Projects matching: Jones

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Jules’s life and career as a drag queen is destroyed in a humiliating homophobic attack. When he re-encounters one of his attackers, the deeply-closeted Preston, in a gay sauna, he is presented with a chance to exact revenge. Unrecognisable in his boy form, Jules insinuates himself into Preston’s life, but in so doing discovers power in a new kind of drag. What unfolds is a dangerous seduction that risks discovery and backlash at every moment. Official Selection Berlin Film Festival 2023 - Panorama - World premiere

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CUSTOM is the first feature of award-winning Brazilian-born and UK-based filmmaker Tiago Teixeira. In this paranoid horror thriller, a couple of arthouse pornographers struggle to make ends meet while working on custom erotic films. That’s when they encounter ‘The Audience’, a mysterious client offering life-changing money to perform strange rituals on videotape.

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Dom and Yas’ paths collide at the least opportune time: when Dom is ugly-crying in a toilet stall, steeling himself for an awkward meal with his ex, who cheated on him with his best friend. Nursing her own breakup wounds, freewheeling Yas decides to jump headfirst into the fray to lessen the sting as Dom’s date. What follows is a day of impulsive and joyous mayhem, as these two 20-something Londoners roam Peckham through karaoke bars and playgrounds, all the while inching toward the possibility of opening their hearts again. Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2023 - Premieres - World premiere

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Annag is lost and alone, fighting for her sanity. Awake and dreaming, she is drawn to the shoreline, yearning for the deep coastal waters. By day she feels the eyes of The Herring Girls on her trying to hide her slipping grasp of reality. Do they know something she doesn’t?

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Strippers Beth and Lily are on their way to work a stag do. This is also Lily’s last night on the job. Unfortunately, they suddenly find themselves in a dilemma…

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In our wealthiest nations, old age homelessness is on the rise and so is the number of pensioners using foodbanks. Is Old Age Poverty an unstoppable global disaster? With a unique mix of comedy animation, interviews with experts and personal stories from all around the world, YOUR HUNDRED-YEAR LIFE explains how we got ourselves into this mess and what we can do to get out of it.

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EMILY imagines the transformative, exhilarating, and uplifting journey to womanhood of a rebel and a misfit, one of the world's most famous, enigmatic, and provocative writers Emily Brontë who died too soon at the age of 30. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2022 - World premiere

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For Gwen its always 1999. The face in the mirror is unfamiliar and her partner isn’t recognisable to her despite waking up together every day. Joe’s past is coming undone and his partner, Sarah, fears she will be forgotten. A doctor refuses to give up on them, determined not to let them unravel. THE ALMOND AND THE SEAHORSE is a funny, poignant and moving story which follows two couples where one partner has survived Traumatic Brain Injury and how this impacts their lives together.

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When the geriatric ward in a small Yorkshire hospital is threatened with closure, the hospital decides to fight back by galvanizing the local community, and invite a news crew to film their preparations for a concert in honour of the hospital’s most distinguished nurse. What could go wrong? ALLELUJAH celebrates the spirit of the elderly patients whilst paying tribute to the deep humanity of the medical staff battling with limited resources and ever-growing demand. Official selection Toronto International Film Festival 2022 - Special Presentation - World premiere

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It's been years since Stef last left her house. The loss of her brother combined with the quiet dread of the unknown conspiring to keep her inside. When her brother Liam's best friend, Evan, arrives to give her Liam's journal, sparks fly. However, when Stef and Evan start to unpack their shared trauma, they question if their relationship can ever break free from its confines? Caught between Evan's images of a world outside that they could inhabit, and a story of lost love that Stef is translating from a previous generation, Stef must choose the kind of future she wants, and whether Evan will be a part of it.

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Set within the confines of her hotel room, forty-something Evelyn embarks on a journey of self-discovery with Cleo, a younger woman who exudes the kind of confidence Evelyn has only dreamed of. They share a drink, a smile, and an unforgettable night that Evelyn cannot ignore nor fully encompass.

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London 1950s. A widowed cleaning lady in falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, and decides that she must have one of her own. After she works, starves and gambles to raise the funds to pursue her dream, she embarks on an adventure to Paris which will change not only her own outlook, but also the future of the iconic fashion house. Adaptation of Paul Gallico's much-loved novel