Projects with status: Post-production

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Textile artist Allan Brown spends seven years making a dress by hand, just from the fibre of locally foraged stinging nettles. This is ‘hedgerow couture’, the greenest of slow fashion, and it is also Allan's medicine. It’s how he survives the death of his wife that left him and their children bereft, and how he finds a beautiful way to honour her. The challenge of making zero carbon clothing sourced within a few miles of his home means re-learning ancient crafts and recalls the fairy tale 'Wild Swans'. THE NETTLE DRESS follows Allan’s whole journey through all the seasons and years. Foraging, spinning, weaving, cutting and sewing the cloth. Finally the healing vision of the dress back in the woods where the nettles were picked, worn by one of his daughters. 'Grasping the Nettle' is at the heart of the film. Making a dress this way becomes devotional, with every thread representing hours of mindful loving craft. Over seven years Allan is transformed by the process just as the nettles are. Both the film and dress, a hand-spun labour of love in the truest sense, THE NETTLE DRESS is a modern-day fairytale and hymn to the healing power of nature and slow craft.

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A philosophical discussion of The Self via narrative fiction.

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A young American girl finds herself stranded in a Northern Irish village when her estranged father is arrested for the murder of a policeman who vanished during The Troubles. Compelled by her father’s secrecy, she teams up with her delinquent cousin to uncover the family secrets that have shaped their lives.

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Three friends stop at Shiv Shakti Lodge after their jeep breaks down. This pleasant and quiet mountain abode filled with travellers, turns into a trap when they are told by the caretaker that this is not an ordinary place and they are all dead. Shiv Shakti Lodge is the last resort to make peace before they go to the promised land called Bayoul. If not, they will be stuck here forever. They face a trial by fire in which their relationships and sins are brought into the open and they have to face their guilt and burn their attachments. From denial to grief and backlash to murder, the three friends try to fight the inevitable. Can they make peace with their past, reclaim lost love, or bid a sad adieu to unfulfilled dreams? An urgent and timeless story of the celebration of life through death.

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Ageing farmers Kath and Ward find themselves defending their home and their lives from a ruthless people trafficker, Shepherd, when they back out of a scheme to ditch their creditors and skip the country.

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Sara and Is (Isaam) are fated to meet in advance of a possible marriage they don’t want, and end up having to the spend the day together to kill time.

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Exodus is the migrant story of people from different walks of life who have been displaced for various reasons and share the same path of trying to escape to a new refuge. Overnight ordinary citizens find themselves enemies of the state. Suddenly they have to say goodbye to loved ones, livelihoods and homes to find safe refuge. All set against the backdrop of Turkey. It is a human story of desperation, love, persecution, compassion, outlaws, and an individual's will to survive.

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Hazel enters the Death Valley to find the friend she lost... Meanwhile she finds other lost souls in the corridor of time.

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The horror of Jen's past catches up with her when she takes her autistic son to a birthday party in her home town.

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In this paranoid horror thriller, a couple of arthouse pornographers struggle to make ends meet while working on custom erotic films. That’s when they encounter ‘The Audience’, a mysterious client offering life-changing money to perform strange rituals on videotape.

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Director James Glancy, a former British Royal Marine commando who was decorated for his actions in combat, returns to Afghanistan with a handpicked team to help him answer the question that has haunted him for ten years. Was it worth it? Dramatically, mid-way through filming, President Joe Biden announces that the US will be pulling troops out by 9/11, starting a Taliban offensive that leads to the dramatic fall of the Afghanistan Government, amidst chaotic evacuation scenes in Kabul, as American forces withdraw.

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Aryan Pandey, a Nepalese Migrant Worker living in Peckham South London, experiences an existential crisis as he tries to make his way in the world of work. Aryan finds it hard to cope with the stresses of everyday life. Absurd visions of a disturbing nature plagues Aryan’s mind and place fear in his heart. Aryan’s inability to confide his fears to girlfriend Sarah places a strain on their relationship. Aryan’s inner voice encourages him to exercise the power of concentration to build the mental strength and resilience to free his mind from mental decay. Through deep meditation and exercise, Aryan gains the willpower, strength and self-belief to face his demons in the heat of the night. Aryan’s voyage of self-discovery illustrates the power of the human will to overcome adversity during times of crisis.