Projects

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It is in 1947. India has been given its independence from British rule. The state of Pakistan, the first state to be created as a homeland for Muslims has been painfully born. Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan realizes this great ambition and a year later succumbs to the illness through which he has willed himself to live. He is rushed to the hospital and when the ambulance stalls on the highway his life begins to ebb. In is coma Jinnah relives the dilemmas and triumphs of his life, the drama of his ideals, his romance, his happiness and the tragedy of the death of his wife.


Jinnah tells the dramatic story of the partition of India, the final intrigue and arguments between the Viceroy Lord Mountbatten, Jinnah, Gandhi and Nehru and the mercurial Lady Mountbatten. It takes the handsome young idealist Jinnah on the journey through which his dream of freeing the people of India from the burden and the insult of foreign rule is twisted and tempered by the realities and cruelties of politics. It is the story of a practical visionary who knew that on his word hung the future of a nation, who knew also that such a birth meant a division of a country and of his family, because his only daughter had married an Indian and would remain in India.

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A modern micro retelling of the old balcony scene.

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A vibrant tale of self-discovery, interwoven into a magical exploration of a wild Northern landscape.

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A tricky traffic warden, a cheeky copper and a hen party packed with chicks. It can only spell trouble.

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A father and his daughter go to Denmark on their yearly holiday. A stranger turns up and the relationship changes...

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Eleven-year-old Nina copes with her father's temporary relationships by storing organic relics of his ex-girlfriends in jars.

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The story of an unlikely friendship incorporating Ganja-Shakespeare, true-blue music and assorted M.A.J.I.K. Odd meets order, but which is the oddest. And who is which?

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When Harry Enfield set out to transfer his comedy series from television to the big screen, he thought the best way to reach a wide audience would be via the characters of the two hopeless teenage boys played by himself and actress Kathy Burke: "Of our TV characters Kevin and Perry are the most international, encompassing a universal idea: 'I must get a shag or I'll be a virgin for life.'"

Comedy director Ed Bye was recruited to direct, while Enfield wrote the script with long-time collaborator David Cummings. Sending Kevin and Perry to the teen holiday mecca of Ibiza seemed logical. "Ibiza represents a rite of passage for a lot of kids," says Bye.

The Ibizan club scene provides a key plot strand in which Kevin and Perry pursue celebrity DJ Eye Ball Paul (Rhys Ifans) and attempt to become mixmasters. It also offers a good hook for a soundtrack album, with a mix of current Ibiza hits and specially-commissioned tunes put together with the help of real-life star DJ Judge Jules.

But Ibiza was far from ideal for Burke when filming there at the end of the summer. She had to deal with the heat while wearing all the paraphernalia needed to transform her into a credible teenage boy. "I'm really suffering for my art on this one -- a lot more than I ever did on Nil By Mouth," jokes Burke. "I also discovered I don't suffer from penis envy. This jockstrap contraption with a block of wood was incredibly uncomfortable."

Kevin & Perry Go Large has grossed some £10m in the UK since its release in April.

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Millie discovers that she was an unwanted baby and her mother wanted to have her aborted. The realisation triggers nightmares which drive Millie to the edge.

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South African-born Elaine Proctor's Kin was inspired by a community-based conservation scheme in the Koakoveld in Namibia. The story charts the emotional journey of Anna (Miranda Otto), who lives with her brother (Chris Chameleon) in the remote Namibian desert, working for wildlife conservation. When she falls for a black American traveller (Isaiah Washington), the conflict with her brother forces her to choose between the US and the home she loves.



"It's a film about learning to love," says Proctor, whose previous films, Friends and On The Wire, have won her fans on the international festival circuit.



Because filming in the Koakoveld was too impractical, Kin was shot south of Namibia's capital, Windhoek, on the edge of the desert, which provides a stunning background to the drama. Music was used to highlight the film's themes.



"We wanted the beginning and end to be quite epic, to accentuate the massive continent of Africa and the very powerful forces of nature that we see throughout the film," says Proctor. "It's a very emotional film. The romance goes all wrong and through a sequence of images, we realise that it's not going



to work."



The film premiered at the Taormina Film Festival in July and festival dates so far confirmed include Mill Valley in October.

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In King Hayle I the camera navigates around a statue of Emperor Haile Sellassie I, acting as a pivotal device to which spectators visually anchor themselves. King Hayle I is an attempt at repairing the umbilical cord between the praxis of art, life and spirituality . . .

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Jerry and Gordy's teenage daydreams turn sour when the test of friendship and the ties that bind transform an innocent quest for freedom into a baptism by fire.