Projects with status: Complete

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When Henry turns up unexpectedly late at night to meet his old friend George at his office, the evening turns into a tense examination of their friendship.

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'This is the twenty first century. Women are doing every kind of job. We can do extortion.'

When two London girls overhear a heist happening in their neighbourhood, they devise a seemingly fail-safe plan to blackmail the bank-robbing gang. But when one phone call pitches them deep into a criminal underworld, events spiral out of control and the girls realise they have taken on more than they could ever have bargained for.

Thelma and Louise outwit Goodfellas in this contemporary British comedy caper about the explosive results when High Heels take on Low Lifes.

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A high-octane action thriller set in the post-apartheid South African ghetto.

Through themes of racial identification and reflections on Hollywood-style violence, Hijack Stories mixes social commentary and humour while looking at the most painful and violent aspects of South African society.

Sox Moraka (Tony Kgoroge) is a talented actor and part of the rising black middle class in Johannesburg. He fled poverty in Soweto to become a well-known television personality for South Africa's new "Rainbow Nation". Sox acts and lives the part, dating his blond co-star and living in a penthouse flat in the white suburbs. While hosting music video shows, the ambitious thespian dreams of becoming an action hero - the African Wesley Snipes. The possibility of landing a role as popular TV gangster Bra Biza sends Sox back to the ghetto to rediscover his roots. Bumbling along in an unfamiliar, violent world, he meets the street-wise Grace, who introduces him to notorious gangster and old school friend Zama Zama or the General as he is endearingly tagged by his posse. The posse consists of Fly, the kamikaze getaway driver, and Joe, a disillusioned activist whose prophetic asides about South Africa's current state provide a constant morality check. They decide that Sox is truly in need of 're-education' and so begins his crash course in the seductive, yet deadly, finer points of gangster life. One terrifying night, Sox learns that gangster life isn't all game play and, as a result, each of the characters' lives will change forever.

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A poignant comedy drama following a small boy's determined attempts to reaffirm his belief in Santa Claus. His efforts gradually reveal to each member of the family that their own lives are as fragile as his world of make-believe. The film sensitively portrays conflict in families and the strain of Christmas, and explores why many people tell cruel truths and kind lies.

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Set in a Friday night disco, Ray and Dave compete on the dance floor for the attention of the beautiful Imogen.

A humorous look at the eternal love triangle.

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Hovering in mood somewhere between M Hulot's Holiday and The Exorcist this eccentric film does not attempt to narrate a dream, though it exploits the same kind of mechanisms that dreams utilise. Hold on to your hats.

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A documentary including 2 and 3D which examines the sonic landscape occupied by a boy from Siberia, pre and post perestroika. From the strident anthems of the young pioneers to the dissonance of punk rock. With divas and throat singers.

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A woman alone in a room repeatedly writes a letter with tiny broken off pieces of pencil lead. Outside her window, vistas of ever changing light register her every emotion.

Awards: Special Jury Mention, Montreal FCMM 2000; Golden Dove Award, Leipzig, 2000; Special Jury Award, Tampere, 2000; Special Mention, Golden Prague Awards 2001; Honorary Diploma Award Cracow 2001; Best Animated Short Film, 50th Melbourne International Film Festival 2001.

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In the first film about the British university experience, beer is drunk, bad food eaten and traffic cones stolen as the new first years of the University of Great Britain get to grips with the student lifestyle. And each other.

A simple story of sex, drugs, nudity and gratuitous study.

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Set in the 1930s, Invincible is based on the true story of a blond Jewish strongman who performed in Berlin as the Aryan hero Siegfried.

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This documentary examines the new work of Tim Macmillan, one of Britain's most exciting and contemporary photographers, who produces still and moving tableaux that capture time and space, known as 'time-slice', Tim's own technical and conceptual innovation. His most recent project on Lundy Island is the backdrop to understanding Tim's work, and the process of filming in a hostile environment is interwoven with the time-slice material.

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It is a tale of a poor Irish Catholic family who have to deal with a problem: their son is in love with a goat. The trouble starts when the father invites an old friend for dinner. Will they cook the only friend their son has in the world?