Projects with status: Complete

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What does it take to change a child’s life? 'H is for Harry' is a coming of age story about Harry, a charismatic 11-year old boy, who arrives at secondary school in suburban London unable to read or write. With the help of Sophie, his extremely dedicated teacher, can he overcome the illiteracy ingrained across generations of his family?
Against the backdrop of a Britain riven with debates around class, identity and social mobility, the film follows Harry over two years as he fights not only to improve academically but also to believe in a different future for himself.

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I AM ECHOBORG is a participatory dramatic experience created afresh each time by the audience having a conversation with an artificial intelligence. The production team built a real AI and the content and the outcome of the show depend on the words spoken by the audience and the AI.

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Awake or asleep? Alive or dead? What lies between? And who, or what, is that voice blurring lines between reality and fantastical nightmare?

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With shots of water supplied by volunteers around the world, International Waters is a poetry film about how we are all connected by water and it it to be valued because it will still be here after we have gone.

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Unable to tell his family the truth about his sexuality, Rahmi lives a double life.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 - World premiere

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A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be the celebrated author JT LeRoy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.
Based on the true story of two women who created the persona of a boy-wonder author JT LeRoy, fooling the literary community, the fashion world, and the Hollywood elite for six years before the hoax was finally revealed.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2018 - Gala Presentations - World premiere

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A Black Comedy about Sex, Lies and Gaffer Tape.
Ben and Charlie have it all - killer careers, great flat on the river, a tantalising sex life - but they're stuck in a rut.
Their efforts to keep the spark alive take them from swinging to dogging, but nothing is quite as expected! Ben has one last roll of the dice and books a 'Luxury Kidnap Experience' for Charlie's birthday.
Finally, all seems to be going to plan; but, who are these amateurs in balaclavas? Is that pee? And is Ben definitely sure he booked the spanking?

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The story of sixteen men put on trial for sadomasochism in the dying days of Thatcher's Britain was told by the police, the prosecution and the tabloid press - but not by those in the dock.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 - Official Short Film Competition - World premiere - Winner, Best Short Film
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam 2019 - Voices - International premiere

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Acting a fool convinced you're a queen. LIVE A LITTLE taps into the pressures and the amounts of self-control that go into being a ”good woman” in a patriarchal society by celebrating women who decide to not care.
Official Selection Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2019 - Short Film Competition

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11-year-old Joanna tries to understand grief for the first time when she witnesses her mother's manic reaction to the death of Princess Diana, whilst trying to use the incident to get out of Sunday School.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Laugh Strand

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Having dreamed of the perfect wedding, Laney wakes up with the world's most unwelcome wedding guest in her bed - NeckFace. In this dark body-horror comedy, will Laney still go through with it? After all they have spent £950 on taffeta chair ties and £200 on her mother's hat alone?.

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Barry attempts to elicit the help of his former lover after a terrible incident involving his Nan.
Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2019 - International Competition