Projects

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An incel struggles to deal with his rocky mental health and the cold stares of a woman in a coffee shop - fighting a losing battle to maintain self control

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Christmas 1979, the height of The Cold War; Dave Evans' grandfather visits the family in South Wales and brings with him a mysterious young woman from Bulgaria. When grandad and his friend leave a few days later it will be the last the family ever see of him. Dave investigates his grandfather's disappearance and uncovers the story of how his family living in a small village in Wales were dragged into a web of Cold War intrigue and dirty dealings in high places.

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A gritty Northern LGBTQ comedy-drama. Set in Blackpool in 1953, two young gay Yorkshire miners, Eddy and Tommy, are holidaying there and meet transvestite, James Elbridge, who is summoning up the courage to do the fabled walk from pier to pier.

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A young woman struggling to process her recent Aspergers diagnosis finds an empowering, magical talent for animation.

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The Hippies were a bizarre English punk band formed in '79 by the Hulse children, Toby (12), Matt (11) and Polly (8). Their cassette album 'A Sound for the Future' featured songs about disease, assassination and the Antarctic. "Stop eating toast and singeing your legs by the gas fire. Get up and do something!" (Ruth Pendragon, Mother, Manager, Guru), 1979. The Hippies performed ticketed live shows for their mother’s kindly but chaotic group of Cambridge friends; the homeless, drunks, animal rights activists, junkies, cross-dressers and gay Franciscan friars. The Hippies then and now. What truly happened back in the past and whose side of the story should be told? Especially as the film’s director was the band's 11-year-old drummer? Matt’s mum Ruth, maverick, mystic, manager, plays a pivotal role in the bigger picture, offering an insight into a time of personal and social upheaval, both for her and her family in Thatcher’s Britain. Using music of the period, archive, animation and poetic reimaginings of key moments, Matt Hulse explores a part-remembered, kaleidoscopically fractured, family history, through an energetic, jarring, ride; part performance, part art, part process, post-punk.

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When tree surgeon Laura discovers her twin sister’s commemorative oak is dying, she returns to their childhood home seeking the threads of connection. Here she must repair broken bonds with her estranged brother Joe before she can say goodbye to Eloise.

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A man is found drowned in a few inches of water. His only ID is his tattoo.

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Fletcher Dennis, a man of many talents, passports and identities, arrives in Northampton - a strange and haunted town in the heart of England, as dangerous as he is. On a mission to locate a stolen artefact for his menacing client, Fletcher finds himself entangled in a twilight world populated with vampires, sleeping beauties, Voodoo gangsters, noir private eyes, and masked avengers. He quickly sinks into a bizarre and delirious black hole, that is hidden just beneath the surface of this seemingly quiet town. Soon enough Fletcher discovers that dreams and reality have been blurred and there might no longer be a real world to go back to… Welcome to The Show. Official Selection SXSW 2020

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TOYHOOD matches stop-motion animated toys with non-scripted interviews with immigrants living in the UK, making it appear that the toys are being interviewed about their children and pets, and how much they'd miss them if they were gone. Made in response to Brexit, TOYHOOD is a celebration of our neighbours.

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Doncaster, South Yorkshire, a dead-end comedy night is underway. It’s a long way from London and miles from home for Jay and June, two comedians amongst the line-up. Sometimes June screws men because she wants a ‘hug’ and Jay, well Jay ‘hates your babies.’ Strangers at this point they find refuge in each other’s company.

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Nicko is late for a very special celebration. Is he too late? A psychological drama with themes of Mental Health, Drugs and emotional abuse.

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Bill Clinton’s strange legacy as President of the United States and ringmaster of the 1990s is a confounding mess of public amnesia, nostalgia, and scorn. WILLIAM JEFFERSON WILDERNESS is a personal exploration that legacy, and of the tangled process of consigning a former political hero to history. DOK Leipzig • International Competition • World Premiere St. Louis International Film Festival • Official Selection Florida Film Festival • Sunspots: New Visions of the Avant Garde