Projects in categories: Fiction

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Set against the backdrop of the Northern Irish coast, HOMEBIRD explores the relationship between an emotionally reclusive father struggling to re-connect with his estranged gay son, during a night at the seafront amusements.

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HOMEBOUND follows Holly, a young woman who travels with her new husband to meet his estranged family, only to find his ex-wife is missing and the children behaving in strange ways. Official Selection Fantastic Fest 2021 - World premiere

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A young graffiti artist discovers a shocking secret that would put him and the ones closest to him in danger.

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Jessie and the Elf Boy is a family comedy inspired by the Scottish legend of Ghillie Dhu. One day, the solitary forest elf Ghillie Dhu meets a human child lost in the woods and shows her the way home. In the weeks that follow they develop a special friendship, but then, without warning, the girl is whisked away by her mother never to return. A forlorn Ghillie leaves his peaceful forest world and sets out on a quest to find his friend. Years later, in the city, Ghillie meets Jessie Macrae, a plucky teenager determined to win favour with her high-flying mother by becoming a renowned hair stylist. When Jessie discovers that Ghillie has a gift for hair styling, they strike up a unique partnership which causes chaos for the manager of the chic hair salon and catapults Jessie to fame. Thanks to Ghillie, Jessie’s dreams are within reach, but will this meeting of two worlds be enough to overcome the deep hurts and fears of broken relationships through the generations?

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NIGHTRIDE is a dryly humorous realtime one shot thriller set on the midnight streets of Belfast. It places us in the driver’s seat with smalltime dealer Budge as he tries to pull one last deal with cash borrowed from a dangerous loan shark. When the handover goes catastrophically wrong, Budge finds himself in a race against time to find his missing product and get a new buyer before the loan shark tracks him down.

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Mankind's earliest settlers on the Martian frontier do what they must to survive the cosmic elements and each other. Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2021 - Online World premiere

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Running from grief after the mysterious death of his wife, Eric Black takes a job as a shepherd. Trapped alone on a majestic weather-beaten island with an ominous secret. One man's sudden, spiralling madness meets a vengeful supernatural force. What starts as the perfect wind-swept escape becomes a race to save his sanity and his life. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021

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Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival - Gala Presentations - World premiere

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Creative exploration and amplification of covid-19 pandemic as experienced through the eyes of Signkid, a deaf-rapper in London. This musical short film creatively explores the ‘silent world’ that has intensified and deepened for D/deaf people in the course of the COVID pandemic.

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A gay man confronts his belly fat in a shop changing room, triggering him to relive an abusive past relationship. Who can save him from his own body? Official Selection FilmOut San Diego 2022

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During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles. Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2021 - In Competition - World premiere Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2021 Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2021 - Special Events

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Be yourself. Valentine takes terrible advice from his fuccboi roommate to use dating apps to find "the one" Val navigates meaningless one night stands and superficial relationships on social media apps to find love at first swipe.