Projects in genres: Drama

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Layla has always found social situations difficult due to her shyness. However she breaks the curse when she finds a new lease of confidence at a party in the guise of Madonna.

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An old artist Stanley Wyatt leads a solitary existence devoid of colour. His paintings are dark and brooding. A new neighbour Helen moves in next door. She loves yellow, and brings sunshine into Stanley's life.

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The year 1642 marks the turning point in the life of the famous Dutch painter, Rembrandt, turning him from a wealthy respected celebrity into a discredited pauper. At the insistence of his pregnant wife Saskia, Rembrandt has reluctantly agreed to paint the Amsterdam Musketeer Militia in a group portrait that will later become to be known as The Nightwatch. He soon discovers that there is a conspiracy afoot with the Amsterdam merchants playing at soldiers manoeuvring for financial advantage and personal power in, that time, the richest city in the Western World. Rembrandt stumbles on a foul murder. Confident in the birth of a longed-for son and heir, Rembrandt is determined to expose the conspiring murderers and builds his accusation meticulously in the form of the commissioned painting, uncovering the seamy and hypocritical side to Dutch Society in the Golden Age.

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It's 1921. In Russia a million children are without parents after six years of war, famine and disease. Nearly 300,000 of them have been orphaned by murderous anti Semitic attacks, their lives hanging by a thread. In South Africa, businessman Isaac Ochberg dreams a dream of saving some of these helpless and lost souls. Filmed in the original locations, together with unique archive footage and testimony from survivors, 'Ochberg’s Orphans' reveals this unknown story of heroism.

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A young boy with battered old trainers discovers life has new meaning when he chances on a brand new pair of leather shoes.

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A hand-warming tale of love, incest and death. Be warned no film called Oedipus can ever end happily.

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The film follows single 30-year-old Finch, whose life seems fairly sorted until he injures himself whilst on a surfing trip in Wales. On his journey home he experiences recurring dreams where a young woman appears to him. When he actually meets her at a roadside café, and crosses paths with a hitman called Vincent who talks of his search for treasure, Finch starts to question his sanity. As dreams merge with reality, Finch gets closer to home and further away from life as he knew it.

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Two lonely city-dwellers meet early every morning when he orders a coffee from her on his way to work. This meeting suggests promise and a meaning that their lives are otherwise lacking - but will either of them find the courage to make their contact more personal?

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With a spirit full of music and heart aching to love, a young woman finds enchantment amongst the tarnished glitter of a seaside town. Charlie can't help dreaming. In her head, she has a life filled with sunshine and song. The truth - a seaside summer job at a crazy golf course - is dreary and grey in comparison. Then there's a boy, Jake, a sculptor, crafting Charlie's castles in the air from the sand on the beach. But will she take a chance, take one little step, and open herself up to love? Filmed in Great Yarmouth, home of sun, sea and sand sculpting, One Little Step is a magical musical to melt your heart.

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A mother takes her boy to the beach and shows him beautiful things. At sunset, she falls asleep on the sand. When she opens her eyes her child is gone. Now everything which was once beautiful becomes threatening as she searches for her missing child.

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Orange People tells the story of 26 year old Mandy Clark who is addicted to tanning. Mandy has to have her daily dose to get through the day. Her Mother Belinda hates it , Mandy's boyfriend Scott is turned on by it and a familiar face from the past rears its ugly head. Mandy's obsession is spiralling out of control.

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Our Story, Our Voice is an explosive, unapologetic and unflinching look into the new global crisis and its impact upon the oppressed world. In an age where multi-national companies, states sponsor terrorism, democracy is imposed, and monoculturalism functions as unwritten law, Our Story, Our Voice is an essential film of resistance.   From the multi-award-winning producers of 500 Years Later, Our Story, Our Voice transforms what were once isolated whispers into unified, worldwide screams.