Projects with status: Complete

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Gareth embarks on a day like any other - or so he thinks. As things go from bad to worse, he decides he wants more out of life than his rubbish job, failed relationships and sarcastic flatmate.  What Gareth needs is a new start, but first he has to escape a dodgy debt collector, and the unwanted attentions of a mysterious woman who stalks his every move.

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A Boy Called Dad tells the story of Robbie, a 14 year old boy who becomes a father. Neglected and rejected by his own father Joe, Robbie snatches his son and goes on the run hoping to get to Ireland. When Joe follows both have to face up to the reality of the past and what it means to be a dad. A Boy Called Dad is directed by double BAFTA winning Brian Percival and written by BAFTA winner Julie Rutterford.

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A broken chronological journey revealing a week in the life of a struggling young writer.

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A Complete History Of My Sexual Failures follows independent filmmaker Chris Waitt as he interviews his ex-girlfriends in an attempt to find out why they dumped him. This revealing and humorous documentary sees the slacker filmmaker go on a sexual and emotional odyssey in a desperate quest to solve his innumerable problems.

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Mitchell Parker lies dead on a morgue slab. In life Mitchell served the low ranks of debt collectors, surrounded by all of the filth and scum that the world had to offer. He thought his luck was in when he stumbled across £100,000 cash hidden in the sofa of one of his clients - a deadly mistake. A dark and haunted past hangs over Mitchell's head, one that ultimately leads him on a journey of murder, redemption and sacrifice. Hunted by a ruthless gang for the stolen money, he must evade capture and rid himself of his demons once and for all.

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Paul Callow has a dream. Fed up with city life and driving trains, he longs to commune with Nature and write novels. But that’s easier dreamt than done. The trauma of having two people fall under his train in as many weeks does little to improve his mood, until he hears that three fatal accidents in a month, qualifies you for early retirement with 10 years’ salary - lump sum! Paul suddenly sees a way of clearing his debts and escaping to a better life. All he has to do is find a willing victim. After some bizarre encounters, he eventually meets up with itinerant Irishman Tommy Cassidy furious at being saved from certain death by jumping off a bridge. Paul offers him £1500 cash to wait till Monday. Racked with guilt at having abandoned his family 8 years ago, Tommy decides to salve his conscience by paying them a visit and Paul insists on tagging along to protect his ‘investment’. But Tommy’s wife Rosemary and his daughter Frankie, now a beautiful, feisty and independent young woman, both harbour a deep-rooted grudge. Over the course of the weekend, relationships between all four are changed forever but when Monday morning arrives, Paul and Tommy are confronted with the harsh reality of the deal they struck. Surely they won’t go through with it. Or will they? After all - A Deal is a Deal.

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'Little Jack' (Freddie Highmore) is an adorable young fox who is busy enjoying a blissful life, chasing frogs, butterflies and playing in the forest with his loving family. Until one night when his perfect world is turned upside down when his father, 'Jack' is captured and forced to join the circus. 'Anna Conda' (Miranda Richardson) is the cunning circus-owner whose desire for bigger and better performances leads her to kidnapping the forest animals. With the help of her magician husband, 'The Ringmaster' (Bill Nighy), the animals are hypnotized into performing in her shows. On his rescue mission Little Jack gets help from some unlikely heroes, including a nature loving boy in a wheelchair called Alex and Arabella, a young acrobat. Little Jack's task of rescuing his beloved father leads him to make a new friends, including a gorgeous circus fox named Darcey (Sienna Miller). Together they set out to free all the animals so they can return home to the beautiful forest- just as nature intended.

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18 year old Rebecca Saunders has had to grow-up fast - helping to take care of her younger siblings and hold the family together in the wake of her mum's illness.

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A disagreement about the nature of love between a postman and his friend leads to an unexpected confession about a love letter that was never sent.

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What does it feel like to know that you are about to be killed? Nearly a decade ago, a terrified village in southern Mexico sought refuge in a small wooden church and awaited their inevitable fate. Several hours later, 45 of them were dead. Until now the full story of the massacre at Acteal has never been told. A Massacre Foretold is a powerful story of drama and intimacy, that takes us into a world of masked Mayan rebels, clandestine government death squads and an inspiring indigenous village.

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Roy bills himself as an International Natural Medium. He earns a living visiting the houses of women in the poor English town of Chatham – and delving deep into their vulnerable side. His clients are quick to take him at his word, while his teenage son Mark has serious doubts. Painfully funny.

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Roll up roll up! It's A Model Artist sideshow! See them paint! See them model! See them change colour! An artist paints her model, without much success. The model takes matters into her own hands, but the artist has other ideas. Will they they paint their picture before the ringmaster closes the show? A silent sideshow styled by the silent era, modelled on the future.