Projects matching: Just

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Inspired by the streets of contemporary London. The wife of an ex-Rugby superstar, a small time drug dealer, a rich playboy and a cab driver all all live within a hundred London streets. Their lives cross, intersect and entwine.

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An intense, dramatic and sometimes humorous journey into madness, based on the tragic true story of a quinessentially English amateur sailor who takes part in a non-stop round the world race in 1968.

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The inside story of a group of men willing to risk all in the hunt for glory in the world’s toughest motor race: The 24 Hours of Le Mans. The undisputed “King of Le Mans” is the dashing German driver for Audi, André Lotterer. The three-time winner is a master at fighting off pretenders to his throne but, this year, will the hunter become the hunted? His main challenge is Porsche's Aussie Grit, Formula 1 favourite Mark Webber - back at Le Mans after a long absence and determined to win. Having failed to finish the race in three attempts and come close to death on the track, he wonders how many more rolls of the dice he might have... Focussing on the 2015 race, with unparalleled behind-the-scenes access, what plays out is a truly thrilling story of racing guts and glory with endless twists and turns for every team… This is racing seen as a battle for survival. Presented in 4k 3D and using state-of-the-art technology, this is racing shown on the big screen as it has never before been seen. As Steve McQueen said, "Racing is life, everything else is just waiting."

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Out of the imagination of acclaimed artist-filmmaker Henry Coombes comes Albert, an eccentric, aging painter doubling as an unconventional, Jung-inspired psychotherapist. When Albert’s friend asks him to counsel her lethargic grandson Ben, whose ongoing boyfriend problems are rapidly fueling an already deep depression, their subsequent therapy sessions reveal as much about Albert as they do about the troubled young man. After a visit to his studio by his chain-smoking tea swilling mate Marcella, Albert agrees to just one therapy session with the troubled Ben unsure as he is as to how he can help him... this quickly becomes extended however as Ben begins to see the benefits of his engagement with the older man. Things take a turn howvere when Ben starts to question Alberts won behaviour, and consequently the methods by which Albert is driving him. Meanwhile Alberts own behaviour becomes more outrageous as he behaves with more excess and immaturity than the boy he is trying to help! Coombes’ debut feature is a witty, perceptive study of social mores, sexual excess and the bizarre, symbiotic relationship between doctor and patient; teacher and pupil; artist and muse.

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Alex, a hapless and hopeless romantic, who has worked the graveyard shift of an isolated petrol station for longer than he cares to remember. In the early hours, as Alex readies himself to embark on another flight of fancy, a customer appears who might just change his world forever.

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A feature-length documentary, narrated by celebrated actor Sir John Hurt, telling the fascinating and ever changing story of how cinemas have developed from the travelling showmen to the present day. This narrative, away from the usual urban centres, tells a different story of the rural and seaside towns of England. For many people their local cinema is one of their favourite places in the world, their spiritual home, and their last community space. This film celebrates the local cinema – past and present – and our timeless obsession with the buildings, films, film stars and the people that spend their lives in thrall of them. Featuring a mix of actuality, interviews and archive material, the film offers an entertaining overview of the history of cinema-going in Norfolk and a snapshot of cinema-going in England today. Meeting some of the colourful characters that are a key part of this history and hearing how they kept the audiences coming back. The documentary also poses the question – is this the final reel for the cinema or just another chapter in its ongoing story?

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Alan Brown uses divine powers of precognition to foresee the fate of mankind... and breakfast. Meanwhile, Wendy has had enough of being married to 'the next step in cognitive evolution'. Official Selection Cannes 2016 - Cinéfondation Selection

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Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived to force law abiding, retired couple, Arthur and Martha Goode into a life of crime. Refusing to take the loss of their pensions lying down and to fade away into their declining years, Arthur and Marta decide to fight back. They decide to take back what was theirs in the first place. They decide to start robbing banks.

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In 2012, the Ivy House pub in Peckham was sold to property developers as part of the ongoing gentrification of south London. The locals opposed it. Unfolding from this scenario, the film weaves verbatim testament into folk operatic form with the Ivy House itself, embodied and imagined as a central character and inhabited by the memories of the generations who have passed through its doors. Sarah Turner films the community’s creative reanimation of the mourned pub through dance, poetry and song... which both records and creates a vision of social possibility... The activism that saved the pub is a metaphor for social and creative agency. This is not just a film about resistance; it is a film that itself refuses categorisation... a triumphant genre-blending documentary which turns community action into an exhilarating participatory opera. (London Film Festival) Public House premiered in the documentary competition at the 2015 BFI London Film Festival and was nominated for the Grierson Award. The film has since been re-edited and remastered in a new version for wider audiences.

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Cairo cardiologist Bassem Youssef ('the Egyptian Jon Stewart') quit surgery to front the hugely popular TV satire Al Bernameg (The Show) amid the country’s turbulent Arab Spring-led political upheavals. Youssef ultimately fell foul of government crackdowns. His programme was cancelled and he was forced to flee the country with his family. This fascinating, fearless and often very funny documentary charts Youssef’s incredible late-career shift, detailing his and his team's determination and courage in standing up to successive totalitarian regimes, reminding us just how potent and dangerous comedy really can be. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Laugh Strand

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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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Six stories of modern love in all of its dizzying, sweet complications. A passionate trip around the world with Gael García Bernal, Sion Sono, Sebastián Silva, Mia Wasikowska, Anurag Kashyap, and Natasha Khan each behind the camera for a 15-minute vignette. Exploring love in all its permutations. The six stories portray contemporary love in all its glorious, sad, ecstatic, empowering, and erotic manifestations. Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2016 - World premiere