Projects in genres: Drama

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Face Value is a satire based on a young man's obsession with his frown lines, which has landed him in severe financial difficulties. To escape the mountain of his debt, he agrees to take part in a trial rejuvenation treatment, with some very unexpected results.

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'A man works on the 33rd floor of a tall office building. Each day he takes the elevator to the 26th floor, then, climbs the remaining seven flights of stairs to his place of work. Why?'
 
Daniel is a dwarf bicycle courier living and working in Barcelona. One quite normal hot sunny day, a chance meeting and an act of kindness help Daniel take stock of everyday preconceptions.

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Ray Winstone plays Frank Horner, a solicitor based in a small town is Wiltshire, England.

His daughter Helen is leaving home for the first time to go to university and move in with her boyfriend. Frank has to come to terms with parting from his "princess" whom he has smothered with love for over 20 years. How does he cope when something unexpected happens to her?

Frank has to search for the answers, which brings him into contact with the murky world of Helen's dark side.

A story of unconditional love a father has for his daughter.

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An experimental short that follows the narrator's reflections on modern-day parallels with history.

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Carla, 11, has recently arrived in London with her father after being exiled from Brazil. Through Carla's viewpoint - that of a child and outsider - we are led on a journey into new friendships and misunderstandings as she settles into her new life against the backdrop of 1979 London.

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A mysterious girl wakes up on an Essex beach. Walking the streets of the nearby town, she encounters Harry, the man of her dreams. But Harry's got more important things on his mind.

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Eric, a lonely widower is pursued by a piece of disobedient belly fluff.

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Dave is about to jump in front of a speeding train, but why? Could it have something to do with a 20 year-old junkie called Megan who has just discovered she is pregnant and made a dramatic decision to turn her life around? Perhaps it could be connected to Jack, whose seemingly perfect life and relationship have started to crumble around him or maybe it has something to do with teenage runaway Stacey who has disappeared in search of someone she’s never met.

Gareth is desperately searching for his missing daughter, but no one seems to have any clue where she is, until one day, a mysterious phone call from an eleven year old boy seems to provide the answer. As Gareth takes the last few steps to find his daughter, the answers are revealed and worlds collide with devastating effect.

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Love happens. When you least expect it.

Forget Me Not is a moving, modern day love story set against a stunning London backdrop.

Taking place over the course of one night and the following day, the story centres on Will Fletcher, a passionate musician, and Eve Fisher, a beautiful, free-spirited woman who works in the local bar. Whilst struggling to cope with a tragic secret, Will saves Eve from a drunken customer at closing time and their paths become inextricably linked. Intrigued by one another, they journey through the city, not knowing what the night holds or what the day may bring. As dawn turns to light on the London Eye and the two draw ever closer, can Will reveal the truth to Eve?

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Framework is a feature length, sci/fi drama with magic realist overtones.

The story follows Daniel, a socially awkward academic who has hidden himself from the world, unable to cope with his dying partner. Tom and Cassie come to confront him but Daniel has been busy in his exile.

His opening doors to different worlds is having some rather unexpected side effects. Daniel is having a much greater impact on the world he was hiding from than even he could have dreamed possible.

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'I like this house,' said Tolly. 'It’s like living in a book that keeps coming true.'

1944 - When 13 year-old Tolly goes home for Christmas to his grandmother’s country house he begins to unravel a family mystery over a century old. A hunt for missing jewels becomes a voyage of self discovery, sending Tolly back in time where he discovers that Green Knowe holds secrets beyond his wildest dreams.

The Others meets Tom’s Midnight Garden in this eerie, magical screenplay from Julian Fellowes (The Young Victoria, Gosford Park, Vanity Fair).

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Frontier Blues takes place on Iran's northern frontier with Turkmenistan. It consists of 4 stories.
Alam is a 28 year-old Turkmen man who lives with his father and works in a chicken farm; Hassan is a 28 year-old Persian man who has a pet donkey and lives with his uncle; Kazem, is Hassan's uncle and he owns a clothing store but the clothes he tries to sell never seem to fit anyone; A 55 year-old Turkmen minstrel is the subject of a book of photography by a photographer from Tehran. His wife was stolen by a Sheppard in a green Mercedes many years ago.
Frontier Blues is the story of longing, waiting, remembering, desperate men and absent women.