Projects in genres: Drama

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Socially awkward and environmentally conscious teenager, AJ, has a few things on her mind. Mostly how the methane from all the cows is destroying the planet, and how she would rather be anywhere in the world than on holiday with her painfully normal family. On discovering that there’s no Wi-Fi, AJ is determined to have the worst week of her life, but her plan comes unstuck when she becomes unexpectedly captivated by a chlorine-smelling, sun-loving lifeguard named Isla. In this charming coming of age tale, AJ falls in love for the first time, and back in love with her own family.
Official Selection Glasgow Film Festival 2021 - Audience Award Winner

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Sat backstage for the biggest audition of his life, Matty sticks out like a sore thumb. Surrounded by violins, clarinets and flutes, his love of drumming is a far cry from the musical elite. And there’s one other thing... Everyone’s voices have been swapped with their instruments.

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A married Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter for an anonymous sexual encounter and becomes ensnared in a sinister world of lying, infidelity, and digital data.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2021 - Encounters

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A surreal, comedy-noir about waking up to life: When Lily, a disconnected, neurotic, ‘wellness'-freak, has a brush with death, she comes face-to-face with her greatest fear. But Death appears to Lily as a femme fatale and Lily finds herself unexpectedly giddy with desire...
Official Selection BFI Flare LGBTQI+ Film Festival 2021 - World premiere

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An archaeologist embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938.

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A woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.
Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2021 - In Competition - World premiere
Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2021

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Captured by the U.S. Government, Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Tahar Rahim) languishes in prison for years without charge or trial. Losing all hope, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander (Jodie Foster) and her associate Teri Duncan (Shailene Woodley). Together they face countless obstacles in a desperate pursuit for justice. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by formidable military prosecutor, Lt. Colonel Stuart Couch (Benedict Cumberbatch), eventually reveals a shocking and far reaching conspiracy. Based on the New York Times best-selling memoir, this is the explosive true story of a fight for survival against all odds.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2021 - Berlinale Special

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Hope is studying at The Royal Ballet, the most prestigious institution for dance. But as she approaches her final performance, the first time she is to perform since her mother's death, an undiagnosed eating disorder causes her to spiral out of control.

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In a claustrophobic and lonely city – a salesman, on the verge of poverty, waits for a migrant visa to Italy, hoping that it would change his luck and create a better future for his family.
Official Selection Encounters Film Festival 2020 - World premiere
Official Selection Busan International Short Film Festival 2020
Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2021

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A 14-year-old boy is forced to take matters into his own hands when his chronically unwell mother is no longer able to access the NHS after she loses her right to remain in the UK.

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Stereotypes are overturned in this story of physical disability, where a group of friends on a council estate find a way to assert their independence using the gifts others see as flaws.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Shorts - Your UK Or Mine?

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When a young girl discovers that Santa is not real, she questions the lies told by adults and the terrible secret that she has been forced to keep.