Projects with status: Complete

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'What prevents me from supposing that this table either vanishes or alters its shape when no one is observing it and then when someone looks at it again changes back? But one feels like saying - who is going to suppose such a thing?' (Ludwig Wittgenstein On Certainty 1949-51) The film-maker accepts the challenge of the philosopher and changes not only a table but also chairs, shoes, jugs, teapots and almost everything else lying around his house.

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Jack and Jake are best friends. So are Jack and Jill. And Jill and Jane. But, suddenly, Jill and Jack want to become more than best friends. But Jill is going out with Simon . . . Follow the traumas of young love and having best friends that sometimes aren't.

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A Bunny Girl's Tale is a short documentary investigating the British story of the Playboy Bunny and how 'The Bunny Girl' still persists in the collective imagination.

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A very stylish young man is at a bus stop waiting for his date to arrive. Yes - he has a bad look but he is also very impatient; and his date is late. BANG! Goes their meeting.

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When Channe is six the world is an exciting place. Her father, Bill Willis, is a famous American writer. Sometimes he has nightmares about his time as a soldier, but on the whole, life is pretty good. It's the 1960's and he's living in Paris with his fiercely loyal wife Marcella who curses when she loses at poker and isn't afraid to stand up to anyone - though her irreverent sense of justice leads to her children being expelled from their school. And Channe herself is happy to be caught between the fast talking, fun loving American way of life at home and the French world she inhabits by day - until, that is, Little Bill appears on the scene. His name is really Benoit, but Willis has trouble pronouncing it and Little Bill wants so much to be an American that he chooses the name of his new father. Channe is hostile to the latest member of the family. So what if his teenage mother was forced to give him up and he is destined to spend his life in an orphanage? Marcella, however, is ecstatic that she has been blessed with a son she could never have naturally - though life would be sweeter if Little Bill's real mother would only agree to sign the adoption papers. As the family watch John Wayne films dubbed into French, and traditional accordion music competes with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, Channe's relationship with her new brother swings between one of friendship to that of adversaries - sometimes threatening the unique and candid relationship Channe has with her father. As she grows, Channe becomes increasingly caught between two separate cultures and finds that acceptance by either is a hard fought battle.

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Alien Blood is the first independent science-fiction feature film to be generated in the UK for 10 years. Described as "ET meets RESERVOIR DOGS".

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All for Eight Pounds Fifty is a light comedy set in Northern Ireland. The Heroes or villains of the piece decide that robbing a small country petrol station will give them enough money to have a good time. The robbery is a success but the haul is not quite what they expected.

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Follows six adults and five children - we learn how, not only sneezing, eye irritation, eczema and urticaria but digestive problems (IBS) migraine, joint pain, behavioural difficulties, fatigue and even severe depression have all been caused by an allergy or intolerance.

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A science and wildlife special about how animals adapt to the world's extreme environments. In the face of extreme and dramatic changes, an animal species has only one choice - it must adapt.

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Sir Robert Chiltern is a man who has everything. A brilliant politician and a perfect gentleman, he is the ideal husband for the captivating Lady Chiltern. Admired by all, they present an exquisite picture of wedded harmony. But when the scheming and seductive Mrs Cheveley threatens to reveal a dark secret from Chiltern's past, the very foundations of his prized career and marriage look set to crumble. Cornered, he turns to his life long friend, Lord Arthur Goring. Famed all over town for his dazzling wit and cultivated misbehaviour, Goring soon finds himself caught up in a tangled web of lies, temptations and secret liaisons. Yet while he excels at the affairs of others, his own are to prove more challenging. The persistent charms of Mabel Chiltern, Sir Robert's sister are becoming an increasing threat to his cherished bachelorhood. She's a match for him if ever there was one . . . Romantic, funny and moving, An Ideal Husband delivers political intrigue and sparkling wit, and summons a picture of a society grappling with issues which are as pertinent in our own society as they were 100 years ago . . .

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Anthrakitis tells the story of Dolly, an elderly widow, who has been hoarding coal since the deaths of her husband and son years ago in mining accidents. When Dolly realises that everyone in the village wants a bit of her fifty foot high coal mountain, including her home help, Winny, Dolly is forced to take drastic measures . . .

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Apple experts Dr Joan Morgan and Bob Sanders search for the lost variety of apple known as 'Kitchen Door'. On their journey, they discuss the history of apples from the Roman Empire to the present day. A light-hearted, irreverent trip through the world of apples and its extraordinary characters.