Projects in categories: Fiction

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A coming-of-age odyssey of love, loss and life at breaking point. Over one riotous night in Bradford, Frankie steals his dying best friend Taylor out of hospice to outrun the inevitable. Euphoria spirals into chaos as Frankie unravels and Taylor fights to hold him together. Beneath exploding fireworks, the truth ignites: how far Frankie will go not to be left behind. At dawn, the illusion collapses, leaving Frankie to confront an impossible future: a world without Taylor. Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2026 - World premiere

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Dawn is invisible to those around her in a world that favours youth. She fights back to be seen in the most unexpected of ways. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2026 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2026 - European premiere

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Overwhelmed by work, an ever growing to do list... Elsie, a young black woman, cancels a first date to finish taking out her braids. Her charming suitor Kwame unexpectedly offers to help her with the task. In the cramped comfort of Elsie’s messy living room, an unconventional first date unfolds. The quirky interaction evolves into a warm, funny, and disarmingly intimate night.

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Bill, a timid and overworked Brit, impulsively books a beach escape in the hope of unwinding. On arrival, he's greeted by a mysterious Balkan baba and follows her into the flat of her daughter, Sunny - an eccentric former travel agent. “Welcome to paradise, my darling,” Sunny beams, rebranding their small home into a VIP holiday experience. Out of his depth, Bill is soon commandeered by Sunny’s persuasive upselling and is roped into a unique beach excursion - pay per hour. Each day brings another increasingly absurd encounter: a coffee-cup fortune becomes a massage sales pitch, while an innocent nap takes a strange turn. Yet amidst the oddness, Sunny and Baka’s boundless hospitality and growing fondness for having a man around the house begin to make Bill feel at home. On his final morning, Bill discovers that his bed is actually Baka's bed. Sitting together on the balcony, he confesses his deep dark secret: he’s never been on holiday before and worries he’s doing it wrong. “What a silly thing to worry about,” Sunny says. Bill decides it’s a great day for the beach. Business is back on as Sunny and Baka bicker about how many sandwiches they can sell.

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In 1969, as rising media tycoon acquires the daily newspaper "The Sun," his partnership with editor Larry Lamb turns the paper into Britain's most influential tabloid. Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2026 - Opening Gala - World premiere Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2026 Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2026

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A thought-provoking film about a brilliant young physicist named Alice - based on a famous time-travel thought experiment in Quantum Mechanics. Alice travels through a wormhole, and is transported into an alternate version of the recent past where she encounters different versions of herself and her friend and lab partner, Bob. Trapped in a world that has diverged from ours during the Cold War, and which prizes collectivism over individuality, Alice is forced to confront her life choices, grappling with profound questions about identity, fate, and the search for meaning. Official Selection FrightFest London 2026 - World premiere

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Nestled in the North Sea, between the Northern tip of Scotland and the coasts of Scandinavia, Hel is cloaked in mystery, myth and misogyny. Isolated in a place where the local community despise her, and whilst buried traumas resurface, Anna is torn between the ghosts of the past and the gods of the present. As an ill wind blows through, young girls from this fractured community begin to vanish. These missing children, her husband’s death and her own trauma become inextricably linked as Anna is haunted by unsettling flashbacks, forcing her to confront dark family secrets lurking in the shadows, before they can devour her daughter too. Official Selection FrightFest London 2026 - World premiere

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1994. As Northern Ireland takes its first steps towards peace, best friends Vinny and Jonty are about to jump start their futures with the most reckless trip of their lives. Official Selection Busan International Film Festival 2026

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Inexplicable forces trap a family of four inside their house indefinitely. As both modern luxuries and life or death essentials begin to run out, the family must learn how to be resourceful to survive and outsmart who - or what - is keeping them trapped.

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A bored woman goes to extreme lengths to feel brand new. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2026

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Burdened by traditions and her mother’s silence, a girl tries to sift through the desert sand to find her identity card in order to enroll in the Beijing Opera academy. Official Selection Locarno Film Festival 2026 - World premiere Official Selection San Sebastián International Film Festival 2026

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In the very near future, Harry, a third-generation London cabbie, struggles to retain his place in a fast-changing world. A hard-hitting drama starring Jay Simpson (Black Mirror, Pistol, Chernobyl), Gemma Dyllen (The Death of Bunny Munro) and Anna-Maria Everett (Killing Eve). A Brother Film production in association with Panavision, Kodak, TenThree and Electric Theatre Collective.