Projects in genres: Drama

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Kandahar, Afghanistan. 1999. A team of British mine clearance engineers are working for the Taliban government in the scorching deserts of Southern Afghanistan, clearing the vast minefields after decades of conflict. Amidst the draconian laws of this extremist regime, one of the team, Richard Lee, an ex-British Army bomb disposal expert, falls foul of corrupt local police chief Ashiq Khan, who then instigates a manhunt to find and kill the infidel. Now embroiled in a deadly game of intrigue and betrayal, Richard must escape on foot across the border into nearby Pakistan, but during his journey he is ambushed by a force of rebel guerrillas, enemies of the government, who agree to help him flee the vengeful Taliban.

Best Film at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, 2010. 
Best Feature and Best Actor at the Newport International Film Festival (Wales), 2009.
 

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A father and his daughter are on holiday on a remote part of the Finnish coast. Jo meets a girl who is intent on becoming friends, even if it may lead to tragic consequences.

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A boy travels a distance too far into his father's world.

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Kirsty pulls up beetroots alone, and shallots she grew with her granddad. It's his cremation tomorrow and everything's wrong. It's time to take things in hand.

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In the Kingdom of the Blind, the one eyed man is King.

In the Kingdom of King Jeff, Jeff is King.

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A farm in spring. A teenage boy, visiting there, is excluded from the sexuality his friends are exploring. Alone in the unfamiliar house he’s frustrated, until a chance encounter that draws him out into the wilds.

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Nazir Ali Khan is an immigrant Indian professor at a university in Birmingham who lives with his wife and two children Saira, 17 and Asif, 14. Nazir shares a great relationship with his children and indulges their love for all things English, but has taken great pains to keep the link to home strong.

When his beloved daughter is found in an illicit relationship, Nazir is suddenly on the brink of a tough decision to make. Should he save face? Or save his daughter?

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Helen fears for her life. She knows that her husband Jim will kill her if she stays. One night, following another vicious attack, she finds the courage to leave.
 

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US set psychological thriller that follows the journey of an AWOL American Black Ops soldier after a botched mission in Eastern Europe.

Holed up in a Brooklyn motel room, he is torn between retribution and personal salvation as he mentally unravels. When the walls close in, his story may be all he can leave behind.

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Five art students are asked by their teacher to write an imaginary letter to dead artist Mark Rothko revealing their innermost creative drives. But sometimes this fragile part of our subconscious proves too difficult to share.

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In a peaceful suburb of Berlin, a man embarks upon an unusual illicit affair.

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A high octane cautionary tale about the universal themes of identity, integrity and chasing the dream. A 20-something rites of passage set in post industrial cosmopolitan Britain, it’s a fast moving modern indie with the comedy of Swimming With Sharks and Jerry Maguire, mixed with the sociological drama of Closer and Sideways.