Projects in genres: Drama

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In the Park is a punchy, painfully evocative tale of three young teenage girls who have got themselves into more trouble than they bargained for.
Julie, Amira and Lindsey cross the gulf between childhood and adulthood in one afternoon.

Set in one of the capital's parks on a hot summer day when the asphalt is melting and there is madness in the baking concrete, Lindsey, Julie and Amira are bunking off school. A trio looking for trouble. Their delight in themselves is infectious. Their 'badness' shockingly innocent. Then Lindsey's cramps become suddenly crippling, and hiding in the bushes behind the playground they realise that she is having a baby.

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It's been 20 years since Krister set foot in Poland, and he's in for a number of big surprises. A modern Oedipal myth, a tale of voyeuristic obsession, Inheritance chronicles the transformation of a man in Warsaw as the city itself, emerging from its communist past, goes through its own changes.

Krister, a middle-aged Swede of Polish origin, has been retreating from the rigours of the modern world. His life, on a small island near Stockholm, has turned into an uneventful slow death. His memories of Poland, a country he visited during his teenage years, are just as sad. The only reason he goes back is because he inherits a cottage in the Polish countryside.

When he arrives in Warsaw, Krister is surprised by the city's modern infrastructure and by its outward signs of wealth. The butcher's shop he used to go to is now a sex shop, and his teenage friend Grzegorz is now a very respectable eye surgeon - and gay Krister is in for an even bigger shock as he meets 20-something Ewa. Krister thinks he is falling in love with her, which gives him a new zest for life. His discovery that she is a porn actress only adds to his obsession - until he learns that their meeting is no accident: she is his daughter.

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Sam, a radio DJ in 2020 New York City, recieves a mysterious call during her late-night talk show from someone, or something, claiming to be the artificial intelligence inside a nuclear bomb.

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From the director of Little Black Book comes a fresh spin on the high school comedy in the vein of American Pie and Freaky Friday. For 16 years, Woody, a poor but popular school jock and Nell, a prim, over-privileged school academic, have been next-door neighbours and arch enemies. However after some movie high-jinks they wake up one day to find themselves in a very strange place: each other's bodies!
Initially embarking on a hilarious revenge spree as they gleefully embarrass and mess up each other's high-school reputations, they are horrified to realise the implications of their predicament. Nell's interview with Yale is just around the corner and Woody's only shot at a football scholarship is days away. Putting their differences aside they must work together, and in the process come to realise a few home truths about each other; and maybe it's just possible that these two polar opposites might even fall in love.

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When a 30-something couple give a New Year’s weekend bash for their assorted friends, the ensuing jealousies, tensions and emotions that emerge from such a reunion cause them to decide the future of their own troubled marriage.

January 2nd is a hip, sexy film with hilarious comedy set pieces performed by a talented cast of young British actors. It lifts the lid on contemporary relationships with a fierce sexual honesty and brings its characters to the screen with coruscating wit. It combines the humour of Withnail and I and the warmth of The Big Chill, with a soundtrack to match that charts the history of the last 15 years of UK music and street culture.

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Jodie is a story of a young woman's struggle to come to terms with an emotional inhibition which threatens to destroy her relationship.

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When war breaks out in the lull of summer 1914, it surprises and pulls millions of men in its wake.

Christmas arrives, with its snow and multitude of family and army presents. But the surprise won't come from inside the generous parcels which lie in the French, Scottish and German trenches.

That night, a momentous event will turn the destinies of four characters: an Anglican priest, a French lieutenant, an exceptional tenor and the one he loves, a wonderful soprano and singing partner. During this Christmas Eve, the unthinkable will happen: rifles will be left at the bottom of the trenches as the soldiers go to see those opposite, shake their hands, exchange a cigarette and a piece of chocolate, and wish them 'Merry Christmas'.

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After the death of her husband, Sam, in a meaningless car accident in America, Ellen Marchant returns to her husband's home village in the UK to comfort her sister-in-law, Amy.

Despite the tensions between them, they embark on a local hike in memory of Sam. Along the way, Amy leads Ellen towards a truth about her husband, a terrible revelation at a place known as 'Kelling Brae'.

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Hip 'street' teenagers in West London - 24 hours in the life of inner-city adolescents.
 

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A patient finds out that he has presiscely five minutes to live.

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Inspired by a true story, Kinky Boots sees Charlie Price set about rescuing his dad's ailing Northampton shoe factory, which has been the pride and joy of his family for generations.

Facing the imminent closure of the factory, Charlie begins to feel all is lost. A chance encounter with sassy, flamboyant Soho cabaret star Lola provides a glimmer of hope and a surprising last chance for the factory and its employees.

Lola's quest for stylish, kinky women's boots (for men) might just provide the answer to Charlie's prayers but is Northampton open-minded enough for the likes of Lola?
 

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John Malkovich stars as Gustav Klimt in Raúl Ruiz's virtuoso homage to the visionary Austrian painter, womaniser and fin de siècle enfant terrible.