Projects with status: Complete

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15 year-old Hulud has a dream; she is cracking the barrier set on the highway between the 1947 traditional Bedouin desert-life of a small Bedouin community and the 2007 modern city life of Beer-Sheba in the south of Israel. With her young brother and sister she goes on a journey that will enable her to let go of the life she once wished for.

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Ray Winstone, In McShane, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson and Stephen Dillane, star in 44 Inch Chest, a powerful and explosive drama which unfolds when a jealous husband and friends kidnap his wife's young lover, seeking retribution for his wounded ego.

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45 is a 12 minute psychological thriller, Jaden Cole relives an important day in his life over and over, each rewinded day sees new information leading to the shocking truth Jaden has to face alone.

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A modern day It's a Wonderful Life about a man who gets attacked on his way home from work and falls into a parallel world where he 'lives' 6 other lives including a rockstar, a homeless and the very same 'hoody' that attacked him. It transpires that he was on his way home to confess to his wife of an affair but these other lives help him to re-evaluate his priorities and values.

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8.5 Hours is an intense, contemporary drama about one day in the working lives of four software workers in Dublin. On one particular Monday, each of the characters finds their lives are in turmoil and each undergoes a gruelling series of events between the hours of 9 to 5.30, the 8.5 hours of the title.  

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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.