Projects in genres: Woman Director

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Two young children wake one bright morning. To the audible and visual backdrop of a city slowly coming to life after its slumber, they discover their mother asleep, arms around a stranger. They quietly switch off her alarm and embark on a morning full of freedom, exhilaration and innocence.

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With Cole Porter's songs, Divine Inspiration is a musical comedy about Kenneth Hawkstone, an artistic genius who can paint, write, direct and also date models. But he's suffering a mid-life and a spiritual crisis that affects his creativity. When he affirms that he doesn't believe in God, God is surprised because Kenneth is 'her' favorite creation and wants to meet him immediately.

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Screwball comedy, setting in the 40s. Carole Hackensack, an ederly lady, has been arrested. She tries to explain her adventure.

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Sam Moore's Doubled Up tells of the shock and awe of finding out she was expecting twins. The film is an opulent and multi-faceted song of love, panic, fear and lots of nappies.

'Visually arresting and beautifully effective' (Time Out).

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When Brazilian teenager Eva turns up to work as a stripper in a London pub, she appears to be just another foreigner from the agency. But Eva has never done the job before and English Rachel, an old hand, is less than delighted to see her.

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She's a grand little Irish dancer and she's bound to win at the Feis. But when skateboarders roll past the window 11-year-old Sinead would rather be out there practising her other talents. Her mother would have let her, if she was still alive. But getting past grandma isn't so easy.

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On the rooftop of a building in a city, a desperate man stands dangerously close to the edge. The powerful gaze of a young girl standing at a window in the opposite building disturbs him.

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Four brothers are set to send their father on his journey into the next life when their lives are turned upside down by the unexpected arrival of Sunny. Not only is she beautiful but she carries with her dark secrets from the past. With emotions running high, what happens when one by one, each of the brothers lets his guard down.

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It's a mad world - so who's to say who or what is crazy? Out of order? Or not normal?  Where do we draw the fine line between what is 'funny mad' or just 'plain insane'? When does a disorder define as dysfunctional?
Funny Farm turns the commonly-held concept of what is unacceptably 'crazy' on its hilarious head - and enlightens the world of rehabilitation, relapse and recovery with a little laughter, debunking the Anglo-American culture of 'therapy' along the way.

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In a hotel room a man remembers a meeting with a prostitute. Sex was all he wanted from her, but then something divine happens.

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Gypo, the first British Dogme95-certified feature film, reveals how suburban fears and tabloid sensationalism have come to perpetuate the myths surrounding refugees. 

Helen has been married to Paul for 25 years. She lives a monotonous and frozen existence and is desperate, damaged and looking for change. Paul is on the brink of a breakdown, sick and tired of being in the poverty trap. Bitter, hypocritical and bigoted, his biggest fear is change. Into their lives comes Tasha, a Romany Czech refugee awaiting her British passport and her chance for freedom - a concept taken for granted by all those around her. 

The story is told in three revelatory narratives, each from a particular character's point of view, and reveals how the disintegration of an ordinary working-class family finally comes to a head when unexpected emotions are unleashed.

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Ten minutes of intimate moments with the man behind the milk carton. Hans Rausing, the former chairman of Tetrapak bought the invention of the milk carton and is among the richest men in the world. Unusual access was given to the director, Yael Luttwak, to spend time and film Hans Rausing. This film uncovers a man who looks, thinks, behaves, and lives unlike most people on earth.