Projects matching: Jones

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Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London’s trendiest hotspots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch party, they become entangled in a media storm and are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi. Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forever more! Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie reunites Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley as the iconic Edina and Patsy, along with the rest of the original cast that includes Julia Sawalha as Saffy, Jane Horrocks as Bubble and June Whitfield as Mother.

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Based on the true story of two Czechoslovak soldiers sent to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, the head of the SS in 1941. SS-Obergruppenführer Heydrich was the Reich's number three, and the main architect of the 'Final Solution'.

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A new take on the coming-of-age story, set against the backdrop of bohemian London. Drifting through his gap year with its internships and travel plans, Jack (Will Poulter) has always suspected there was more to life than this. A chance encounter with the beautiful and ethereal Evelyn (Alma Jodorowsky) swerves his life radically off course. She is like no one he's ever met before. He quickly becomes caught up in a whirlwind of all-day parties and wild nights in London's hidden dives with Evelyn and her charismatic friends. Giving up everything to follow Evelyn and her hedonistic lifestyle, it takes Jack a while to realise what he's leaving behind, that love isn't a game you want to lose, and that his new 'friends' might not be the kindred spirits he first thought they were. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 - World premiere

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Michael (19) lives with his step brother and music genius Thor (19) in Shetland, a small island far north of Scotland. Thrust together by their parents’ marriage they barely talk– but when Thor ruins Michael’s chances of going to university with his girlfriend Suzy they embark on a chaotic road trip that will push their tenuous relationship to the brink. En route they encounter Caitlín (20) a wild, Irish free spirit who dreams of being a singer. The boys fall in love with her as they adventure towards Glasgow. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 - World premiere

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An American backpacker gets involved with a ring of drug smugglers as their driver, though he winds up on the run from his employers across Munich's high-speed Autobahn.

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Deep in the heart of the isolated Welsh valleys, an eerie hush spreads throughout the deserted wilds. Stranded and terrified, single mother, Kate (Joanna Ignaczewska), finds herself entangled in an ill-thought-out plan: a midnight robbery about to take a dangerous turn. On lookout for her boyfriend, and left trembling in the middle of a secluded forest, she quickly realises she is not alone. With her is the vengeful spirit of a murdered girl… Meanwhile, across the valley at a local radio station, Ben (Gareth David-Lloyd) and Laurie (Siwan Morris) are midway through their last ever radio show. With the arrival of medium, Carla, and filled with determination to go out with a bang, Laurie and Ben are about to get much more than they bargained for. Patching together fragments of ghostly sounds, they begin to unravel the clues to a frightening crime before doing the unthinkable… making contact with the dead.

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'Loving' celebrates the real-life courage and commitment of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving, who married and then spent the next nine years fighting for the right to live as a family in their hometown. Their civil rights case, Loving v. Virginia, went all the way to the Supreme Court, which in 1967 reaffirmed the very foundation of the right to marry – making their love story an inspiration to couples everywhere. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2016 - Gala Presentations

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HOT PROPERTY is an (un)romantic comedy about love, greed and estate agents. Melody Munro is a corporate spy with a big problem - she’s spending everything she has and a few things she hasn't on her lavish lifestyle. But when she gets caught embezzling money from her company she is fired on the spot. No more car, no more credit cards, she can't even afford Nespresso capsules. When her (now ex) friend and landlord calls to throw her out of the flat, it is the final blow. She will take no more. Melody vows to defend ‘her’ home at all costs. She uses her spy skills to take on her landlord, a raft of hipster tenants and a psychotic estate agent.

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A single, steady shot records the rising tide in the evening. Using sound and text, the film invites you to think and experience beyond the boundaries of the frame.

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The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson. A rare and poignant love story, this is an uplifting biopic of Nina Simone during a turbulent period in the iconic artist's life. Set in France during the 1990s with frequent flashbacks to defining moments in her life and her remarkable and unique music, this film tells the story of a tormented genius who eventually finds love and peace. The legacy of a legend who continues to engage, enthral and inspire audiences around the globe.

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A probational experiment forces its newest chosen convict to confront the horror of her crime in order to win her freedom.

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Fifteen–year-old John Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. Terrible impulses constantly tempt him, so for his own sake, and the safety of those around, he lives by rigid rules to keep himself “good” and “normal”. However when a real monster shows up in his Midwestern hometown he has to let his dark side out in order to stop it – but without his rules to keep him in check, he might be more dangerous than the monster he’s trying to kill. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Cult Strand