Projects in genres: Drama

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Malcolm's life is going nowhere. He leads a mundane existence working in a bookshop. The only thing that keeps him going is the unique relationship he has with a prostitute who he visits once a week.

Her disappearance triggers a turbulent, obsessive investigation. Already cut off from reality by his own imagination, incapable of differentiating between reality and his mind, he attempts to track her down using the few leads left behind by the mysterious woman. Eventually he will find she also leads another upper middle class existence in suburbia.

Seen through Malcolm's warped mind, this is a thriller about identity and isolation, desire and despair.

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Four-year old Chloe sees a man shoplifting and asks her mum if she too can 'shop like the man.' Mum-distracted and on the phone agrees, only aware of what has been going on when a Security Guard stops them at the check-out. The Security Guard asks Chloe to identify the man she was copying, but preferring the dapper thief to the greasy Security Guard she pretends he has gone. As Chloe and embarrassed mum leave the store, the thief drops a chocolate bar from his coat as a reward for Chloe's help.
 

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Jacks is an assistant editor at UK Vogue and forms the centre of her group of friends, taking an 'Emma'-like role as she match-makes and steers them through their disastrous relationships. Her gay flatmate Peter is a particular focus of her repeated attempts to help him find true love. But when will Jacks realise she needs to focus on her own less than ideal love life? And when will Peter stop letting his imagination of the ideal lover get in the way of real-life happiness?

Love and Other Disasters provides us with a witty glance into a glittering group of friends and their London life, whilst examining the difference between life and love as it is in the movies and how it is in real life.

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A short film about the 3 stages of love - the 'beginning', the 'honeymoon period' and the 'break-up'. Exploring these stages with five different characters whose stories, against their better knowledge, are linked.

Love Is Like is a romantic thriller that intertwines narrative and explores love from start to finish.

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Craig can't bare it any longer, he has to let Tracey, the girl of his dreams, know that he exists. Heartfelt and unspoken he delivers his all-important letter. Now all he has to do is wait.

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On a remote Welsh island, an innocent game of catch leads Anna and Joseff into an ancient graveyard. Venturing deeper onto the island, their play evolves into an exploration of life, love and loss.

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An Albanian man's only desire is to head back home to his family. The lack of money for his flight leads him into the criminal underworld and ultimately leaves him entangled in a kidnapping that goes terribly wrong.

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Maria cannot bear to lose Vincent to his bride on his wedding day. When their tragic entaglement finally comes to the surface, Maria tries to win him back for one last night. Can he resist temptation?

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A young couple move into their new home in time for their first anniversary. Though deeply in love and commited to each other, a trauma from their past threatens to break their home apart.

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Set in the heart of Ireland's bible belt, this gothic thriller tells the tale of one cleric's chilling determination to rid a rural town of its corruption and vice.

Preacher Gabriel (Matthew Macfadyen) returns home to Middletown and finds gambling, drinking and sinning at every turn. Determined to save the souls of his flock, Gabriel sets about imposing a new order.

However, his godly intentions mask a dark and malevolent heart with his damning sermons pitting neighbour against neighbour.

Gabriel's own brother, Jim (Daniel Mays) comes under attack from this moral crusade and is forced to fight back as his wife (Eva Birthistle), his marriage and his livelihood are all threatened.

Middletown presents a haunting story of good versus evil. Has the preacher come to save them all from eternal damnation or condemn the ones he loves to a life of hell?

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When Emily's quiet life is disrupted by a noisy musician moving in next door, the outcome is far from muted.
 

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Two cities, two homes, Cristiano is the son of a broken marriage. For his 18th birthday, he is certain to receive a desired gift from his mom.