Projects in genres: Drama

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Three aspiring criminals grab a local troublemaker who owes them money, throw him into the back of a car and speed off into the night. Their journey gradually descends into chaos as the macho facade crumbles, and reality sets in for the long, awkward drive to an unknown, ever-changing destination.

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A woman packs up her father's home while simultaneously unpacking their relationship.

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MODERN LOVE is made up of 11 different tales about love, dating and relationships. From when you first meet someone, the anxiety of telling someone how you feel, internet dating, falling for someone who doesn't feel the same way, going on a first date, cheating on a partner, and divorce. Each story is a realistic look at the different aspects of love, all set in contemporary London.

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Lured by images of ‘glass skin perfection’ a young woman enters the world of a morning makeup routine only to discover it is not as perfect as it first seems.

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Coaxed into playing a racial typecast in a student’s play, drama student Jonathan is faced with a decision: challenge prejudice, or play it safe.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Shorts - My Identity, No Crisis

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Recollecting her youth during the 'Baby Scoop Era', Edith looks back on Solidago, an all-female rural community she was sent to in order to give birth to a child conceived outside of marriage.

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A family in turmoil, a psychiatrist who refuses to see anything but what he is trained to see, and a priest who fears evil can be more powerful than good.
When Tim Baxter's mental health issues begin to spiral out of control, he seems to suffer from a split personality disorder. But is it really all in his mind or something much much worse...
"You may see things you're not ready to see..."

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A sobering and powerful imagining of a dystopian near-future.
"In collaboration with actor-musician-activist Riz Ahmed, this work transcends the genre confines of a music video to create an incisive conceptual accompaniment to the title track from Ahmed’s personal album of the same name. Set in a speculative future of a risen right-wing and rampant post-Brexit racism, Riz unpacks his feelings towards his country in a powerful, gut-punch monologue of rap and spoken word." (London Short Film Festival)

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Shona's partner doesn't come home one night. Fearing the worst, she sets out to find him.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Shorts - Your UK Or Mine?

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Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Special Presentation - World premiere

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The story of the tribulations behind best-selling children's novelist Roald Dahl's marriage to Academy Award winning actress Patricia Neal. The somewhat unlikely pair - an in-demand Hollywood actress and a burgeoning children's author - find their relationship put to the test, and ultimately strengthened, by tragic events. Set between New York, England and Los Angeles in the early 60s, it tells the tale of Dahl's struggles while writing some of his most famous works and Neal's return to acting.

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Very much a film for our times, TRUE CALLING finds ambitious young UK government minister Josh (David Smith) in a moral crisis on the eve of a critical pre-election debate.

Poised for success, Josh presses pause on his political campaigning and spirits himself to the Yorkshire hometown he hasn’t seen in years. Once there, he strolls the streets and countryside, reflecting on the man he was and contemplating the man he wants to be. Meeting up with his former love Maddy (Eliza Marsland), who herself is facing a crossroads in the form of her imminent wedding, the pair discuss their past, what could have been and how they each now fit into a changing world.

Taking a graceful detour through UK politics, spirituality and purpose, Erik Knudsen’s film tells a timeless story of love, longing and regret, infused with a wry religious flavour reminiscent of landmark cinema classics such as Denys Arcand’s JESUS OF MONTREAL and the warmth and engagement of Richard Linklater’s BEFORE SUNRISE.