Projects matching: Benjamin Turner

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On a chaotic London film set, tensions simmer between a rising Black actor, a frustrated sound man, and an ambitious young director. Between takes, cultural clashes, class anxieties, and hidden insecurities bubble to the surface - all over a table of sausage rolls and jollof rice. A sharp, darkly comic meta-film exploring identity, tokenism, and the politics of ‘representation’ in the British film industry. As the line between the film-within-the-film and reality begins to blur, each character is forced to confront who really gets to tell their story - and what’s left on the cutting-room floor when ‘diversity’ becomes performance, and identity itself becomes the role.

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When an innocent 15-year-old school boy begins an illicit affair with a 29-year-old woman, love, lust and trauma combine with devastating consequences.

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Caught between a mother who can provide everything except closeness, a father who gives love but not stability, and an older brother forced to choose between his own youth and becoming a parent too soon, a young Black boy’s future hangs in the balance. In this interactive custody battle, a single choice shapes a childhood - and fractures a family.

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A group of friends attend a house party. Waiting through the doors is a wild night, an ex-girlfriend, and… Zombies?! A film that explores serious youth violence, numbness to Black death, violence against women and young male mental health, created by young Black Londoners.

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What if it isn't "Just a Joke"? A young Black employee strains under the constant workplace banter he faces from the senior members of his team, whilst his Black co-worker seems to have taken a very different approach. Can a young Black man survive a day at work?

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A young woman is alone in her room when her boyfriend asks permission to send her nudes. As he sends them, each one appears, coming to life in front of her. But just when things are getting exciting, she starts being harassed when unwanted nudes from other men arrive. Official Selection S.O.U.L Fest 2024

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It's election season at Morris Brook Academy and the candidates will do anything they can to win. From in-fighting within the campaign teams to spreading conspiracy theories, chaos ensues... but is there a real conspiracy at work?

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A group of Black school kids - passionate about their cultures - are torn between the approaches of two teachers. Finding themselves in the midst of a clash between school culture and Black culture, they experience the modern racism that persists in UK education today. Official Selection British Urban Film Festival 2024

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With exclusive access to six time Olympic gold medal winning athlete, Usain Bolt and his inner circle, and with previously unseen footage, this film tells the highs and lows of his real journey – the work and the dedication, the inspiring astounding unique and true story of the fastest man on Earth.

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A comic thriller with dark undertones and a big heart, set on the island of Ibiza. When Connor's best friend becomes innocently embroiled in the plans of a gang in Ibiza, Connor is the only one who can help him, but it means returning to the island where he worked a few years earlier, and has avoided since the tragic death of another friend. Once back, Connor is reunited with Leo, his former boss and mentor. A 60 year old American draft dodger turned hippy. Only thing is, Leo is trying to kill himself. Amongst the mayhem of exploding villas, underwater drops and the attractions of a gorgeous diving instructor, Connor and Leo's journeys teach them some valuable life lessons. For Leo it is that every day is precious. For Connor, that his life in London is not as perfect as it seems, and that if he deals with his past, there is only one place he'll ever be truly happy...Ibiza. All he has to do is stay alive long enough to enjoy it. Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 - World premiere

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Bo Gritz should be an all American Hero. The most decorated Green Beret from the Vietnam era, the man upon whom both John Rambo and Colonel Kurtz from 'Apocalypse Now' were based, he served his country with loyalty and valour, killing over 400 men in the process and gaining national fame through his exploits. Today, he lives in a trailer in Sandy Valley Nevada, discredited, unable to sleep at night and estranged from his children. What went wrong? This film follows Bo on his last mission, a mission to save a young boys life, a mission to uncover some meaning from his own life, a mission to stop the nightmares.

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In The Hands of the Gods is the true story of five young British freestyle footballers' journey across the Americas to Argentina in the hope of meeting their hero, Diego Maradona. This coming-of-age road movie tells the story of a group of young men in pursuit of a lifelong dream.