Projects matching: Jones

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When people in Littlehampton start receiving scandalous and obscene letters, suspicion immediately falls on fiery Rose, who might lose the custody of her daughter. A group of women set out to solve the mystery. Inspired by an unbelievable true story. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2023 - World premiere

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Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse…Samuel Beckett lived a life of many parts. Titled after Beckett’s famous ethos “Dance first, think later”, the film is a sweeping account of the life of this 20th-century icon. Official Selection San Sebastian Film Festival 2023 - World premiere

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Political engagement spawned the wildest of wonderlands for Hong Kong’s creativity – but as a new law annihilates freedom of expression overnight, artists and creatives find themselves targets and their works disappeared. We race to preserve the creative uprising amid China’s crackdown. In June 2020, the day after the National Security Law was imposed, the government started listing words, images, books, slogans, songs that were now deemed illegal - making so much that was ‘normal', forbidden. Hong Kong Mixtape weaves in the personal story of San the director, as we immerse with these underground artists, including some of Asia’s most famous and iconic creators - rappers, dancers, performers, illustrators, stunt collectives - as they navigate this authoritarian new normal. We also follow San having to ask herself the same questions as the other artists; are you willing to risk a life sentence for your art? And if this the last time we can be home - what do we make now? Official Selection Glasgow Film Festival 2023 - European Premiere

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While waiting for the last train of the night alone at an unstaffed rural station Jessica encounters a mysterious mime artist vying for her attention.

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Emotional repair through wool. VISIBLE MENDING reclaims the role knitting plays in many people's lives; helping them face adversity, calm anxiety, and make crucial social connections. A group of stop motion knitted objects tell stories about how they have used knitting to mend themselves, even if the repair is temporary. BAFTA Film Awards 2024 - Nomination - Best British Short Animation

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Mary, Billybud, and Fumbleton are three tiny humans who star in a kids' TV series called “Wander to Wonder”. After the creator dies, they are left alone in the studio. Struggling to find enough to eat, they continue to make increasingly strange episodes for their fans. Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2023 - World premiere Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2024 Official Selection SXSW (South by Southwest) Film Festival 2024 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) Awards 2024 - Winner - Best British Short Film BAFTA Film Awards 2025 - Winner - Best British Short Animation Academy Awards 2025 - Oscar Nomination - Best Animated Short Film

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A film of love, loss and music set amongst the falling feathers of a chicken factory. It’s present day in industrial North Wales. Helen, in her late 30s, spends her nights packing chickens and her days caring for a dying mother-figure Gwen. She lives in a small room in the house her clingy ex-husband shares with his dim-witted girlfriend and their new baby. Helen’s humdrum world takes an unexpected turn with the return of Joanne. They were the objects of the other’s unspoken teenage passions. Encouraged by Helen, Joanne starts a playful wooing game that re-awakens their youthful feelings. As they fall in love and lust, Helen’s zest for life returns but Joanne feels the walls closing in as she faces something much darker from her past. Helen’s world is shattered when Gwen dies and Joanne’s painful memories cause her to flee. Separated and alone, both women reflect on their unfulfilled chance. Eventually, they find the courage to let go of the past and allow their love to win. Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023 - World premiere Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2023

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A Russian soldier contemplates his perception of reality whilst he meets a Ukrainian pilot to fly him across the English Channel.

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Set around the theme of broken love between two brothers. BABY BROTHER tells the story of Adam and his vulnerable younger brother Liam across two separate days, five years apart. They where once as close as brothers can be. Adam is seen as a trouble-causer by his mother, who resents him. He desires to take himself and Liam away and live a better life. He spends his mornings cutting the grass of an old lady to save money and finally escape the grasp of an alcoholic step father and cocaine addicted mother, until he is forced to pay off their debts, and pushed to the limit. Five years on and Adam returns, desperate to spend one more day with his best friend, his baby brother Liam. Things aren’t the same, as his past traumas travel home with him.

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An inspirational, intimate story of resilience and freedom, following athletes on their journey to become part of the refugee Olympic team in Tokyo 2020. Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2023 - Spotlight Documentary - World premiere

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Anna, a lonely computer coder, has been nurturing an illegal romance with an AI in a computer simulation for the past six months. When her company uncovers the affair, she’s forced into a desperate battle to save her precious relationship.

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Two CIA agents are sent to a disco bar on a mission to kill terrorists and retrieve a suitcase nuke, but not all as it seems.