Projects

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After the death of his wife, Kenzaburo (60s) and his son Toshi (30s) receive an unexpected letter from beyond the grave. Akiko, their wife and mother, asks them to scatter her ashes at the place she loved most as a child – Lake Windermere in England. Surprised by this unexpected request, father and son are initially at loggerheads over their next steps. The two men, along with Toshi’s wife Satsuki and young daughter Emi, eventually travel together to England from Tokyo to fulfil Akiko’s final wish. But Kenzaburo keeps losing himself in memories of Akiko as his relationship with Toshi becomes increasingly fraught. With little knowledge of where he is going and barely any English, Kenzaburo abandons his family in London and heads to the Lake District on his own with Akiko’s ashes. As he embarks on his quest, his memories of Akiko grow more painful. A lost and weary Kenzaburo stumbles onto the doorstep of a farmer, John, and his daughter Mary. With their help, Kenzaburo is finally able to set course once again toward Lake Windemere. But his true journey toward forgiveness and reconciliation will prove the hardest of all. Official Selection Vancouver International Film Festival 2023 - World premiere Official Selection Rome Film Festival 2023 - European premiere

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Helen discovers that images of her have been digitally manipulated, deep-faked, into sexually explicit and violent scenarios on a porn site, and goes on a journey to understand what has happened to her. Official Selection Sheffield DocFest 2023 Official Selection Krakow Film Festival 2023

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A pagan horror story. Rebecca has recently taken over the parish church in a rural English village. When her young daughter goes missing at a winter festival, villagers and local police join in the desperate search. However, the closer they edge towards finding the girl, the more secrets emerge from the town’s dark past.

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London, 2040 - rising house prices, computerized labour and eradication of the Welfare State has turned the city into a billionaire's playground, pushing the lower classes to provincial empty slum-like high rises like The Kitchen. Ex-Smash-and-Grabber Izi is desperate to go straight but when his young son contracts a devastating illness, he is forced to take part in a heist that will change the lives of everyone in The Kitchen forever. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Closing Night Gala - World premiere

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A classical violinist and a drug dealer connect in a queer love story set on the streets of Bradford. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - World premiere

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Sequel to the 2000 Aardman Animation hit film CHICKEN RUN. Sequel to the 2000 Aardman Animation hit film CHICKEN RUN - Having pulled off a death-defying escape from Tweedy’s farm, Ginger has finally found her dream – a peaceful island sanctuary for the whole flock, far from the dangers of the human world. When she and Rocky hatch a little girl called Molly, Ginger’s happy ending seems complete. But back on the mainland the whole of chicken-kind faces a new and terrible threat. For Ginger and her team, even if it means putting their own hard-won freedom at risk – this time, they’re breaking in! Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - World premiere

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Set in the quaint borough of High Wycombe, England, the story of a grieving cop who loses her child to murder and moves to another town where she’s tasked with investigating the disappearance of a missing child. Exploring themes of trauma, grief, the immigrant experience and our very innate need for closure, the film illustrates the polarised nature of our times and the human cost of that divide. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - World premiere

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This film explores what happened in the 1940s London when two women of different generations, but both fighting anti-colonialism, came together to put their fervour and imagination into writing a revolutionary play. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - World premiere Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2024 - International premiere

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ROCKS screenwriter Theresa Ikoko's exuberant drama series set during the early years of the East London grime scene - It’s 2001 and school’s out for the summer. Energised by the DIY spirit around them, Dane and his friends are eager to form a crew and get their music on pirate station Rinse FM. Ikoko’s fictional drama, loosely inspired by a book by DJ Target, perfectly captures a sense of time and place, and the moment when a local subculture was about to explode. (LFF Brochure) Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Episodes 1 and 2 - World premiere

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Built as an investigation exploring John Galliano’s work, the multiple facets of his character and the ultimate steps that led him to pronouncing antisemitic insults. Through interviews with his closest friends and family, some of the most influential celebrities of the fashion and pop world, and Galliano himself, the documentary seeks to build a portrait of the man behind the fashion genius, and his journey for redemption. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - World premiere

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1970s, rural England. Richard and Juliette’s seemingly idyllic family life is thrown into turmoil when their son Ewan starts acting out of character, creating an insurmountable wedge between the once happy couple. At Starve Acre, their remote family home, archaeologist Richard buries himself in exploring a folkloric myth that the ancient oak tree on their land is imbued with phenomenal powers. While Juliette turns to the local community to find some kind of peace, Richard obsessively digs deeper. An unexpected discovery soon occupies the couple’s attention and dark and sinister forces, unwittingly allowed into the home, offer a disturbing possibility of reconnection between them. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - Official Competition - World premiere

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Set at the peak of a crime wave sweeping across London, teenage Ash is trying to earn money to raise his 14-year-old sister and send his mother to rehab when he’s caught up with an organised crime ring led by a young and charismatic Albanian immigrant. As the crimes escalate from stealing mobile phones on the street to jewellery store robberies, Ash must choose between his lavish new lifestyle or the people he loves before his whole world comes crashing down around him. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023 - World premiere