Projects in categories: Fiction

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The Loss of Sexual Innocence directed by Mike Figgis is a beautiful, richly textured film of interconnected short stories concerning the events of one man's life and paralleling them with the classic story of the fall from grace of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.





Told in a non-linear structure, The Loss of Sexual Innocence is the story of Nic, told through the crucial, sometimes humorous an often heart-breaking episodes of his life. As the film weaves it's vivid, hypnotic narrative, we catch glimpses of what makes Nic the man that he is, tracing incidents that happen to him as a five year old boy, as a twelve year old adolescent, as a 16 year old teenager, and as a fully grown man.





Cross-cut with the tale of Nic is the classic parable of Adam and Eve, which serves as an allegory to the events of Nic's life and, the two tales intertwined, ultimately serves as a powerful summation of the loss of innocence of not just Nic, but of the humanity of our species.





Bold, visually striking images, combined with a sonorous musical soundtrack composed and recorded by Mr Figgis make for a deeply moving, visually exhilarating piece of filmmaking that grows increasingly powerful with each viewing.

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A motorway - a woman - a telephone - a car - another man. A short film about love in the city.

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The Low Down is the feature debut of award-winning shorts writer/director Jamie Thraves. It is an up film about down people set on the streets of north London. We follow the story of Frank as he negotiates his relationships with his new girlfriend Ruby, his twenty-something friends, his past, his future and the vicissitudes of London life.

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A fisherman rescues two children from the sea and discovers the terrible secret they possess.

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On holiday, six-year-old Casper gets scolded by his parents. Furious, he builds himself a sand fortress and is joined by a wild man who has tunnelled across the planet.

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After arranging a dual dinner date with the Last Chance Dating Agency, Malone attempts to procure a piece of meat for the meal while McManus remains at home to prepare for the ladies.

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Based on a poem by Brian Patten the film explores the oppressive nature of education, as represented in context of a child's undefiled imagination. Designed to manipulate the flow of vision through a use of space, editing and direction, the film addresses the relationship between language and movement, thought and expression.

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Mark is a spoilt, selfish teenager who steals money from his mum. When she decides to confront him they both get more than they bargained for.

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The Amphisbaena, a mythological creature coined by Borges, is a snake with a head at both ends. Joined at the head by 36 feet of artificial hair for 8 days, two artists attempt to chart a journey through London, questioning the relationship between dependency and domination as the 'creature' tries to reconcile itself with its paradoxical nature, like siamese twins joined by an umbilical chord of hair.

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The last day of creation. A stranger arrives in London. No one knows who he is or where he has come from. By the time he leaves, the entire universe will have been erased.





The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz is a black comedy about the Apocalypse.





A manhole opens just outside the M25, London's orbital motorway. A man crawls out. He wears clothes from another century, his face is pale and strange. His name is Tomas Katz.





By the motorway, he hails a taxi. After a brief discussion with the taxi driver, something strange happens . . . Tomas Katz is now dressed as the Taxi Driver and is driving the cab. The Taxi Driver is dressed as Tomas Katz, and is standing on the hard shoulder.





Tomas Katz, dressed as the taxi driver, heads into the centre of London.





Outside the Ministry of Fisheries, the Tomas Katz-Taxi Driver picks up the Minister and takes him to a press conference. By the time they arrive at their destination, the Minister has transformed into the Taxi Driver, and Tomas Katz has become the Minister.





As the Minister, he enters the press conference and declares war on the Middle East.

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Pete and Sara wake up together after a drunken one-night stand. Neither of them can remember the other's name let alone what happened the night before.

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The Photoman tells the true story of two schoolboys' obsessive hobby of collecting discarded photobooth pictures and how this leads to a mysterious encounter.