Projects in genres: Drama

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In the Welsh Valleys, teenage best friends Len and Bambi are excited to meet a boy they fancy. He takes them to a party at his older friend's house and the night quickly takes a turn for the worse when Len is assaulted by the older man.

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An elderly couple escape for the day to re-discover their old seaside haunts and re-affirm their lifelong love affair.

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At a Catholic Confirmation camp, 16-year-old Orla‘s burgeoning sexuality sees her caught between the Madonna-Whore dichotomy, until a chance encounter with an anarchic 16th Century Saint helps her to see the light. A taboo-busting comedy-drama about slut-shaming, Catholic guilt and female pleasure.

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Two rebellious British Pakistani teenagers Amara and Halima plan another secret escape away from their dominating parents from Bradford to London. Their escape goes horribly wrong when Amara is kidnapped in a case of mistaken identity, with the real target being the daughter of a Bradford MP whose plans to tackle drug crime in the city have brought them into conflict with the top goon in town.

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Three sisters share a room over the course of a transformative year.

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Alison is trapped in a life of crime but looking to escape. When she meets Sam, a damaged man with a troubled past, he opens Alison’s eyes to the fact that life can be a beautiful thing if you meet it halfway.
They hit the road in search of the child she abandoned with her sister Karen. Plagued by regret Alison tries to reconnect with her child. Her demons come back to haunt her, as pimp Max tracks them down. Alison realises she must confront Max to protect her family from the sins of her past.

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A young man faces the wrath of criminals targeting people who are famous on the internet. Things take an unexpected turn when their scheme fails.
Official Selection L’Étrange Festival - World premiere
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2023

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An adaptation of Ben Macintyre’s best-selling book exploring the impact of a notorious betrayal of the British establishment. It focuses specifically on what happened during the final meeting between Philby and his close friend and fellow MI6 agent Nicholas Elliott (Damian Lewis), in the days leading up to Philby’s defection. Was Elliott merely trying to extract a confession or was there something more shadowy at play? Outstanding performances from Lewis, Pearce and Anna Maxwell Martin bring to life the layered and deeply intelligent script by showrunner Alexander Carey (who previously worked with Lewis on HOMELAND). Part gripping spy thriller in the Le Carré mould, part incisive dissection of the British class and power structures still in place today, A SPY AMONG FRIENDS is, above all, a moving portrait of friendship and betrayal.
(London Film Festival)

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The world has turned yellow, and people carry stuffed birds under their arms in this anxious and alienated environment.

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How well do we ever really know our partner? That’s the question at the heart of this crafty comedy-drama, which follows married couple Jamie (Corden) and Amandine (Melia Kreiling) as they navigate the happily ever after. Combining the trappings of romantic comedy with the twists and turns of a whodunnit, the show deftly explores just how complicated long-term commitment can be. Best known for his comic performances, Corden is terrific in a more contained dramatic role, while Hawkins and Colin Morgan sparkle as Jamie’s sister and brother-in-law – a couple facing their own challenges. Butterworth’s (Jerusalem, Spectre) dexterous script is nimbly directed by Stephanie Laing, who has previously shown such a keen eye for gender dynamics in her work on PHYSICAL and MADE FOR LOVE.
(London Film Festival)

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Complex drama and knotty themes have long been hallmarks of Blick’s work. Through the lens of the Western, he now turns his attention to the founding of contemporary USA. Blunt plays wealthy English woman Cornelia Locke, who arrives in the United States in 1890 with a bag of cash, hell-bent on killing the man responsible for the death of her child. She’s thrown together in unlikely circumstances with Pawnee scout Eli Whipp (a career making turn by Chaske Spencer), recently discharged from the army and trying to make his way home. Demonstrating a deep literacy with the genre, The English is stylised and angular filmmaking that both critiques and pays homage to the traditional Western while imbuing it with a contemporary sensibility. It’s also a work that speaks acutely to post-Brexit Britain – the imperial confidence of ‘the English’ playing cricket on the prairie is in striking contrast with a 21st-century nation coming to terms with its waning global power.
(London Film Festival)

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Two young soldiers across enemy lines fall in love and find escape from their oppressive environments in this musical drama.
Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2023