Projects matching: Jones

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Based on a true story. Young Tom and his misfit friends fight to save Buster the baby elephant during the air raids on Belfast in 1941.

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After the end of Apartheid in South Africa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, President of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption. A fictionalized account of Tutu's struggle with brutal murderer Piet Blomfeld (Eric Bana) over issues of concession and redemption. Adapted from Michael Ashton’s play 'The Archbishop and The Antichrist' Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Debate Strand - World premiere

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Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman. Adaptation of the crime novel 'The Snowman' by Jo Nesbø.

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A poetic study of the life and work of artist Margaret Benyon, pioneer in the artistic use of holography. Giving voice to the unsung legacy of a pioneering woman artist, 'A Blemished Code' is an impassioned meditation on the representation of female artists, the balancing of creative and domestic life, and the inherent tensions of being a woman working with new technology. The inner life of the subject is represented throughout by a brilliant musical score featuring sung script and compositions by Stevie Jones, Mai Mai, and Leigh Ferguson. (LFF brochure) Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Experimenta Strand - World premiere

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The story of A. A. Milne, the celebrated children’s creator of Winnie the Pooh, and his relationship with his young son, Christopher Robin, who, alongside his toys was the unwitting inspiration for one of the most successful children stories ever created. Set in England between the World Wars, the story focuses on the young Christopher Robin. A painfully lonely little boy, an only child with little to no relationship with his successful socialite parents, who becomes an overnight international star due to the immense success of his father’s books. Christopher possesses great vulnerability and deep pain masked by a wonderful and wild imagination. A touching account of a young boy growing up in the shadow of his own fame.

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Phillip Goodman, professor of psychology and arch sceptic has his rationality tested to the hilt when he receives a letter apparently from beyond the grave. His mentor Charles Cameron, the ‘original’ TV parapsychologist went missing fifteen years before, presumed dead and yet now he writes to Goodman saying that the pair must meet. Cameron, it seems, is still very much alive. And he needs Goodman to find a rational explanation for three unsolved cases that have shaken Cameron to his core. As Goodman investigates, he meets three haunted people, each with a tale more frightening, uncanny and inexplicable than the last. Gradually, Goodman unearths a hidden truth more terrifying still, that will pull his life apart. An adaptation of the critically acclaimed stage play 'Ghost Stories'. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Cult Strand - World premiere

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Set over 4 days in March 1918 in the trenches on the front line, a small group of soldiers wait to be bombarded by enemy artillery, anticipating certain death. The story charts the tension and claustrophobia of the officers’ dug-out as new recruit, 18-year-old Lieutenant Raleigh joins the Company commanded by 20 year old Captain Stanhope, his former childhood friend and hero, who has changed almost beyond recognition. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Headline Gala Screening

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It is 1962, Florence and Edward, a young couple are on their honeymoon at an overcast English seaside spot. Florence is a disciplined violinist, raised in a cold vice of middle-class repression, where her mother crushed any sense of impulse with propriety. Edward offers Florence some promise of freedom. He was raised in the countryside in a more volatile family, and found liberation in literature and ideas. The two arrive at a Chesil Beach guest house in love and ready to begin their life together, but hopelessly ill-equipped for their first night. Adapted for the screen by Ian McEwan from his best-selling novella. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Gala Screening - Love Strand

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After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, commissioning three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Dixon, an immature mother’s boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Closing Night Gala

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An electrifying journey through the performance, private and public worlds of pop cultural icon Grace Jones. Jones’ bold aesthetic echoes throughout as director Sophie Fiennes creates a powerful cinematic experience, contrasting musical sequences with intimate personal footage and reaching beyond her iconic mask. The film includes unique performances of her iconic hits 'Slave To The Rhythm' and 'Pull Up To The Bumper' as well as more recent autobiographical tracks, 'Williams' Blood', 'This Is' and 'Hurricane'. These personal songs link to the film’s narrative that follows Grace on a holiday road trip across her native Jamaica where the story of her traumatic childhood are uncovered. Her stage is the fixed point to which the film returns, with 'Love Is The Drug' acting like an aria, bringing the film to its final and most touching scenes, including an encounter with French photographer Jean Paul Goude, father of Jones’ son Paulo and creator of her iconic album covers. This is a Grace we have not seen before, someone who reminds us of what it is to dare to be truly alive. In all her apparent contradictions, Grace Jones may appear an exception, but she is also a point of identification: she is the exception that proves the rule. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2017 - TIFF Docs - World premiere

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The true story of 7-year old Afghan refugee, Ahmad, who is trapped in the back of a lorry being smuggled into the UK, when the air inside begins to run out... Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Thrill Strand - World premiere

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A poetic and evocative visual study, taking the viewer on a journey into the world of a pigeon flying high above the bustling and crowded streets of Old Delhi. Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2017 - World premiere