Projects with status: Pre-production

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Lollipop (the sweet sounding name of a mastectomy scar) explores the creator’s surreal odyssey of tackling breast cancer. Twice. Her avatar, Eva, slips into youthful memories of seaside attractions and sunshine, which morph into something dark and corporeal as she juggles family life and illness. The film is in development with the BFI and NI Screen.

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A woman goes on a cruise in the frozen arctic region and encounters a man who raped her 50 years ago. Based on a short story by Margaret Atwood.

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Based on Louise Brown’s book 'My Life As The World’s First Test-tube Baby', about her experiences as the first child ever born through science rather than two people having sex.

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Two childhood friends own a junk shop together, where they both work and live. Profits are down and with their futures in jeopardy. When they approach their obnoxious landlord to explain their 'rent' problems, rather than helping them, the unsavoury character gives them a choice: eviction, or locate for him a rare and unusual item ... Michael Jackson's 'training' glove.

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Complicated and disillusioned, TIME Magazine war correspondent Erin Ryan finds redemption for herself and reconciliation for a nation when she uncovers a compelling story of the fights, football, and friendship of three boys of different faiths in the heart of present-day Jerusalem.

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A young boxer on the run impulsively joins a middle-aged man on his annual journey to Pamplona to take part in the running of the bulls.

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Kate, a former US soldier, is leading a humanitarian mission into war-torn Chechnya. Alongside her is Magomed, her trusted Chechen friend. But unbeknownst to both, young rebel Larissa is stowed away amongst their cargo with a mysterious package. The pair reluctantly takes cynical US war photographer Walter on board, a teacher and her injured student. Faced with roadblocks, the group must cross the Caucasus Mountains, risking the dual threats of Russian soldiers and embittered guerrilla fighters. In a land where friends and foes are one and the same, the journey takes a dramatic turn, pushing the small group to the limits, in order to survive.