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In an attempt to revisit a creative collaboration and revive his marriage, a theatre director brings together a group of performers to spend a week with him and his wife in an isolated, mountainous part of southern France. As the work progresses, fiction and reality become blurred and there is a constant tension between the characters' own lives and the nature of the work - an investigation into the changing nature of love.
The couple are haunted by memories and dreams which, in the end, threaten not only the venture but the marriage itself. All this is underpinned by a sense of melancholy, reflected in the songs and music performed, and in the dramatic and implacably beautiful landscape.
“Will it come like a change in the weather...... O tell me the truth about love” WH Auden

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Mark is a returning soldier suffering from PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). With the help of a newly-qualified therapist, Tess, and her role-playing, we begin to understand Mark and the people in his life: his sister; a prostitute he is in love with; and the neighbour he is spying on.

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Margaret must convince her daughter Louise to take responsibility for the family after the death of her father, whilst the family endures the ritual of a family portrait.

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Documenting the life of Michael Pike, a veteran of the British army who struggled with post traumatic stress disorder as a result of his experiences in Northern Ireland.

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An autistic child has a meltdown... a "moment" as it is generally called... This film is a macro lens in which this moment freezes to capture the isolation, the plethora of emotions and the detachment that helps life go on for millions in these conditions.

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When Natalie learns that Elliott is ticklish, things get bad. And then they get worse.

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Each believing the other to have drowned, identical twins Viola and Sebastian seek their fortune amongst the high society of Illyria. With a host of memorable characters William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night tells a tale of love and ambition with a series of mistaken identities and misplaced affections.

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Based on David Harrower's play 'Blackbird' charting a young woman’s journey to reclaim her past.
Fifteen years earlier, Una ran away with an older man, Ray, a crime for which he was arrested and imprisoned. When she comes across a photo of him in a trade magazine, Una tracks him down and turns up at his workplace. Her abrupt arrival threatens to destroy Ray’s new life and derail her stability.
Unspoken secrets and buried memories surface as Una and Ray sift through the wreckage of the past. Their confrontation raises unanswered questions and unresolved longings. It will shake them both to the core.
This story gazes into the heart of a devastating form of love and asks if redemption is possible.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Official Competition

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After being made redundant and left by the mother of his child, Pep becomes an overnight local hero when he takes the law into his own hands to prevent a crime. The Neighbourhood Watch welcome his actions and offer a platform to further his agenda and fulfill his vision of creating a utopia; a town with no antisocial behaviour or crime.
Relishing his new found stardom, Pep begins to spiral out of control, becoming violent, aggressive and more public. With violence proving contagious amongst the residents and with all the criminals disappearing, suddenly Pep is seen as the most dangerous man left, and the people he sought to protect turn against him.
Shunned by the town that once hailed him a hero, his family set to move away and the film maker finished with his story; the rumour of a paedophile living among them gives Pep one last chance to save the day, and the hunt begins. Can Pep oust the paedophile and win back the affections of the town? Or will his desperation to prove his worth lead to his demise?

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Sophia is grief-stricken, overwhelmed with sadness since the untimely death of her young daughter. In a desperate attempt to achieve some form of closure, she reaches out to Solomon, an occultist with experience in an ancient invocation ritual that Sophia believes will allow her to make contact with her deceased child. Locked away in a remote country house, the disparate pair undergo the long and arduous incantation process, risking both their mental and physical safety as they attempt to access a world beyond our understanding. (LFF brochure)
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Cult Strand

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A tale of strife and self discovery between Dai Pritchard, a middle-aged alcoholic of self imposed isolation and Gwyn Thomas, a naive council official trapped in a life of purposeless comfort.

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Acclaimed graphic novelist Robert Valley’s first animated short is the tale of a charismatic but self-destructive friend living on the edge.
The brutally honest story of Robert's turbulent relationship with a friend from childhood, who cries out for help from a military hospital in China and sets Rob on a wild ride to get him home to Vancouver.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Sonic Strand