Projects in genres: Drama

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What does a person do when the bright lights of the big city begin to lose their attraction? Go home? Back to places fondly remembered, people recognised, safety, security? But nothing stays the same, everything moves on; especially people. Three childhood friends find out that as their lives have changed, memory is the greatest illusion of them all.

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Young Matt wants to be like his uncle Larry, Cardiff's slickest card sharp. But Larry won't teach the boy what he wants to know, and Matt has to take matters into his own nimble-fingered hands. But what happens when he meets the most dangerous man in Cardiff - the Sicilian?

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What happens when you put a special tooth under your pillow at night? A different take on the traditional fairy story.  

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Alice Holbrock is happily married to Sam. It’s Valentine’s Eve and as part of a drunken bet with her sister, Alice sends Sam an anonymous Valentine’s card to see if he hides it. Unfortunately for Sam, he conceals it far too well, which infuriates Alice. Egged on by her cynical sister Felicity and with the unknowing help of Archie, Sam’s best friend, what starts off as a silly prank escalates to phone sex, a clandestine meeting and ultimately the revelation that her husband already has a mistress. Alice has to decide whether to fight for her marriage or leave him. She decides to fight – but where will it all end? How far would you go to test your man? How far would you go to keep him?

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This film is about the embarrassingly funny and all too familiar perils of modern urban relationships. A celebration of sex, deceit, therapy and true love.   The West Wittering Affair is a unique romantic- sex-comedy of errors about four confused love-hungry Londoners for whom life can never be the same after one crazy weekend away in the country.   From bed-swapping to sadistic revenge, the unforgetable weekend has jolting repercussions. Revelation follows revelation as the four try to sort out the mess they have made. When things spiral out of control, It is ultimately a two-year-old girl who brings them to their senses. Both endearing and hilarious, the plot twists, turns  and fizzes along with brilliant performances from and up-and-coming British ensemble cast.   This life affirming story touches all the right nerves.   The West Wittering Affair is the debut feature from The Scheinmann Brothers. It is an astonishing and original work of instinctive story-telling which beautifully articulates the emotional coming of age of the film-makers own generation

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Set in Shanghai in the late 1930s, this is the story of the relationship between a disillusioned former US diplomat and a refugee White Russian countess reduced to a sordid life in the city's bars, on the eve of the Japanese invasion.

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Fatima is a young British Muslim woman of Moroccan origin who ran away from her family and now shares a house with two girlfriends in Tottenham. One morning she receives a call from someone claiming to be from the police. He tells her that there will be a visit later that day to her house to interview her but refuses to tell her why. Set in London during the emotional and political aftermath of the recent war and occupation of Iraq, The Winter Sun is a Lie is a quirky drama about lies and liars.   Winner of Best Feature Film at the 2005 0110 Digital Film Festival.

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A wry intense interweave film about the worry and wonder of whether to have a child or not. An intimate film about the universal quest of what is birth and the making of it.

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Three highly acclaimed directors join together to direct three interwoven stories that take place during a journey from Central Europe to Rome. The charcters connect through casual encounters and set forth a story of love, chance and sacrifice.   One older businessman finds solace and a new insight into life when he is forced to wait at the train station due to bad weather. A young man is reminded of life's obligations but is also introduced to love. And three Scottish youths on their way to the football match of their dreams are forced to open their eyes and see the bigger picture.   One single train journey sparks many changes for many people. This is a film about priviledge and exclusion, and the reality of the value of just one 'Ticket'.

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In the great tradition of child fantasy stories such as The Wizard of Oz  and Alice in Wonderland , Terry Gilliam takes us on a wild adventure with his adaptation of Mitch Cullin's cult classic novel.   Welcome to the world of Jeliza-Rose, the young heroine and narrator of Tideland.   What has brought Jeliza-Rose from Los Angeles to a rural Texan farmhouse? And why is her former rockabilly guitarist father not talking to her anymore? And who is making all that noise in the attic?   Jeliza-Rose drifts from the harsh reality of her childhood and escapes into the fantasies of her own active imagination. This is a fantasy world to rival all others; here fireflies have names, bog-men awaken at dusk, monster sharks swim down railroad tracks, and disembodied Barbie heads share in her adventures.   Tideland  is as optimistic as it is surreal, as humourous as it is suspenseful - a celebration of the power of a child's imagination.

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Tina is getting ready for a blind date. Her friend Lily is waiting for the guy in the designated bar, to tell Tina whether he is worth coming for. Tina ends up being driven to the date by her ex, Leo. As Leo tries to get back together and they fight, Lily fancies the date herself and pretends to be Tina. In the end they all find each other at one table. But who will leave with whom?

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Flipping back and forth between the 18th century and the hapless efforts of the 21st century filmakers, Tristram Shandy is the making of a movie adapted from the notoriously unfilmable English literature masterpiece, The Life and Opinons of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, written by Laurence Sterne.   The story begins with Tristram Shandy (Steve Coogan) narrating his life story as he sees it. Crammed with literary jokes and dark humour, Shandy's warped childhood tales are constantly interrupted by his family and household, inadvertently revealing far more about himself than any conventional autobiography.   At the dramatic moment of Tristram's birth, the 1st Assistant Director calls cut, marking the end of a filming day on the set of Tristram Shandy. We then see Steve Coogan, the other actors and crew through the course of a chaotic evening on set. Steve Coogan's wife arrives with their six month old baby, a journalist is chasing him about a scandalous story, his agent has arrived with a load of Hollywood scripts and the film financiers are threatening to pull the plug.   A clever, post-modern take on the construction of a film, from an intricate, hilariously complex autobiographical novel.