Projects in genres: Drama

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Reggie lives in the near future, where modern medicine has evolved to prolong life indefinitely, courtesy of the Immortality (IMMO) Corporation. He is now a very old man, and has lost the memory of his past completely. When one day a shoe falls down from the shoeboxes stored high above him, he is given the chance to take back his most precious memory, a moment that he’d previously lost forever.

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An actress attends an audition only to be insulted and interrogated by the male casting director. Preparing to walk out, a female casting agent joins them to pacify the unsettling situation, temporarily.

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Danger, lust and fear combine in an erotic game. Carl is on the run from a gang intent on killing him. In desperation he seeks refuge in an expensive restaurant where a beautiful woman is dining alone. Cornered, he knows that one false move from either of them will cost him his life. But desire is about to lay its own subtle trap. Based on a short story by German cult writer Hans Herbst.

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A young couple, Jacqueline and Francis, meet a group of professionals for diner and become entangled in a symbolic discussion and sadomasochistic dance concerning the metrosexual man.

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Two sisters struggle to survive in a society of bright lights and 24-hour video walls, where sleep is illegal. When one refuses to take the tablets that keep everyone awake, the other must choose between the normality she craves - and the terror of falling asleep for the first time.

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An offbeat romantic comedy set in Latvia on the shortest night of the year - a night when the whole country goes crazy.
Curt, a young American lands in Riga looking for his Latvian half-sister Maia, hating the place from the minute he arrives. But events - and a very talkative taxi-driver - make him see things differently, so that by the time morning arrives he doesn't bat an eyelid when he sees a kangaroo being wheeled into hospital for treatment!

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Bosnia 1994: A TV news crew and their Serbian militiamen guides tear across the rugged Balkan landscape to break the story of a massacred village - only to find they've strayed into a minefield.

An emotionally visceral black comedy on the tragedy that war inflicts.

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In the middle of nowhere, as darkness falls, a man begins a mysterious ritual of total destruction.

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Will is shocked when he's told that his colleague Emma has died while on holiday. He's even more surprised when he sees her walking passed the window of the cafe in which he's sitting the next day.

Sarah-Jane Potts (Kinky Boots) stars in a tale of missed opportunities.

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Monotone centres around the concept of personifying a stereo speaker. The story chronicles the speaker's quest to find acceptance in a surreal world set against an intriguingly colourful backdrop. Can he find his soulmate amidst the chaotic and cut-throat musical world? Or will he face rejection at every turn in a world in which everybody is marching to a different beat?

Monotone is a story of love and identity which tackles broader issues of taste, subcultures and a desire for acceptance in a world in which a sense of community is being replaced by a greater focus upon the individual. Yet it does so in a fashion that is accessible to those of all ages and backgrounds.

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The golden rule on the blackboard says “write what you know” but reality is the last thing Charlie wants to write about. Through his eccentric Nan and a mysterious painting, Charlie discovers that whatever they tell him at school, the best thing he knows is completely invisible.

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A claustrophobic, blackly comic drama about a mysterious meeting between two strangers in an abandoned warehouse, starring The League of Gentlemen’s Mark Gatiss.