Projects in genres: Drama

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A class of teenage schoolboys are oblivious to their teacher’s attempts to question them about the wider world. But they are about to have a lesson they will never forget and one that will change their lives forever.

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A young westernised South Asian doctor visits an elderly Indian woman and soon discovers the immense healing power of storytelling and belief.

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Jim's throwing watermelons off his office roof, testing the effect for a possible suicide. But then there is Sammy on an adjacent roof about to jump herself. Together they set off searching for other ways out than down. Sammy's ex-boyfriend, Dean, an artist struggling with his creativity, needs a muse - and who better than Gina, the experimental prostitute with dodgy legs who lives upstairs. However, Dean soon finds out that Gina never does anything for free. Sexually confused Olly is forced to look after his deaf-mute brother Chris for the day. Not only does Chris have gay feelings too, but is more comfortable with them than he is. They embark on a searing quest through Soho's gay community to help Chris loose his virginity. No-one has more to hide than oldest brother Pete. He's being stalked by Carol, a timid old lady looking for her son - a guy Pete knew from his violent drug days.

Fearfully Pete opens his frozen heart to Carol and they begin a treacherous journey to find her lost son. By the end, each lost soul finds a solution in darkness or in light.

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An office worker discovers how easy it is to break free from his dull job, start a band and get the girl - realising his passion for music. Music video for the song by Common Rotation.

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Evaristo (12) and Luis Antonio (11), indigenous children from La Sierra Tarahumara in northwest Mexico, are sent to deliver a package to a far off community. After losing their horse they decide to part. Luis Antonio will look for the horse while Evaristo delivers the package. The trip becomes much longer than expected. On their journey they both discover sides of Tarahumara culture that was previously unknown to them and that hugely influences their lives.

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Maria Del Conte, a 26-year-old attractive and intelligent banker has made a decision to take her life on her 27th birthday. Having had an unhappy and troubled childhood, she moved to London and carved out a successful career as an investment banker in European media investment. It is through one of her rich clients, geeky 22-year-old Bruce Day, that she is introduced to Michael - a small time film producer.

Maria finds a renewed interest in life by her association with Michael, a charismatic and worldly man, slightly jaded by a life full of disappointment. He asks her out for coffee. After many refusals she finally agrees to meet. Maria doesn’t drink coffee - she orders herbal tea. They start to meet on a regular basis in front of a backdrop of guerrilla film making, young entrepreneurs Russian ‘trophy’ girlfriends, beef-cake actors and temperamental directors in a modern day, multi-cultural London.
 
We discover the truth behind Maria’s ‘birthday’ decision, the reason for Michael’s cynicism, Maria’s new passion for strong cappuccino and observe an unusual sexual and intimate chemistry develop between the two of them…more is never enough.

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Control is the story of Ian Curtis, lead singer of the now-legendary band Joy Division, who killed himself at the age of 23. Ian is a complex character. Marrying at 17, his relationship with his wife Debbie is remarkable in its normalcy - a picture of the young Northern couple trying to create a life. Ian works in the Employment Exchange and Debbie is a homemaker. However, Ian's love of music and literature defines his life. We see the drive of the man, resulting in Joy Division's growing success. As the band's profile grows, Ian is diagnosed with epilepsy, leaving him unsure of himself and his future. While dedicated to his wife and baby daughter, Ian yearns for real compatibility. He finds this in the form of a bright young journalist. The ensuing conflict between responsibility and desire, coupled with the increasing responsibilities of the band and the toll of performance, renders Ian incapable of dealing with the world, and he chooses what for him seems the only way out.
 

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A would-be car thief finds the car of his dreams, but his bungled attempts at stealing it attract the attention of an eagle-eyed security guard who is determined to stop him.

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Mercy King is headed nowhere. Trapped in a loveless marriage to a former church pastor she leads a lonely and unfulfilled life. Steven Valentine lives downstairs from the unhappy couple. He secretly desires Mercy but her husband is in the way. Steven will do whatever it takes to possess the woman of his dreams, even if that makes him an accomplice to murder.  

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Shane is a shy civil servant striking out on his own. Vincent is a gay fashion design student looking for a roommate. When they cross paths, a friendship begins with Vincent helping pull Shane from his shell and sending him on the road to fabulousness.

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Six months ago. Manchester, England. A man falls from a third story window. Did he jump or was he pushed? Frank Bannister (Dutch Dore-Boize) knows. He's the only witness, and he aims to keep it that way. It should have been David Marx in flat 311. The hit-and-run driver who killed his father. Frank wasn't looking for vengeance; only justice. Now he'll find neither. Somehow, an innocent man has been killed. A man Frank has never met and has no connection with, but who is more dangerous dead than he ever was alive.

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For the couple in Dad love in later life is still passionate. Their son though, now reaching middle age, has problems. Unlike his parents he has no outlet for his sexual yearnings and while he hears his mother orgasm next door his own desires are far from fulfilled.