Projects

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Menace and melancholia as layered textures explore complex histories. Space, sound, colour, stone and paper mutate.   Differing intimacies to a cinema which has sat as a ruin for over twenty years, is due for demolition and was once a thriving cinema scene are evoked by the voices of three characters.

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Cinema Museum comprises four nine minute shots of a tour guide leading us around the labyrinthine corridors of a vast private collection of movie ephemera. The guide’s soft, measured voice soothes the ear while our eyes gawp at a teeming archive verging on chaos. The camera sets out with the stealth of a Stanley Kubrick Steadicam shot, but it soon begins to drift. As the guide walks ahead, the camera lingers over drawers marked ‘Gulag Guns’, boxes of fanzine clippings, spare parts for projectors and bits of Art Deco signage.

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Three students drift through the genres of their favourite Asian flicks. Their arguments take them into an array of comic fantasy scenarios, from Bollywood song-and-dance spectaculars through to blood-soaked bulletfests and creepy nighttime terrors in this entertaining comment on modern British filmmaking.

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In Clash of the Titans, the ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on earth. Leading a daring band of warriors, Perseus sets off on a perilous journey deep into forbidden worlds. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts. he will only survive if he can accept his power as a god, defy his fate and create his own destiny.  

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Paranormal researcher Mary Florescu's investigations lead her to Simon McNeal, a college student who appears to be channelling messages from the dead. As their erotic relationship develops the line between the worlds of the living and the dead become blurred and finally collapse in a stunning and astonishing climax.

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Colin is bitten by a zombie, he dies and returns from the dead, and so begins his journey into an apocalyptic suburban landscape. Colin wanders among the undead, encountering others of his kind, and the desperate reactions of the surviving humans in this gory, savage new world. One of the first films in this genre to be told entirely from a zombie's perspective, challenging an audience's perceptions about a horror movie 'monster'.  

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A filmmaker starts out to comment on his film. The reversal of film and commentary offers a solution to making a (more) truthful film. But the deconstruction of the filmmaking process also reveals the limitations of the film form to convey meaning comprehensively.

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After years in India, working as a missionary, Reverend Densham returns to England to take up the post of vicar in the remote and insular Cornish village of Warleggan on Bodmin Moor. Influenced by the Indian culture, and in particular the work of Gandhi, Densham tries to spread the word to a prejudiced, uneducated and fiercely traditional community. The result is a clash of understanding which leads to a bizarre and tragic series of events and ultimately totals ostracism of Densham from the community.

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Jean notices a chip on a treasured vase. She accuses Maurice, her husband since whenever. He denies it. Employing a variety of tactics, Jean gets to the bottom of the situation. This unique musical-of-sorts matches every syllable of dialogue to every note from cornetist Rex Stewart's 1966 recording 'Conversation Piece'.

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Can one man with a dream win the heart of the world's most powerful woman? This is a documentary like none you have seen before - the first musical docu-tragi-comedy in the history of cinema. Part Borat, part Fahrenheit 9/11, part Mamma Mia!, it follows a love-struck soul's hilarious, emotionally engaging, and ultimately shocking quest to woo former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.   A spin on the Rapunzel fairy-tale, this unique romantic/political/biographic feature follows Devin Ratray, a portly website designer, musician, former child actor (famed as Buzz in Home Alone), and besotted admirer of Condi, as he prepares to meet her.   As Devin travels the country, learning more about the great lady from those who know her, Courting Condi tells the life story of one of our era's most inspiring, enigmatic, and controversial figures. This film is both timely and a classic love story, punctuated by timeless songs.   It's the first retrospective of the Bush Adminstration and will inspire audiences to laugh, sing and protest about the past eight years.

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Set in an austere and cloistered English girls school in the mid 1930s, Cracks is a compelling tale of innocence corrupted. An elite group of girls idolise their beloved teacher, Miss G (Eva Green). But their unhealthy bond is threatened by the arrival of an exotic and beautiful foreign student whose rejection of Miss G's attentions threatens the status quo and brings tragic consequences for them all.

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Let Joey Frisk tell you about the worst week of his life.   Things are looking up for stand up comedian Joey Frisk - his foul mouthed act has drawn interest from people in high places.  Then he tells one little gag about an old school friend, who just happens to be in the audience, and things begin to unravel - suddenly Frank is everywhere Joey goes, wanting to talk about the old days.   A bold, low budget thriller from Scotland, with a powerhouse performace from Stephen McCole (Rushmore, Last Orders).