Projects in genres: Drama

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A tenacious aspiring guru must go to extreme measures to pay off the debts he’s accrued from trying, and failing, to set up an online life-coaching business in a post-industrial Scottish town. Exploring the world of male influencer culture and how it might be affecting the young men who come into its orbit, SALVATION blends mounting tension, dark comedy and a forensic focus on its protagonist to explore the very modern story of a delusional life coach spiralling out of control. Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2026 - World premiere

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When 12-year-old Maya returns to rural India to reconnect with her estranged father, an accident linked to his illicit sand mining operation forces her to confront the dark truths beneath her family’s legacy. Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2026 - World premiere Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2026

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CIA agents Chris and Lee face a trust-testing mission from Santiago to Easter Island during 1973 in Chile. Official Selection Venice International Film Festival 2026 - World premiere Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2026 - International premiere Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2026 Official Selection Mar del Plate International Film Festival 2026 Official Selection Busan International Film Festival 2026 Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2026

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Set high in the mountains - Autumn comes to an end and a family prepares for the long winter ahead. Adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s short story 'A Long Winter'. Official Selection Telluride Film Festival 2026 - World premiere Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2026 Official Selection Zurich Film Festival 2026 Official Selection Busan International Film Festival 2026 Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2026 Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2026

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Sami, a Syrian refugee in the UK, and Bryony, an aimless young librarian, embark on a highly personal quest to preserve a bell from a demolished Christian church. What begins as a civic protest quickly becomes a criminal case when they accidentally near fatally injure a security guard, and find themselves on the run from the police. However, our accidental heroes’ fate is sealed by a kindly police sergeant who is moved by their mission, and our odd-couple achieve their goal of saving the bell and reminding the town they both call home about the importance of remembering its own story.

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A dysfunctional and toxic rock band is barely being held together by their stressed-out manager. With one last concert to impress a record label and get signed, the band's future hangs in the balance as tensions threaten to tear them apart.

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1974. A young woman flees war-torn Cyprus and heads to apartheid South Africa and an arranged marriage. But as an unlikely friendship with a local Black woman unfolds, her buried truth surfaces forcing love and prejudice to collide. A story of friendship and self-discovery, of finding your place in a world fraught with violence and division.

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Guided through shifting realms shaped by memory, spirit and emotion, Maleek is forced to confront the unresolved wounds that continue to echo across generations. As reality blurs and time slips away, what begins as a search for connection becomes a journey of healing and transformation. Official Selection, S.O.U.L Festival 2026

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A mystery-thriller, following a man whose world unravels after an intimate encounter, exploring the lengths someone will go to in order to hide their true self. Official selection Zurich Film Festival 2026 - World premiere Official selection Busan International Film Festival 2026 Official Selection Zurich Film Festival 2026 Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2026

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An observation and comparison of two contrasting relationships experienced by the same young fella a few years apart from each other. Official Selection Galway Film Fleadh 2026 - World premiere

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Following a horrific crime committed when they were young, a group of four friends think it will remain a secret forever until they discover and play a vintage board game. When the game unwittingly summons the grotesque clown demon ‘Grin’, it soon becomes clear the demon targets those who have committed terrible sins. Official selection FrightFest 2026

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Robbie exists on the margins of society. He lives alone on a narrow boat in rural England with little means. He has found solace in isolation and a humble life. Unexpectedly he is contacted with the unwanted news of his estranged father’s death. This drags up emotions from the past that quickly become too much to bear… And so, the story begins… A journey back into his past. A journey on a motorcycle to find his mother. He drives, alone, through desolate landscapes, barren and mountainous, into the depths of his mind. A dream world where Robbie is forced to confront his past. Two stories emerge; memories from his childhood recurrently appear, fracturing the present where ex-lovers who have shaped his life confront him in surreal encounters. With time the two stories collide, past and present become one. The road leads in one direction, back to his childhood home and ultimately, his first and now final love; his mother. For where he began, he will now end and know himself for the first time.