Projects in genres: Drama

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Rites of passage story about Jimmy, a sensitive young teenager of mixed race growing up on a rough inner city estate in the North of England.

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In a rundown tenement building Flickerman, a reclusive agoraphobic, strikes up an unusual bargain with the Ivory Skinned Woman. In return for cuttings from his prized possession, an exotic plant, she brings him images of the world on Super-8 film.

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When Jack breaks up with his girlfriend, his life is turned upside-down - literally, as gravity completely changes direction, and he wakes up on the ceiling! Stuck upside-down in a cottage in the middle of nowhere, how will he survive?

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A romantic essay on a modern Icarus and his metal flying angel. Some call it freedom, some call it flying saucers, some call it insane, some call it living, some are seen dying, some call it flying, some call it heaven, some call it hell.

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Acclaimed fashion photographer Glen Luchford departs the world of Prada for his directorial debut.

Sitting somewhere between documentary and fiction, the film follows Paul Hugo, an ambitious, self-absorbed young filmmaker who sees an opportunity in the true story of Mr Alfred, a stateless man in his 50's who has lived in Paris Charles De Gaulle airport for the last eleven years. Hugo becomes more obsessed by his subject to the point of wanting to help and change his life.

Meanwhile, the nonchalant Mr Alfred, at first intrigued by the idea, has his own plans. A welcome arrival on the British filmmaking scene, Luchford directs with wit and style.

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G.M. is a surrealist film in which an Edwardian gentleman is alternately tormented and rescued by spirits who appear through holes in his sitting-room wallpaper. It was inspired by the work of film pioneer Georges Melies.

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Set amongst the high rise estates of Glasgow, the home of many recently arrived asylum seekers as part of the government's dispersal programme. The drama begins during an apparently commonplace winter flu epidemic. But doctors are puzzled by the strange symptoms of this flu and cannot understand why it is only affecting a relatively small cross-section of the community. One asylum support unit worker is not satisfied by the flu argument and wonders if environmental health hazards are to blame. But when one man dies, the post mortem results reveal the shocking truth - the deadly germ anthrax killed him.

But even in the face of this evidence, the authorities are unwilling to believe what is becoming increasingly obvious - that north Glasgow has been subject to a silent and deadly terrorist attack. Someone has deliberately released anthrax amongst the immigrant community and the panic both inside and outside the hospital is mounting fast. Central to the drama is a Kurdish refugee, Sherko, and his 12 year old daughter, Resa. Sherko remembers the full horror of being gassed in northern Iraq by Saddam Hussein and now watches in horror as his daughter succumbs to the deadly infection.

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Douglas returns home from University to discover life will never be the same again. Going Back touches on events which can force people apart and rewards those prepared to break the conspiracy of silence.
 

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Bob Montagnet is an American gambler and thief, who has ended up in the South of France, out of luck and out of money. But he is also a heroin addict, his habit fed by Said, a young Algerian. As the film opens, Bob is gambling in an illegal joint run by Remi, a local pimp. He is losing, as he has been for months. In his heroin induced haze, he meets Anne, a young Eastern European girl 'trapped' by Remi. Bob is taken by her beauty and in particular her lucky eyes.

When the place is raided by the police, Bob saves the life of Roger, the detective. We soon realise the two men are oddly united by a special bond stretching back years. Bob saves Anne from Remi's clutches and leaves her in his young friend Paulo's safe hands. When Bob hits rock bottom after losing the last of his cash at the races, his other henchman Raoul, suggests he join them in their plans for one last, spectacular heist in Monte Carlo. After shaking off his junkie habit, Bob reforms the old gang. With the help of security genius Vladimir, they plan to rob not the safe of the Riviera Casino, but the vault, which contains priceless works of art.

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In the style of Nashville with its multiple interlocking stories, director Robert Altman reveals the two worlds of Gosford Park. One is played out in the grounds, the dining hall and the bedrooms of the mansion where the English aristocracy are enjoying their final fling. The other is a secret world below the stairs, where the servants see and hear far more than they should - and more than they ever dare to admit. As the great house swings into action, we see and hear the unfolding events through the eyes and ears of the servants.

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A short film exploring the subtle battle fought by a shy fourteen year old trying to escape the control of her flamboyant mother, when she gets her first boyfriend.

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Archie Hams needs a place of his own, but who do you blame when things don't go to plan?