Projects with status: Post-production

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In the aftermath of the perfect robbery, four childhood friends find themselves at odds when their neighbour is arrested for their own crime.

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WAYFARING STRANGER charts the life of an itinerant character, embodied by seven performers, across seven days representing seven decades. Running from the city, through post-industrial edge lands and manicured enclaves, they find themselves in forests, farms, mountains and finally at the shore. Along the way, which lasts a lifetime, they undergo a transformation, through the seasons and changing geography, both physically and emotionally, from youth to elderhood, and from a single, alienated being into an accepted element of the wider world. Their personal narrative co-exists with the past, present and future of the land they traverse. Each ‘day’ is a ‘station’ that signifies a turning point in their emotional development: from escape, through loss, grief and waywardness, to solidarity and co-existence. Part fable, part manifesto, part poem, filmed across landscapes marked by centuries of ceaseless human extraction, Wayfaring Stranger asks what it takes to find a liveable life on one’s own terms and without conflict with others and the environment. Within the sound design by multi-award-winning sound recordist Chris Watson, the polyphonic environment scores the seasonal changes alongside the human and topographic shifts.

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When skeptical scientist Alice falls for reluctant medium Jay, she’s taken on an odyssey of love, loss and discovery that will turn her world upside down.

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“Domestic violence - the beast that has been with us since time immemorial but refuses to die." Erin Pizzey Erin Pizzey is a hero. Every refuge today owes its existence to her courage. Five decades after she made history, by opening the first women’s refuge in the world, icon Pizzey is joined by Dame Joanna Lumley to ask why so many lives are still devastated by domestic abuse. Articulate and engaging, they explore the mechanism, essence and psychology of the abuse, explaining why “the beast that has been with us since time immemorial” refuses to die. Resting on Erin’s five decade fight and unparalleled knowledge, they present proven ways to stop the cycle of abuse for both victim and perpetrator. ERIN: BEHIND THE BRUISES offers a rarely intimate insight into the hidden reality of abuse. Through Erin’s astonishing life and great sacrifice, the film shows the incredible progress made, but sends an urgent message to press on. Thanks to Erin's courage, women went from suffering in silence, with nowhere to turn fifty years ago, to being supported and helped today, but the problem remains. “Too many today are still accepting the abuse because they are trapped, but we can stop it” explains Pizzey, calling for a "long overdue open, honest and serious discussion about domestic abuse.” This film is a call for action, a golden opportunity for real change. Edited by Chris Hall (CNN, BBC, Discovery, Channel4), the film pays tribute to a living legend who changed the course of history. Fifty years ago Erin has singlehandedly brought domestic violence into the open, forcing society, local authorities and governments to address it. Erin has saved thousands of lives and changed women and children’s lives for the better, but her fight against domestic violence is far from over.

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June 2012. The Afghanistan war is still raging. London is gripped in pre Olympic fever and it is the Queens Jubilee. After moving their upper middle-class lifestyle from London to a small town in the north of England, Emily invites their new next door neighbours Dawn and Alan over to become acquainted and Oliver begrudgingly complies. A clash of opinions about art, sport and politics ensues and a major disagreement concludes the evening with a startling revelation. The lives of these four neighbours begin to intertwine in ways none of them anticipated. Emily's desire for solidarity falls short of fruition. Oliver's questionable behaviour, the disappearance of Alan's cat, and Emily's break in sobriety all contribute to the story's end. With Emily oblivious to a major event, Alan unaware of his cat's whereabouts and Dawn in a state of mental collapse, the lives of these four neighbours will never be the same again.

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THE LETTER follows the struggle of deaf people who fought back against Nazis’ oppression during World War Two. It tells the story of a deaf regiment of stormtroopers, and charts the rise of the Nazi-ruled social org for deaf people (Reich Union of the Deaf of Germany). The story is based on true events with fictionalised characters. "Deaf people like the ones in ‘The Letter’ were really at the forefront of the Nazi euthanasia machine, Nazis were so ruthlessly efficient at exterminating deaf and disabled people that a lot of stories were lost.” Justin Edgar THE LETTER was produced by Justin Edgar, who is hard of hearing, and directed by Sam Dore, with an entire cast and crew of deaf artists.

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A city professional battling with a downward spiral in his life suddenly meets a charismatic stranger who changes his world.

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The world's second largest rainforest, and one of post-colonial Africa's longest-running political dynasties, are on the brink of disappearing. Over two years, we follow Gabon's controversial President, Ali Bongo, his unlikely environment minister, Lee White (a conservationist from Manchester) and their fearless team of eco-guards as they battle against invading criminals and powerful corrupt forces to protect the precious Congo Basin Rainforest. With critical presidential elections fast approaching, they are in a race against time to convince the Gabonese people and the rest of the world to support their audacious plan that could save us from climate catastrophe... but when the election results come in, no-one foresees what happens next.

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Taking place over the course of 24 hours. The Tyrone family, who, despite attempts at affection and intimacy, are locked in a cycle of conflict and resentment. When sensitive youngest son Edmund returns home from time at sea, he discovers the family in a state of collapse. His father, James, is an alcoholic miser stewing in whisky and regret. His mother, Mary, has just returned from a spell at the sanatorium but hides an ongoing addiction to morphine. Meanwhile, elder brother, Jamie, is slipping into licentiousness and despair, blaming James for all his failures. Across the day, the two brothers clash repeatedly over how to help their mother, while Mary becomes increasingly concerned about Edmund's worsening health. As the story builds to a shattering climax we see the family, through an unflinching lens, struggling with addiction and illness, depending on and blaming one another in equal measure. Written by Eugene O’Neill between 1941 and 1942, 'Long Day’s Journey Into Night' is a foundational American tragedy. As well as winning the Tony Award for Best Play in 1956, O’Neill was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his semi-autobiographical magnum opus.

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A successful couple stands to lose everything when an uninvited guest commits suicide at their dinner party.

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Two musical legends gather at a Scottish Cottage on The Mull Of Kintyre for a tense summit to discuss a potential collaboration that will ultimately result in a Global Number One smash hit single.

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An assassin on a final assignment arrives in Fuerteventura to kill a man he has never met. But the target is delayed. Instead of following strict protocol he stays, drawn to the island, the people and a ghostly shipwreck. When the target returns, the world has shifted. Before everything was simple, now nothing is.