Projects matching: David Johnson

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A poignant, tender drama about a grumpy old man in a Leeds care home and a reluctant Barmitzvah boy - and the unlikely friendship that changes their lives forever. Official Selection UK Jewish Film Festival 2025

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A mischievous little penguin, misbehaving at the dinner table, is sent off to the naughty seat - and it's not long before he has company! Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025

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Stunted and frustrated by cowboy life in Saskatchewan, Charlotte flees her controlling husband in a 1978 Bronco. Landing uninvited and unannounced at her mother's apartment, 960 Park Avenue, a disgruntled Kit has just three words for her daughter: ”Am I dying?”   Set in New York’s Upper East side and its culture of eccentrics, PARK AVENUE explores the bond between mother – “A great liar” – and daughter – “A terrible one”. Through shared history, unshared truths, and loves lost,  Kit and Charlotte find each other.  Official Selection Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2025 Official Selection Dublin International Film Festival 2025

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Moscow, 1959: Katya is young, beautiful – and a spy for the Americans. When she begins spying on Alexander, an idealistic Communist politician, the last thing she expects is to fall in love with him. Her choice between love and duty leads to a nail-biting conclusion that Alexander can only unravel decades later in New York. His journey back to the snowbound streets of Moscow uncovers an unexpected love triangle and betrayals from those he trusted most.

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Retired couple Leonard (Richard Johnson) and Maria (Gemma Jones) still live in the rambling Cumbrian cottage where they’ve spent much of their 40-year marriage. But this family home has turned into a mausoleum to their loving but eccentric relationship, crammed full of junk and overrun with mice. Confined to the living-room couch, Leonard is growing irascible, while the long-suffering Maria struggles with his increasingly wayward demands. Their middle-aged son Daniel (Daniel Cerqueira) arrives from London determined to take charge, but the old family patterns are soon reasserting themselves as Leonard and Marie resist his efforts to help. London Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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Our heroes are shipwrecked on an island with just a penguin for company. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2011

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On the afternoon of her birthday an art student is attacked. She immediately succumbs to amnesia forgetting all about the incident, until slowly the realisation of what has happened to her creeps through the cracks of reality.

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Rose is a beautiful, quick-witted con-artist, who makes a killing selling fake paintings. But when she scams an art loving gangster, he sets Europe’s most efficient and expensive assassin on her tail. Enter Victor Maynard. He sets out on the assignment with his usual lethal professionalism. Yet every time Victor has Rose in his sights something holds him back. Entranced by the spirited Rose, Victor spares her life and becomes her protector, accidently acquiring a young apprentice into the bargain. Now on the run, Victor has to fight both his feelings for Rose and the murderous attentions of 'the second most expensive' assassin, sent to finish off all three of them.

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Frank (Peter Mullan) determines to salvage his self-esteem and to tackle his demons by attempting the ultimate test of endurance - to swim the English Channel. On a Clear Day is a classic blend of comedy and high drama, an inspiring tale of triumph over adversity that will touch you and leave you wanting more.

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One pizza. An impatient customer. A race against the clock. Can Carlos, ace delivery man, beat the odds yet again?

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In this new film, starring Lee Evans and Kathy Burke, the Martyns, to outsiders, are the kind of people that you'd cross the road to avoid, but though they're the family from hell, once you get to know them you can't help but love them. Robert Martyn (Lee Evans), an unemployed but optimistic loser, lives with his adoring and long-suffering wife Angie (Kathy Burke). They have two children - Katie, their heavily pregnant fourteen year-old daughter, and angelic Little Bob, their eight year old son who worships his Dad. Everyday he wakes up thinking that things will turn out better for him and his family, and that one day he'll win one of the competitions he's always entering. All he wants to do is give his wife and kids everything they really deserve. When Robert discovers that yet again he hasn't won the 'Dream Holiday' of a lifetime, a competition in his local newspaper, he finally snaps. He decides to take the law into his own hands; if he can't win a holiday, he'll just have to steal one!

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A pizza delivery boy has the run from hell and delivers one minute late. But the hungry client is not impressed...