Projects with status: Complete

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The poet Hafez, also known as the ‘Teller of Secrets’, used the language of human love and the metaphors of wine and drunkenness to describe his desire for the Divine and intoxication with the mysteries of the Universe. The media usually present a narrow view of Iran. The film gives some insight into the depth and sophistication of Iranian [Persian] culture. The landscapes and characters in the film are entirely constructed of Persian calligraphy.

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Eighteen-year-old Rene returns to West London to track down his ex-girlfriend. But why is there a £150 price on his head?

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John visits home 30 years after his death. As life goes on all around her, John's mum Flossy sinks further into seclusion. Will his visit from afar awaken her?

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A couple’s post-coital bliss is shattered when his sexy Ex appears in bed with them - but she's just the first...

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Niall, a naive and unsuccessful local news reporter, is under pressure to get results on a 'death-knock' from hardened-pro reporter, Tammy. He gets more than he bargains for when Mrs Wright - the grieving mother of a boy killed in a road traffic accident - appears to mistake him for somebody else.

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A married couple appear to have all the trappings of wealth, success and happiness, but both Amelia and Michael have secrets from each other. Through a series of twists the film asks: what is it to be faithful to another person? And what does it mean to be true to yourself?

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Dedan Kimathi Waciuri was the senior military and spiritual leader of the Mau Mau uprising. He led the armed military struggle against the British colonial regime in Kenya in the 1950s until his capture in 1956 and execution in 1957.

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Described variously as, "a tour de force of Zizek's fascinating interpretations of fine cinematic moments," and "a rare documentary of unabashed intellectual aggression," this collaboration between director Sophie Fiennes and philosopher and public intellectual Slavoj Zizek represents the first film in a trilogy. Fiennes inventive direction places Zizek within the film moments he is analysing. He is "a genuinely interesting thinker" and "Oh what a brilliantly entertaining host Zizek turns out to be." The brings Zizek's post Freudian psychoanalytic interpretations to some of the more celebrated work in the history of cinema, including David Lynch, Tarkovsky and Hitchcock. Official Selection Sydney Film Festival 2006 Official Selection Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2006 Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2006

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'Like Me, Only Better' is a laconic comedy about Neuroses, Catholicism and Prozac. Clive tries to become a better person and to overcome his various Obsessive Compulsive disorders. The film establishes a link between his Catholic upbringing, his childhood imagination and his adult phobias and compulsions. A hand-drawn animation in pencil, it moves between the inner and outer worlds of the main character.

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One man's reflections on the last days of a dying relative.

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Phil is an amateur paranormal investigator. Benny is a professional slob. They may be worlds apart, but unite to explore a world beyond ours.

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One day Jonah finds a £50 note near his home. He asks Crystal on a date – an all expenses paid day trip to the seaside town of Margate. But the town is not as he remembered it, and attempting to impress Crystal might be pointless.