Projects in genres: Drama

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It's never too late to grow up, especially with a little help from your kids. Meet Joe and Artie, two rogues living in a boy's paradise on a sunny street in Queensland, Australia. Only thing is, Joe is a widowed father and Artie is his six year-old son. When Joe lost his wife Katy, his world fell apart. A popular sports writer, always carefree, his days are now spent trying to bond with his feisty son. Joe's recipe for success as a father is to throw out all the rules - late nights, messy bedrooms and junk food are the order of the day. When Harry, Joe's teenage son from his first marriage, visits on holiday from England, it’s clear that Joe’s game is up. With all the love in the world, Joe can’t control his two sons. After Joe leaves the boys home alone to go on assignment, all hell breaks loose. Faced with losing both Artie and Harry, is Joe man enough to save his family?

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A story about a modern girl who gives up her life, much to the surprise of her family and friends, to persue her calling to become a nun. What she doesn't expect is the initially cold reception from the nuns themselves. Eventually the cloistered women begin to warm to Joanna until an unexpected revelation makes all the women, including Joanna herself, re-assess her commitment.

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The Greens are moving from number 3 and starting anew. Their family home hasn't brought them the dreams they hoped for and as a last ditch attempt to save their marriage James must somehow tear Beth away from the house and the memories it holds.

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'Why did you do that tonight? Don't you want to be with me?' This is what the Man asks the Woman when they arrive back at the hotel room. Through a series of flashbacks the story unfolds about 'The Couple' who end up questioning the boundaries of their 'open' relationship.

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Two men, an empty apartment, a millionaire's daughter: greed, deception and survival.

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If you repeat the word 'fly' for long enough it sounds like your saying 'life'. This is of no help to Peter. His answers lie in the brain of a beetle.

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Karen's mother used to terrify her with tales of a presence on the dark tenement stair - something you should never look at. Years later Karen reluctantly returns to the house she loathed to find her elderly parents, and finds it facing demolition. But her childhood fear still waits within.

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After a disastrous presentation JF travels across London in a Black Cab. The journey, however, takes him further than A to B as he is forced to re-evaluate his life and current situation.

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A bag lady dreams of a better life beyond the city.

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The Firm is based on the Alan Clarke's original 1989 classic which focused on UK football hooligan culture, where gangs were known as firms and members were described as casuals due to their uniform of designer clothing. Dom is an aspiring casual who gets drawn into the charismatic but dangerous world of the firm's leader, Bex.

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In a small, remote mountain top primary school in the Kenyan bush, hundreds of children are jostling for a chance for the free education newly promised by the Kenyan government. One new applicant causes astonishment when he knocks on the door of the school. He is Maruge, an old Mau Mau veteran in his eighties who is desperate to learn to read at this late stage of his life. He fought for the liberation of his country and now feels he must have the chance of an education so long denied. Moved by his passionate plea, head teacher Jane Obinchu supports his struggle to gain admission and together they face fierce opposition from parents and officials. Full of vitality and humour, the film explores the remarkable relationships Maruge builds with his classmates some eighty years his junior. Through Maruge's journey, we are taken back to the shocking untold story of British colonial rule fifty years earlier where Maruge fought for the freedom of his country. The First Grader is a heart warming and inspiring tale of one man's fight for what he believes is his right in order to overcome the burdens of his past.

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Some people are beyond help when it comes to meeting someone. An American Pie meets Male Bridget Jones. Jamie, age 29 going on 12, loser, virgin, stumbles upon a group of misfits who meet every week above a pub in order to discover the secrets of love, relationships and finding the perfect partner. The Flirting Club. Is it the answer to what he is searching for? Jamie has one month to meet a real girl otherwise he has to marry Laura 'the human pig' from next door. Inadvertently hampered by his best mate Bill, stuck with a schoolboy infatuation with his Hot Boss, two left feet and zero pulling skills an accidental encounter with his local flirting club, might just hold all the answers. The group of six, thirty-something singles and Miriam, their teacher who has an unusual approach to flirting success, seem unlikely to succeed. But as everyone knows the course to true love is never easy and the gang of misfits soon learn that getting it right is more about being yourself then trying to be someone else.