Projects in genres: Disabilities

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A short film for the MS Society which graphically and powerfully depicts the reality of living with Multiple Sclerosis, using a busy workplace as a metaphor for the human brain to educate people about how the condition affects human motor function.

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Lucy thinks her brother is broken. His obsessive arrangements of thimbles prove it. Lucy thinks he should be fixed, but not in the way she imagines...

Based on the directors personal experience of growing-up with an autistic brother, Fixing Luka is a tale of hope, determination and acceptance.

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A group of people with learning disabilities make documentary and animation pieces inspired the British Dental Association Museum,

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A different kind of Vampire movie set in the ancient creepy gothic city of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Everyone keeps talking about her..ever since she was born. As they say "No peace for the wicked". But really, what has eleven year old Morticia done to anyone...apart from throw a cup of tea into Rev. Maclean's face at the Vicar's garden party...and write graffiti all over the church walls "Reverend Maclean is a Dirty Bugger." The Three Witches love to gossip about her....making up tall tales...or are they? None of the children seem to like her. And her Mum and Dad are hopeless cases. Well, they would be...fancy Christening her "Kylie". What a yucky name. So anodyne. Kylie much prefers "Morticia" meaning Death.
Nothing seems to happen much until she hears a voice calling her name "Morticia". it is her Master's voice. It draws her to the local zoo, where she encounters the man...or beast of her dreams.....but everybody else's nightmares. Morticia knows what she must do. And fearlessly she does it....and is transported...far away from her war-mutilated ex-soldier Dad, and her guilt-ridden Mum.

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Two disabled drivers fight over a disabled parking bay - with drastic consequences.

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Black comedy taking us inside the mind of a female commuter who believes she's being followed home. But what is her follower thinking?

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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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For Daniel Cormack, the thought of nailing his colours to the Tory mast is nothing short of horrific. But can this disillusioned Labour voter do the unthinkable and turn Tory?

From swilling port with the pampered Hoorah Henrys of the Oxford University Conservatives, to picking up litter in a muddy field with the gung-ho teenage Tories of the Wirral, to a one-on-one chat with David Cameron himself, Daniel travels the country to find out exactly what it is that modern Conservatives believe and how they see the future of this country.

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Mervyn is deaf and recently has become blind. Mervyn perseveres through this. The lifecycle of a butterfly, memory and the simple act of making a cup of tea are entwined in this film. What is the sound of the sea to a man who has never heard?

Awards
RTS Student Award

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During the peacefulness and sunshine at the start of the pandemic in the UK, a young girl hears creatures talking in the countryside near her home. She uses this discovery to entice her older sister out of a depression. The film uniquely integrates audio description into the main soundtrack.
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