Projects in genres: Drama

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The seaside town's closing up. Pierre's ready to leave. Kelly has other ideas. She gets Simeon to steal his money. Then she gets him a job with Simeon, working as a look-out. On his first job, Pierre's curiousity gets the better of him. He breaks in to Harry's Bar. Harry catches him red-handed. Seeing something in Pierre that reminds him of his son, Harry offers to teach him the art of burglary, his former trade. Pierre embarks on a crash course with Harry and Kelly competing for his attention, until Kelly proposes the perfect robbery - her parents, Michael and Eileen. Meanwhile, Simeon has agreed to help Eileen. The plan is to stage a robbery and kill Michael. Simeon gets the jewellery. Eileen her freedom. Unknowingly, they pick the same night that Kelly suggests to Pierre. Harry comes clean. He was a small-time thief, harbouring great dreams which led to the tragic death of his son. Seeing that things are about to come full circle, Harry halts the training. But, like the gravity-driven roller-coaster running ominously throughout the film, Pierre is powerless to stop himself fulfilling what he now sees as his destiny.

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Take one television chef, past his sell-by date, add three armed robbers, stir in the police and simmer for three days. Bring to the boil and serve with a dressing of sexual tension and confusion. On screen, Felix Limb appears to be the perfect convivial TV chef. Off screen he is a neurotic with rapidly plummeting ratings and an American wife, Michelle, who seems to do most of the cooking. Tonight he is hosting one of his regular dinner parties for influential guests, and a few old rivals, plus an ambitious nubile PA – Amy. As the dinner party reaches the final course, with a drunken Felix about to come to blows with Bruce, in walk two masked and heavily armed strangers - Simon Cooper had planned to kidnap a bank manager with the help of a mysterious American mercenary, Vaughn. But Simon has written down the wrong address and before he can correct his mistake the police arrive. With the house surrounded, this dinner party is going to last longer than anyone expected.

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First kiss. A moment repressed? The story is about a woman named Sim in her mid-twenties. Sim is happy with her life and has a good relationship with her girlfriend. Then, out of the blue she gets an unexpected call from her childhood love, Maya, who is now married.

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Four useless Neds steal a priceless painting from a Scottish castle in return for ten percent of its insurance value. The four art thieves are not quite the smooth operators they believe themselves to be, and their plot to blackmail the owner of the painting is foiled by their own incompetence. Instead of beating a quick retreat abroad, the boys remain in Scotland and try to blend into the background by becoming high profile tourists in golfing ranges and hunting lodges. They are noticed quickly when the heavy handed William accidentally shoots James, his feckless sidekick, on a hunting trip. As each tourist escapade becomes more ridiculous their plans unravel, but they are powerless to resist the lure of the many pretty women who find their money and time irresistible.

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South Africa, 2000. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has arrived in Smitsrivier, opening a window onto a bloody past, and dragging three people in its wake. Sarah Barcant, hotshot New York lawyer, has returned to her old hometown to help a torture victim confront his tormentor. Alex Mpondo, now a celebrated politician, has found himself back where he was 18 years ago - reliving his ordeal and hoping to expose the truth.  And Dirk Hendricks, ex-police officer and torturer, has been brought out of jail to confess his crimes before the Commission. A compelling drama about the secrets of the past and the healing of a wounded country.

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Molly's battle with cancer is finally over. Her son, Ricky, promises her a last supper and a morphine cocktail to help her on her way.  

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A 19th century adventure, River Queen is the story of a young woman's search for identity and love; a woman torn between the two worlds of white colonial New Zealand and native Maori culture.

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A single mother examines her choices in life - with horrifying consequences.

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A yardie gangster, a corrupt politician and an ex-cop battle it out to get their hands on a multi-million dollar haul of cash. Poetically brutal and intriguingly sexual, this is a dark tale of mystery and suspense set against a backdrop of the inner city streets of London. Everybody wants to be a ruler!

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Reality mixes with fantasy in a short film about a young Asian male called Ali. Lonely and isolated, he struggles to integrate into a Western culture while holding down a security job at night. Ali imagines escaping from his mundane life through a fanatsy girlfriend.

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Two men, a bar manager and a Homeless Man both need money. One doesn’t have it and the other doesn’t know how to keep hold of it. On this particular day Eddie is not on the ball. One careless mistake leads to another and events spiral out of control.

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Albert has cancer. He has three months to live. Being a practical man he prepares for his death in a practical way; he clears his debt at the local pub; informs his grown-up daughter, Jude; organises his funeral and builds his own coffin. Conflict arises when his daughter returns home unexpectedly and discovers the coffin.