Projects with status: Complete

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Returning to the island she left eight years earlier, young Mairi plans just to attend a funeral and then go back to her job in the city. But she forgot about the "bannan" - the family and emotional ties that bind her to her birthplace. Staying on to care for her beloved grandmother, Mairi gets drawn ever closer towards a confrontation with the father who never accepted her. A feature-length Gaelic-language pilot for the 2014 BBC ALBA drama series 'Bannan'. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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When Moore Street market-trader Agnes Brown finds her livelihood under threat from a ruthless developer, she and her family embark on a campaign to save her stall, aided as only the Browns will be by a motley troop of blind trainee Ninjas, an alcoholic solicitor, and a barrister with Tourettes Syndrome.

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A creative documentary exploring the work of fringe scientists, mycologists and artists, and their relationship with the extraordinary plasmodial slime mould. The slime mould is being used to explore biological-inspired design, emergence theory, unconventional computing and robot controllers, much of which borders on the world of science fiction. Fantasia International Festival 2014 - World premiere

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A vivid portrait of a man whose career transcended politics. Tony Benn reviews the triumphs and the upsets of his personal and his private life. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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Set among the gangland clans and firms of South East London, and centring on Mitch, a devoted husband and father who puts his gang back together after his old friend and mentor is beaten up and left to die. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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New Model Army have been one of the biggest underground music artists for over quarter of a century. To their global community of fans they mean everything. Yet mainstream success has so far eluded them. This film is the story of the band and in particular their charismatic and unconventional lead singer songwriter and founder Justin Sullivan

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An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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Intimate drama about a man who tries to connect with his dead boyfriend’s immigrant mother.

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On 8th February 2000 at Feltham Young Offenders Institute, Robert Stewart, a known violent racist, was placed in a cell with Zahid Mubarek, eventually leading to Mubarek's murder 6 weeks later. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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Michael Doyle is an anti-hero for our times: a natural predator and a complex mix of high-functioning addict and corrupt police officer, always one step ahead of the law. As an influx of ruthless, power-hungry Albanian gangsters makes its bloody mark on London's criminal landscape, Michael's once assured grip starts to fail and his self-destructive behaviour begins to consume him. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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'My Accomplice' is an off-beat comedy about falling in love, set in Brighton, featuring songs and live performances from local bands Transformer, Bob Wants His Head Back and The Mountain Firework Company. An ill-starred search for the village of Wivelsfield, the personal politics of perestroika in the wider context of David Hasselhoff, apricot flapjacks, abruptly unpredictable weather, gathering evidence of a seagull conspiracy, and a small cast of everyday eccentrics that usually don’t make it into films: Bulgarians, adults with learning disabilities, very tall women and elective mutes. In a city of this many vulnerable adults, Frank and Ilse might never have met. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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A ruthless police detective plots to steal a shipment of heroin from a small-time dealer in East London, and eliminate all witnesses.