Projects in genres: Drama

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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.

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At the end of a school day, one young girl doesn't want to go home. She finds an identical self to accompany her.

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Alone at home, but haunted by other voices: six people in six rooms somewhere in London.

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Carlos, a Colombian man, comes to Tallinn to visit his old girlfiend, Sonia, who has been living there for 6 years. On his arrival Carlos realises Sonia has a boyfriend and winning her heart would be a difficult task. This film is the story of his displacement, of his attempts at connecting to the world around him and the people in it. Ultimately, a story of failure in human communication.

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Kate, a homeless girl feels like a ghost; that no-one notices her or cares about her. She feels disconnected from the world. She sees people uniting with each other daily all around her, and this makes her feel unloved. Then one day, someone unites with her and helps her, making her feel connected to the world again, and like she matters.

But it's just a cycle- she'll be alone and disconnected again tomorrow.

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Hunger is a dark, noirish thriller about apathy and desire. Stranded for the night in a foreign city, Saul retreats into its labyrinthine backstreets, where a chance encounter with a mysterious and seductive woman seems to offer an escape - but the woman it seems, has quite different plans for him.

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Hunger follows life in the Maze prison, Northern Ireland with an interpretation of the highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA hunger strike, led by Bobby Sands. With an epic eye for detail, the film provides a timely exploration of what happens when body and mind are pushed to the uttermost limit.