the addictive effect unrequited love can have on both parties. A myopic filmmaker tries unsuccessfully to seduce an enigmatic street performer, escorting her from London to Paris by train and then back again in her antique Citroen van. When he casts her in a film set in Cannes, his romantic obsession grows, leading to a conclusion that will force a re-evaluation of all that has gone before.

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Young Ben struggles for his father's attention. When Karl is unable to attend a Karate competition due to dubious 'work commitments', Ben follows with his sister in tow. When he discovers Karl's second family his father agrees to attend the competition and a silent pact is made.

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A man tries to communicate with the people around him but finds that their portable devices get in the way until he finds a way to attract attention and romance with his own headphones.

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It has been a year since William's brother David went missing. The worst year of his life, one that has left him a broken man. The day Chloe moves into his bleak apartment block, it seems there is a chance for some happiness in his life, she makes him feel different, alive. When William suddenly starts receiving mysterious messages relating to his missing brother, his fragile world is turned upside down. William must try and follow these strange clues regarding his brother to find out who is responsible for his disappearance. With Chloe at his side he embarks on a dangerous journey to discover the truth.

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An 18 year old girl called Joy has gone missing. Another girl called Helen is a few weeks away from leaving her care home. Helen is asked to play Joy in a police reconstruction that will retrace her last known movements. Joy had everything. A loving family, a boyfriend, a bright future. Helen, parentless, has lived in institutions all her life and has never been close to anyone. Gradually Helen begins to immerse herself into the role, visiting the people and places that Joy knew; quietly and carefully insinuating her way into the lost girl's life. But is Helen trying to find out what happened to Joy that day, or is she searching for her own identity?

Helen is the debut feature by award-winning short film directors Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor.