Projects

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On a boating holiday, a honeymoon couple employ a local to help them navigate the West Midland canals. Dick and Harry Bridges are newly married and Dick has organised their honeymoon getaway as a do-it-yourself cruise on a West Midland backwater canal. Harry, a girl of means, is crestfallen at the cheapness of Dick's honeymoon plans but soon starts to like the carefree world of canal life when Dick employs Tom, a local pikey, to help steer them through the gates and locks. Meanwhile, Dick has employed Sunshine an incompetent hit-man to kill his wife so he can collect on her life insurance, but the presence of Tom complicates Sunshine's attempts to do away with her. As the days stretch and the boat winds its way through the backwaters of Wolverhampton and Birmingham, Sunshine's attempts and Dick's frustration at his failure, make Tom and Harry suspect that something untoward is going on. A British comedy in the Ealing style, Fingers in the Water is set in the post-industrial landscape of the West Midlands on a boat that's going nowhere.

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Lucy thinks her brother is broken. His obsessive arrangements of thimbles prove it. Lucy thinks he should be fixed, but not in the way she imagines... Based on the directors personal experience of growing-up with an autistic brother, Fixing Luka is a tale of hope, determination and acceptance.

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On an island steeped with a history of shipwrecking and smuggling, there is evidence of of the influence of pirate ancestry still alive today. A descendant of the original settlers in Bimini, Ashley Saunders has spent the last twenty years scavenging the land, and combing beaches, to gather materials for his home. Built entirely from found items, Ashley's home is now an important landmark on the island, and is a modern reminder of the resourcefulness of people who look to the sea for survival.

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There are three things in John's life - betting, betting and betting. Betting rules John's life in more ways than any 'normal' person can ever imagine. For John it's an obsession. His wife, Helen, puts up with it because she loves him and she loves the high of a big win, so long as he's honest with her. When female bookie, Stan, offers John and his mates outrageous bets with dangerous odds events start spiralling out of control as they dig themselves deeper into her pockets. Will John lose his marriage, could he lose his life?

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A burger lover faces a moral dilemma. He wants to eat a massive cheese burger but it is National Vegetarian Week and all the pro-vegetarian programmes are stirring pangs of guilt. He watches as two TV hosts - one pro meat eating and one pro vegetarian debate the issue.

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A visual short story of how two people meet unexpectedly. The story of a girl and a boy who's romantic encounter is born in a sunny day full of flowers. An almost forgotten way of flirting.

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Generation Britpop is Matthew J Gunn's short festival film, a short spin off from his proposed Britpop TV Serial. Britpop explodes into the British conscience summer of 1994. As group of students prepare to move away from home for the first time, they film video blogs of themselves the day before they leave to University. Loner Matt wants to escape the one horse town he grew up in, innocent Linda is haunted by her past actions, Steve's confused to who the mirror says he is, an angry James calls for 'surf up' and artist Marie dances naked across the city.

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15 year old Georgia leaves home to seek a better life without really knowing where to go. She finds herself at the railway station and in the company of two opposing personalities -- and a choice between taking a path into the light or the dark.

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Ghosted. A brutal, yet beautiful tale of loss, survival and salvation, told within the four walls of a British prison. Two men uncover a friendship that rewards them both unexpectedly.

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In June 2010, Ana Garcia returned home to Gibraltar to get married. Coming back to the most unique of British territories, she finds herself compelled to find out more about the history of her family and her birthplace. As she prepares for her wedding, we are taken on a very personal journey that uncovers the inspiring story of how a small community has fought for its home and identity.

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This short is a black comedy. It's one woman's struggle to hold on to a glamourous lifestyle that is about to be lost to a younger rival. Under the unusual advice of a police sergeant, she takes matters in to her own hands. Unfortunately events take an unexpected turn.

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Garden gnomes Gnomeo and Juliet have as many obstacles to overcome as their quasi namesakes when they are caught up in a feud between neighbors. But with plastic pink flamingos and lawnmower races in the mix, can this young couple find lasting happiness?