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A young boy’s journey of discovery leads to an encounter with an injured dove. He nurses the bird back to health, but their relationship comes to an end when the contradictions of the grown-up world are brought to bear on their unlikely friendship.

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Dawn is a psychological drama exploring the bond of triplets, broken at birth, that sends surviving siblings Jude and Maddison on an intimate quest to fill their sense of loss, grief and loneliness. On their 36th birthday, the missing link in their trinity lays just around the corner…

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The film explores the disorienting prismatic effects of the lamphouse of a 35mm colour film printer. Through minute shifts across an abstract colour spectrum, punctuated by a mechanical soundtrack, the film evokes perceptual after-images, bringing to mind Technicolour classic films, Paul Sharits, and Dario Argento.

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A man whose life is falling apart meets a girl whose life can't get started.

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A romantic picnic in a strangely idyllic field goes awry when a couple find themselves trapped and unable to leave. Forced to confront the cracks in their relationship, they slowly descend into a bitter web of jealousy, petty recriminations and violence. In short, an unromantic comedy.

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In the midst of parental separation, one boy's silent longing has the power to change everything. On his ninth birthday, Thomas travels with his mother to visit his estranged father who, since an acrimonious divorce from his mother, has abandoned urban living in favour of an isolated rural life in the English Lake District. As a digital native boy, Thomas's encounter with the natural world, and his gradual understanding of the pivotal connection he provides for his, ultimately lonely, parents leads to realisation and discovery. There are things his parents don't know about each other that only he can reveal. Perhaps he has the power and the means to change everything.

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Medieval England has just been struck by a plague. The fate of two sculptors will be decided today. With a brutal moneylender breathing down their necks and The Black Death wrecking havoc will they be able to escape doom? 100% of the dialogue spoken in rap and poetic verse.

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Abducted and imprisoned by a Cult, Magda awakens in a filthy cell. Despite hearing distant voices, her screams for help go unanswered. She's a prisoner, seemingly without hope... In time, she befriends another hostage, a girl who provides some comfort. However, as the weeks pass, the Cult prepare Magda for participation in a dark ritual with demonic, religious and sexual overtones and her despair grows. Her only hope is she'll be rescued or find some way to escape but, in the meantime, must face an horrific and terrifying ordeal.

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Tony Grisoni's powerful drama tells the story of a fictional English market town devastated by a spate of shootings that take place over a single day. Originally shown as a four part TV mini series.

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Grace is a socially isolated 17-year-old, who momentarily finds solace in a sexual encounter with Darren, an older man having a mid-life crisis. Upon finding Darren’s lost wallet with a home address, Grace decides this would be an opportunity to track Darren down, and see him once again.

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Deserted by her husband after twenty years, perfect wife Kate turns to less-than-perfect Vanessa. Vanessa, mouthy, chaotic & impulsive, has a quick fix - a road trip. It’s a bumpy ride that turns Kate’s life around when she discovers what drives Vanessa’s lust for life.

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Islands is a dialogue-free fable that tells the story of Vaine - a beautiful young woman trapped on an island with Putu, her brutish 'protector'. Each day, she briefly escapes his attentions and goes to the strait that separates their island from Tamatoa’s island; Tamatoa stands on the opposite shore and they share a gentle, word-less love play. This is how her days pass until Putu finds out about her infidelity and imprisons her. It’s then up to Vaine to make a frantic escape to freedom and love. Islands is a film about freedom and the difficulty of breaking away.