Projects with status: Complete

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Peter is fourteen. Mary is fourteen. Bob behaves like he is fourteen. Bob lives in Crawley. Peter doesn't. Mary wishes she didn't. Together they would find out very little.

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Short experimental drama that follows a journey of transformation by the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) who wore a series of orthopaedic corsets because of impairment. The film draws on Kahlo's own words and bold painting style. It refutes the picture of Kahlo's life as one of tragedy and suffering.

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It’s two years since the mysterious disappearance of Kath Swarbrick’s older sister Annie. But Kath (Shirley Henderson) remains haunted by the need to know what happened.

When police investigations wind down, Kath continues the search herself. She gets nowhere until she steals some CCTV footage of her sister on her final day.

Visiting the spot where she was filmed, Kath becomes convinced she has found a gateway to another reality in which Annie is still alive. Those close to Kath are sceptical. They question her sanity, beg her to stop searching.

Has Kath really found a way to access the afterlife? Or is she losing her grip on reality?

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When soprano Lucy gets invited to dinner by famous tenor Barolo she finds it could be her that ends up on the menu.

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A British student in Japan, Kate struggles to make new friends. Determined to fit in, she programmes her English robot to play Japanese music but the robot has other ideas.

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On a bleak English housing estate a dysfunctional teenager is reduced to a mere automaton. Using heavily manipulated video and strong colourisation, Joe Magee's film conveys the surreal experience of a young drop-out. The protagonist's state of mind manifests through extreme film loops and continually recurring sound motifs. Dogs become agitated, birds circle and clocks stop working all to the backdrop of a melancholy ice-cream van.

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Banglabandu Primary School brought in the filmmaker Joanna Woodward to make a film on the subject of the legend of George and the Dragon with seven and eight year old children. The combination of the naivety in the children's art and Joanna's skills at telling a tale, has produced a very original film that will make even the most sceptical of viewers aware of the miraculous powers of characterisation that children possess.

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Sarah is 32 and wondering if she'll ever meet Mr Perfect. She places a personal ad and arranges a blind date with a hot prospect. But with a serial killer on the loose should this girl be afraid of something far worse than being left on the shelf?

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To set the scene - the year is 55 B.C. The Romans are beating a bloody swathe across the European continent. Any nation daring to defy them is swiftly and brutally crushed into servitude. Mighty Gaul has just fallen and Rome has set its sights upon a small, cold and rather damp island across the narrow waters of the Channel.
 
Now, with the Romans invading, it is up to three sisters to save their country from the bonds of slavery.
 
Smirgut - Magnificently strong, she towers over most men and then beats them into unconsciousness with a large club.
 
Dwyfuc - Exquisitely beautiful  and irrestible to men, she is also very spoilt and something of a control freak. 
 
And finally, Worthaboutapig - the youngest, plainest and undoubtedly dumbest of them all.
 
Gladiatress - A tale of three sisters against the entire Roman Empire. With a little help from the Gods, an emormous amount of luck and a really big axe - they just might be able to do it.

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Glasgowland is an interactive narrative exploring identity and the contemporary built environment, combining cultural mythology with the architecture of memory and magical phenomenon.

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Charming black comedy about a shy young boy forced to deal with the death of his best friend. By using his fertile imagination and passion for electronics, the boy temporarily resurrects his friend. However, things start to change when the dead friend takes on a life of his own.

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Somewhere in London, two people tired of being alone, find themselves chatting on a dateline. As they talk their confidence grows. They both begin to talk about themselves in more elaborate and exaggerated ways. Finally they agree to meet. The initial excitement evaporates as reality kicks in.  They can't possibly live up to the ridiculous images they have created in each others minds - or can they? (Written, shot and edited within 48 hours).