Projects in genres: Drama

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A procession of the Italian Confraternity - an order of the Catholic church that perhaps, to the eyes of traditionally non-Catholic countries, triggers other very different movements. This confusion is dispelled by references, filmed in the same town, same day, to more recognizable aspects of Catholicism. Innocent, but still the power to shock?

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Filters and lines, salty mouths, a family on the edge of the sea.

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A young boy in a rural village of Bangladesh ran away from his circumcision ceremony - With all the wonder of a child he walked to a Hindu Temple. He goes to a Red Flower.

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Book titles spell out declarations of love from a shy young woman to a gorgeous reader in the rare books room of the British Library.   Watch on BBC Film Network.

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Eleanor wants to change her life. She needs to. It's evident in her bank balance, haircut and love life. Followed by a ferocious documentary film crew, she aims to capture the story of her attempted life change, to make sense of it, and emerge as a new person, a new character. Her mission gets somewhat messy when a Turkish playboy, an estate agent with motherly guilt and an old friend from University crash into her new life, and the film depicting it, messing both of them up. A story about persona and identity, life in a big city and individualism, the film examines relationship between one’s character, and the 'character' one portrays, playing with the inevitable tension between life and storytelling.

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A couple are returning home on a congested motorway when they are faced with a split-second decision which will either save or destroy them. As a single second becomes more like ten they complete a seemingly impossible manoeuvre and drive clear from the incident in an eerie silence. How could they have escaped when the odds were stacked so much against them? And why do they feel as though they are strangely out of time with everything else?

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A twisted adaptation of the original folk legends of Little Red Riding Hood, from before it was mutilated by the Brothers Grim. Little Red meets the wolf. But he'll live to regret the encounter.

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Two childhood friends are reunited 12 years after being sent to separate foster parents. Together, Raphael and Michael survived a traumatic and tragic night in Rwanda, 1994. Focalised through these two bruised young adults, their lives and the lives of those around them are affected by the stirring of their deep hidden memories. Raphael, after years of denial, must open his heart to his girlfriend, Maria. Whereas Michael needs to exit a lifestyle of drinks, drugs and sex, he too has people who deeply care about him, if only he will let them understand. Red Fruit, based on events, combines a story of character and relationships, with factual accounts of the Rwandan genocide. Archive footage adds, in parts, an almost documentary feel to this piece, which offers not only an understanding of human nature, but also a historical and cultural human tragedy.

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Is our protagonist about to commit a terrible crime or revisiting the scene? Does a film location have a life of its own? A scene from a film by Michelangelo Antonioni is reinterpreted and chosen because of its reliance on physical surroundings. Is the audience to expect fiction or reality?

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River Crossing is based on true story. A childhood memory of two sisters on a family excursion. Instructed by a dominant father to cross a dangerous river and return a stranger's belongings to the opposite bank, two young girls almost drown. A girl's voice narrates the main event but at the start of the river crossing, it is replaced by a woman's voice. This memorable day becomes the turning point of the girl's life, with no possibility of return. Running water, the wide river and the crossing serve as metaphors for her rites of passage to adulthood: the moment she grew years in a single day.

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Widower, Jack (Bob Hoskins) who finds love with his mysterious French neighbour (Josiane Balasko), is accused of being a paedophile when the locals begin unfounded gossip after an eight year old girl goes missing.  

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Charles has one last carpet to sell, but it's old and it's worn and it has an annoying habit of lifting up at one corner.