Projects matching: Just

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The story of George J. Mitchell, a working-class boy from Maine who would become the majority leader of the US Senate and one of the most respected political negotiators and leaders of his generation. From the basketball court of Bowdoin College to the streets of Berlin as a counterintelligence agent, Mitchell tells his incredible story in his own words.
Filmed in his home state of Maine across the summer of 2023, this documentary showcases a problem solver who has worked across the worlds of politics, baseball, and business with an unending passion for understanding through dialogue in his country and around the world, working to bring peace to Northern Ireland.

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A musical coming of age story that follows the SoCal VoCals, an elite team of collegiate singers from the University of Southern California as they compete in the most prestigious acapella tournament in the world. The film is an intimate portrait of young people for whom singing is the raw and direct way to express their authentic selves. In so doing each confronts the universal challenges of identity, belonging, and looming adulthood.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2025 - World premiere

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In a forgotten patch of countryside, a woman is battling her demons: embracing exclusion yet wanting to belong, craving freedom whilst feeling trapped, yearning for family life but wanting to burn the entire house down. Given surprising leeway by her family for her increasingly erratic behaviour, she nevertheless feels ever more stifled and repressed. Motherhood, womanhood, the banality of love, the terrors of desire, the brutality of another person carrying your heart forever.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2025 - Competition - World premiere

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Just nine months after a horrific accident Ethan Walker decides to cycle from Scotland to Germany for Scotland's opening match against Germany in Euro 2024 (UEFA European Football Championship).
Official Selection Glasgow Film Festival 2025 - World premiere

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Armed with hacking skills, social engineering tactics, and cryptocurrency expertise, four teenage slackers attempt the cyberheist of the century from their bedrooms as they plot to steal £24M from a tech billionaire’s crypto wallet. However, the aftermath proves just as dramatic as the thrilling heist itself...
A raw and compelling look into the lives of teenagers in today’s tech-driven world.
Official Selection SXSW Film & TV Festival 2025 - World premiere

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Jack Jones, mid-40s, has six weeks to turn his life around - he needs to save his marriage, kick his drug habit, and quit fighting at football or he’s going to prison. His friends just want the old Jack back, even if it means the end of his marriage... Temptation lurks around every corner – particularly when Jack’s unhinged brother-in-law, Kenny Boy (recently discharged from a mental hospital) is nearby. Can Jack overcome his demons in time, or is he heading for jail?
A 'romantic comedy’ about addiction, violence, and happy endings.

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Following the courageous fight for justice by survivors of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, Mother and Baby Home institutions and forced family separation.
Official Selection Dublin International Film Festival 2025 - World premeire

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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.

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Two friends struggling with different demons find the strength to overcome the trauma each of them faces, through the human connection of those that matter most.
Wilson who is recovering from alcohol addiction and in the throes of martial conflict, is being trained for a boxing match by his best friend Chris (ex British Forces) who is secretly suffering his own battle with PTSD and going through a messy divorce.
As the film unfolds, they are taken to their limits of endurance and pushed to breaking point. As a result, they are forced to become better versions of themselves and reconcile with their partners and each other.
However, Chris has one further challenge he must now face alone.

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Virtual reality creator Hiyu is facing kidney failure. His online friend Photographotter travels from New York City to Stockholm to be a live donor to Hiyu, revealing a lifesaving friendship formed in VR.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2025 - World premiere

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Dublin 1985. Teenager Billy is cultivating an obsession: he’s tracking down VHS tapes of films branded 'Video Nasties' – The video nasty ruckus was fuelled in the early days of home video by conservative activist Mary Whitehouse, concerned about the harmful influence of certain horror films deemed 'extreme'.
Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) 2025

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An explosion in a central London Hotel. Three strangers escape together and hide out in a room. "Just sit in the middle of the room and be quiet", they're told. What could be easier?
A comedy about the 24hr news cycle, 'experts' and whether or not social media is more important than people's lives.