Projects in categories: Fiction

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In 1918, William, a young British soldier, new to the field, finds himself sharing an enclosed space with an enemy German soldier after experiencing the carnage of the battlefield, a situation which will give them the opportunity to look past their differences and rediscover their humanity.

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Manchester 1990. Alice is new in town, alone and trying to kick an addiction. One hot summer’s afternoon she is roped into babysitting for her hysterical neighbour. Meeting the two children, Isaac and Suzanne, she learns about their mysterious uncles and a creature called Bells-a-bus that must be fed when the lights go out. As she struggles with withdrawal and is visited by unwelcome guests, Alice must decide whether to abandon her new wards or stay the night.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2017 - Critics' Week - Short Film Competition - World premiere

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Stuck in a post high-school limbo, Tammy works long days in the family chip-shop. The only relief from the daily slog is her friendship with her colleague Jordan and her love for photography. Through the people around her, Tammy soon realises she can’t avoid her future.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Dare Strand

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Sarah, an impulsive mixed race black turkish bollywood obsessed actress is persuaded to meet her ex Joel at a restaurant. She is engaged to her fiance Dev, a sensitive Indian rapper who mysteriously turns up at the venue.

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A young professional fights to conceal who he is during one of the most important interviews of his life.

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On the sand dunes of her local beach a female jogger returns to the scene of a crime looking for closure.

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"Frank said 'Where would you like to live", I said "Anywhere but Bury St Edmunds'"
'Tea' follows Dolly on a day the isolation of Motherhood gets too much.
A homage to English countryside, the division of domestic labour and how so much can be solved with a cup of tea.

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Wives; there's no need to put up with an unwanted hubby!

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Scott and his dim-witted companion, Joel (Local residents of the Cambridge area) are enlisted to help out in purchasing an old VW Campervan by an unlikely buyer – Scott’s slightly estranged, Uncle George. The simple lives of the rural Cambridge residents, Scott and Joel, are transformed rather quickly when they’re suddenly confronted with the reality that Uncle George might be up to no good.
Thrust into a world of debt collectors, armed Campervan robberies, dog kidnappers and even an unsuspected psychopath, the pair along with Uncle George – the nemesis responsible for their predicaments - work through the comedy of errors that unfold never quite getting to the bottom of things. They get close, but no cigar!

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A dark comedy-drama, that follows the story of Arifa a British-Pakistani woman who reaches a crisis in her life when the escalation of her feelings for intriguing but evasive ‘professional gamer’ Riccardo, coincides with the reappearance of her estranged father, Hameed.

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Inspired by actual events, the gripping story of 19-year-old Matt Ocre, a machine gunner in the 2003 Iraq War. Matt and his platoon are sent on a mission to repair a damaged aqueduct in the increasingly dangerous village of Baqubah. Things quickly turn from bad to worse as the rising and deadly Sunni insurgency threatens to tip the already unstable region into full-on bloodshed and mayhem. In the face of overwhelming adversity, Matt and his comrades-in-arms, Falvy and Bartles, under the command of Captain Syverson, must tap into hidden strength and courage if they hope to get out alive.

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Following from 'The Trip' and 'The Trip to Italy', this third instalment of the road trip series sees Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon reunite with director Michael Winterbottom, taking their wit and appetites on a tour through picturesque Spain’s finest fine dining. Coogan and Brydon trade celebrity impressions and witty banter over paella and gazpacho, their comic observations on fame and friendship as dry as the finest Spanish wine.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2017 - Spotlight Narrative - World premiere