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A burglar, a kid, a homeless man and a film star run into one another on the eve of Christmas. Follows a series of life-altering events. Things don't necessarily happen for a reason but in real life but in this film, they do.

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The Arbor is the powerful true story of Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar and her troubled relationship with her daughter Lorraine.

Andrea wrote honestly and unflinchingly about her upbringing on the notorious Buttershaw Estate. When she died, tragically at the age of 29 in 1990, Lorraine was just ten years old.

The Arbor catches up with Lorraine in the present day, also at 29; ostracised from Buttershaw and now in prison, serving a sentence for manslaughter for the death of her son.

Whilst in prison and undergoing rehab, Lorraine is re-introduced to her mother's plays and private letters and as she reflects on the parallels in their lives, she begins to come to terms with her role in the death of her son.

Clio Barnard, began recording audio interviews with Lorraine Dunbar, other members of the Dunbar family and residents from the Buttershaw Estate over a period of two years. The material was edited to form an audio 'screenplay' which forms the basis for the film as actors lip-synch to the voices of the interviewees. This footage is intercut with archive footage and extracts from a re-staging of Andrea's first play.

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Francis Cooper had always assumed his father would die before his mother. Emily Maddison never thought she would be the woman responsible for ending anybody's life. Craig MacKay always believed his girlfriend dismissing him for his lack of responsibility was nonsense.

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A bankrupt Countess broods alone amid the isolation of her decaying mansion, consumed with an obsession for the servants she can no longer afford. She enslaves her visitors and forces them to work as her domestics, overseen by her menacing Butler, who gradually falls for one of the captives.

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Spirit Level Film uncovers the appalling state of the UK’s justice system, its record on imprisoning young offenders and the dangerous relationship between media misrepresentation and government policy.

Produced with the support of The Nationwider Foundation, Safer Wales, Addaction and Construction Youth Trust.

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A feisty elderly woman’s sole purpose in life appears to be setting up an isolated roadside stand along the historic Camino de Santiago pilgrim route. A seemingly mundane daily task soon evolves into a humorous and charming observation on the importance of purpose, commitment and tradition.

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Our story is set in dusty downtown Cape Town, at a time when poisoned pigeons fall out of the sky and magic is hard to come by. This is the story of an outsider, a loner who doesn't know what she's looking for until she finds it.

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Prepare for a night of total terror, as a band of misfits hidden in an
isolated farmhouse, face the onslaught of an army of sock puppet zombies!

Will they survive or will they become 'zombified'?
Comedy-Horror from the bottom drawer!

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A home-made Super-8 musical. Over an all-day drinking session, the dreams of a troubled romantic and his companions are worn away by ennui and isolation. With songs by Aidan Smith.

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It is 1036 and England is without a Monarch and in turmoil. King Canute had died the previous year and a new king has not yet been chosen.

Earl Godwin, Canute's right-hand man and the most influential Earl in England is summoned by Canute's Second wife Queen Emma who wants the Witan (council of elders) to choose her son Hardicanute over Canute's other son Harold Harefoot by his other wife Aelfgigu. Although Earl Godwin cannot sway the council and is unable to help Queen Emma's request, he remains the most powerful Earl in England and effectively rules England for the next two decades.

His son Harold Godwinson will become the eventual King of England destined to rule England but a few months.

From 1036 to 1066 the Godwin family amassed wealth, power and influence. Their enemies were ruthlessly dealt with. Sibling rivalry between Harold and his brothers nearly lead to disaster for the Godwin family. Harold once king is forced to kill his treacherous brother Tostig at the battle of Stamford Bridge just two weeks before the Battle of Hastings.

During this time across the English Channel Duke William (Great nephew to Canute's Queen Emma) is fighting to take control of Normandy. Constantly fending off attacks on his land, he covets the crown of England as King Edward the Confessor has no offspring.

A story full of intrigue, treachery, Papal conspiracy, murder, deceit and an abundance of rape and pillaging. It is the most important era in English history. 1066 is the last time England would be conquered by foreign invaders.

There is more to the story than told in school history books.
 

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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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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.