Projects

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In a never-before-seen way, we are invited to see up close and intimately the changes a transgender person may experience during a medical transition. Having carved out a successful career as ‘Lots’ Holloway (his previous name and artist’s alias), will Dylan Holloway be accepted by his fans who fell in love with his music in the same way. From the highs of gender euphoria to the challenging lows of self-doubt and vulnerability - will all of Dylan’s dreams come true in his mission to be his authentic self or will he have to give up the one thing that’s always brought him solace, his voice. Official Selection Sheffield DocFest 2025 - World premiere

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It's the zombie apocalypse, but the zombies do nothing except follow people around aimlessly. It's a bureaucratic nightmare and the government can no longer handle it. They pass the responsibility to the citizens: you can either discover the zombies’ "hidden talent", or you can kill them – the choice is yours. June and Evan are a happy couple who have never really disagreed on anything... until a zombie comes knocking on their door.

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Using both verbatim reconstruction and lip-synched archive, NO MAN IS AN ISLAND examines a tragic story of social shaming in a small island community. As panic about the imminent decriminalisation of homosexuality rises, the media provides a mechanism beyond the judicial one of keeping gay men in their closets.

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A Kafkaesque courtroom drama set in 19th century Liverpool recounts the trial of a corpse that has neither name nor past. Dozens of people gather to witness the absurd procedure. Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2025 - Quinzaine des Cineastes - World premiere Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2026

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Two young music students, Lionel and David, attending the Boston Conservatory in 1917, bond over their shared love of folk music. Years later, Lionel receives a letter from David, leading to an impromptu journey through the backwoods of Maine to collect traditional songs, and record the lives, voices and music of their American countrymen. This unexpected reunion and the music they collect and preserve, will shape the course of Lionel's life far beyond his own awareness. Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2025 - Competition - World premiere Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2025 - North American premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025

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An intimate look at the life of international icon Brigitte Bardot. With exclusive access and the full support of Brigitte Bardot and her team, we will uncover her life, with its hardships, trials and struggles, her work and her legacy.

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The daily grind of the elderly cleaner of a Japanese bathhouse is disrupted when a young man attempts suicide. Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2026

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When Zephyr, a savvy and free-spirited surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below. Official Selection Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2025 - World premiere

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A young boy after the Hungarian uprising of 1956, raised by his mother with the tale of an idealized dead father, is confronted with a brutish man who claims to be his real father. Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2025 - World premiere Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2025 Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025

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Following a small group of kids at during the doc-workers strike in Liverpool in the 1990s. Official Selection Semaine de la critique du Festival de Cannes/ Cannes Critics's Week 2025 - World premiere BAFTA Film Awards 2025 - Nomination - Best British Short Film

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Desperate to understand her family’s past in Japan before her birth, Niki probes her mother, Etsuko, about their time in Nagasaki. Told through flashbacks, Etsuko recounts the tale of a friend she knew long ago... Spanning the two timelines, the film is a moving and hopeful account of the generational impact of war and tragedy on one family. Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2025 - Un Certain Regard - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025

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In a forgotten patch of countryside, a woman is battling her demons: embracing exclusion yet wanting to belong, craving freedom whilst feeling trapped, yearning for family life but wanting to burn the entire house down. Given surprising leeway by her family for her increasingly erratic behaviour, she nevertheless feels ever more stifled and repressed. Motherhood, womanhood, the banality of love, the terrors of desire, the brutality of another person carrying your heart forever. Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2025 - Competition - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025