Projects in categories: Fiction

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A gang of daring young go-getters from the wrong side of the tracks, battle against oppression, greed and adversity whilst aspiring to pursue their dreams.

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An American backpacker gets involved with a ring of drug smugglers as their driver, though he winds up on the run from his employers across Munich's high-speed Autobahn.

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An intense, dramatic and sometimes humorous journey into madness, based on the tragic true story of a quinessentially English amateur sailor who takes part in a non-stop round the world race in 1968.

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Romeo, a disgruntled, shamed scientist in hiding, has set out to find a cure for a deadly virus that ravages his world and taken his wife, turning her into a crazed creature. He sets out determined to prove the world of his value and to save his one true love.

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While outside the town celebrates, inside a normally busy shopping centre closes down for the night. But the arrival of a strange old woman, leaving markings on the floor, and a young girl bearing a striking resemblance to a missing girl, are about to mark the start of a night of horror for all who remain inside.

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When Derek, known to his friends as Dusty, comes home for the summer his family can’t quite deal with his academic success. While his brother is the local hero, playing for Leeds United, Dusty is the weirdo who’ll be the first person in the family to go to University. But Dusty finds friendship with a very special dog, Slapper, a greyhound who won’t race…
This endearing film for all ages takes us into the world of greyhound racing through the eyes of a young man on the brink of the adult world, but it’s also about class and ambition, first love and true love and above all, about family. Based on real events this delightful comedy brings a host of eccentric and authentic characters into a heartfelt story that will ring true for everyone.

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Orphan episode of a lost detective series. A rookie detective is teamed up with a seasoned murder cop, whose break-down results in the disintegration of the show.

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Abandoned in a ruined building, a young, vulnerable man stumbles alone into a strange, uncertain world and tries to make sense of the dream like memories.

But with the people and places he once knew now gone, how can he be certain that anything is really what it seems?

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Lucille and Joe have moved to Gozo, a tiny island in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Malta. They have a nice car, a steady income, a beautiful farmhouse with breathtaking views and a swimming pool. They seem to have it all. But when a young tourist goes missing on the island, Joe's disquieted conscience begins to get the better of him. As the buried horrors of Lucille and Joe's past resurface, the cracks begin to show in their homespun paradise.

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A gorgeous woman ruins a neurotic man's youth, leading him to reminisce about his life of chaos and desolation.

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Detective Wallace, an awkward sleuth suffering a crisis of confidence, finds himself unable to act when the killer he let free takes the life of his partner.

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Out of the imagination of acclaimed artist-filmmaker Henry Coombes comes Albert, an eccentric, aging painter doubling as an unconventional, Jung-inspired psychotherapist. When Albert’s friend asks him to counsel her lethargic grandson Ben, whose ongoing boyfriend problems are rapidly fueling an already deep depression, their subsequent therapy sessions reveal as much about Albert as they do about the troubled young man.
After a visit to his studio by his chain-smoking tea swilling mate Marcella, Albert agrees to just one therapy session with the troubled Ben unsure as he is as to how he can help him... this quickly becomes extended however as Ben begins to see the benefits of his engagement with the older man. Things take a turn howvere when Ben starts to question Alberts won behaviour, and consequently the methods by which Albert is driving him. Meanwhile Alberts own behaviour becomes more outrageous as he behaves with more excess and immaturity than the boy he is trying to help!
Coombes’ debut feature is a witty, perceptive study of social mores, sexual excess and the bizarre, symbiotic relationship between doctor and patient; teacher and pupil; artist and muse.