Projects matching: Jones

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Two childhood friends are reunited 12 years after being sent to separate foster parents. Together, Raphael and Michael survived a traumatic and tragic night in Rwanda, 1994. Focalised through these two bruised young adults, their lives and the lives of those around them are affected by the stirring of their deep hidden memories. Raphael, after years of denial, must open his heart to his girlfriend, Maria. Whereas Michael needs to exit a lifestyle of drinks, drugs and sex, he too has people who deeply care about him, if only he will let them understand.

Red Fruit, based on events, combines a story of character and relationships, with factual accounts of the Rwandan genocide. Archive footage adds, in parts, an almost documentary feel to this piece, which offers not only an understanding of human nature, but also a historical and cultural human tragedy.

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It ain't East Coast. It ain't West Coast. This is South Coast.

Forget the MTV-sponsored images of ghetto superstars and bling - South Coast is a quintessentially British take on hip hop 30 years after it emerged from the Bronx block parties. Three years in the making; this character-driven documentary features a host of engaging characters including Norman Cook (aka Fat Boy Slim), notorious Train Painter, Aroe and irrepressible MC, Buzz; break-dancers on Brighton's pebbled beach; Brighton's first gay rap crew, grimy MCs in word battles with poets; graffiti art galleries, and laid back but incisive rhymes about British seaside life.
 

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Filmed on location in London and New York, The Plans of Man is a modern re-imagining of the biblical Adam and Eve story, with a touch of Greencard.

When Adam's perfectly planned life falls apart after fiancé Lilith leaves him, he must decide whether to stick to the old plan and follow Lilith to New York, or make a new plan. The choice seems easy, and Adam prepares himself to leave London. However, he fails to secure a US work permit, despite sleeping with his boss for a US job transfer.

Vivacious American Evie turns up on Adam's doorstep in an immigration jam of her own. Adam needs a greencard, Evie needs a visa - the plan seems clear. Evie hides her feelings for Adam as they get married, but Adam's revised plan soon hits yet another bump in the road when he falls for his new wife.

Is Adam brave enough to abandon his plan and take a bite of the apple - or is it a foolish mistake he'll regret forever?

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The Rest is Silence follows the course of an unclaimed body through its progress from discovery to burial. It focuses not on the body, but on those who guide it through the processes and rituals preceding its interment.

The characters of these people are explored visually, without commentary.

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An over-worked, under-appreciated employee decides to make his boss and co-workers notice him: by his absence.
 

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In the early part of the twenty-first century, a virus 'Omega Strand' - a variant of the avian flu, began spreading among the populous. Within weeks it had reached the world's greatest cities and the infection spread with ferocious speed.

The loss of life was enormous, with an estimated 999 of every 1000 people succumbing to the virus. The virus would overwhelm a person within hours and upon death, the body would become reanimated until it was no longer able to sustain itself.

Mankind was robbed of the basic essentials of life: electricity, gas, running water. Survivors packed into small groups and found refuge in high-rise buildings and remote areas as the majority of urban land became uninhabitable. With looting and disease, food supplies dwindled and became unreachable in the majority of towns and cities.

Some survivors, not knowing if or when the chaos would end, began documenting their plight in whatever form they could: the written word, photographs and video.
 

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Set in 1960s rural Gloucestershire, Waters End starts with a steam train journey where we meet Mary who is travelling to visit her husband's grave. On the train she meets a wealthy dubious Lord who offers her a lift in his chauffeur driven car-could she be in danger?

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One fateful Friday, in a London office just like any other; decades of pressure and frustration beget a thing of pure malevolence. One man is working late. One man is drinking hard. Will either survive?

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Confetti is a sharp and affectionate comedy that charts the journey of three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of ‘Most Original Wedding of the Year’.

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John lives in a world of lost love, where memories of Emily are more resilient than the present.

A bravura piece of film-making shot in one fluid take, A Case of You is a deeply ambiguous film with a powerful emotional undercurrent.

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Inspired by a true story, A Mind of Her Own tells the poignant and moving tale of Sophie, a determined young girl whose ambition to become a doctor is obstructed by her severe dyslexia. But Sophie, encouraged by her closest friend Becky, has never been one to give up and, despite being advised by parents and school teachers to be realistic and pursue something less academic, she puts herself through college and university, in the process achieving a first-class degree in biomedical science and a PhD conducting research into post-trauma regeneration of the spinal column, which ultimately leads to her achieving worldwide recognition for her work and helping to develop a cure for paralysis.

A Mind of Her Own won a Crystal Heart Award from the Heartland Film Festival in 2005.

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The Geordie version of Supersize Me. A thin man (Gordon Gibson) has 14 days to eat himself fitter and fatter by following the Batter Diet and the advice of David R. Brown.