Projects in genres: Drama

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A melodic, evocative painting of a universe where we're all born from the stars and we shall return there too. The ghost of a small boy resides in a dilapidated caravan, forever repeating the memory of his magical trip to the seaside with his Nan and Gramps. Briefly the cycle is interrupted by two boys etching their own magical moment on to the fabric of time.

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Harvey lives in a world without gravity but keeping his feet on the ground is the least of his problems.

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Cheese Makes You Dream is a day in the life of Jim O'Connor - an acutely lonely pensioner with high hopes and a subscription to a Golden Oldie dating service.  

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In Dorset a Tom-boy learns the true consequences of conflict. In Belgium a German boy waits to see if his pilot father will return home and in London a young orphan chances to trust an elderly guardian. On the eve of the Blitz each learns exactly whom they can trust.

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The near future. While investigating the creation of fraudulent 'papelles' (a form of insurance cover, passport and visa rolled into one) at the sphinx insurance company in Shanghai, husband and father, William falls in love with chief suspect Maria. He does not report her. They spend the night together. William returns to his wife and son in Seattle. When one of Maria's clients dies while using fake papelles, William is sent back to Shanghai. Torn between his professional duty and his powerful love for Maria, William must decide whether to risk his career and marriage to be with her.

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Set against a primitive and unforgiving landscape, Cold Mountain tells the story of Inman (Jude Law), a wounded Confederate soldier who is on a perilious journey home to his mountain community, hoping to reunite with his pre-war sweetheart Ada Monroe (Nicole Kidman). In his absence, Ada struggles to survive and revive her father's farm with the help of an intrepid young drifter Ruby Thewes (Renee Zellweger).   Directed by Anthony Minghella from a screenplay he wrote based on Charles Frazier's National Book Award winning Civil War novel of the same name, Cold Mountain stars Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Ray Winstone, Donald Sutherland, Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Giovanni Ribisi, Natalie Portman, Kathy Baker, James Gammon, Eileen Atkins, Charlie Hunman, Jack White, Jena Malone, Lucas Black, Ethan Suplee.

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Comfortably Numb follows Jake's battle to overcome his addiction to alcohol in a specialised treatment centre, Promis. He is initially resistant to the programme, but things improve when he starts a relationship with fellow patient, Emma. Jake is introduced to Promis's system of group counselling and is confronted about his 'sex and love' addiction. But he can't understand that his growing reliance on Emma is as much a barrier to his recovery as his dependency on alcohol. The pair are banned from seeing each other.   After a drug-fuelled night, things get out of hand. The next day, Jake comes close to accepting what he needs to do to recover but it proves too much for him and he decides to leave, and recover on his own terms. But almost immediately he walks into a pub.   It seems as though Jake will return to his old ways, but as the film ends, we see that he is back at Promis, determined to make a full recovery this time.

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A very short film about love iin the rural metropolis. Boy. Girl. Car. Bus.

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Salsa brings together two lonely hearts, Corey and Andy. Although they have a fondness for each other, their relationship lacks excitement until a chance encounter at the chiropodists releases a raw passion that needs to be experienced, explored and shared. Corndoll is a romantic comedy about love, life, salsa dancing and feet.

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It's the year 2004. A company called Cortex exists. It advertises its services by way of the Internet. The role of this organisation is simple: if you want somebody dead, simply push a few buttons and pay. The organisation collects the money and immediately finds the best professional hit man for the job. The killers are the first human beings to be implanted with a miniature "Eyecam". This permits them to record their work. Their work is then downloaded, shown to the client and ultimately sold by Cortex to those who can afford it. Tom Lawson is one of these Cortex killers. He doesn't know why he has to kill these people. He only knows he has to do it and follows the orders. He never asks questions. And the only reason he does it is for the money. He has just been commissioned to kill a little black kid. But today this killing will lead him to an unexpected love story and to his last days within the organisation.

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Set against the backdrop of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings, Washington Post journalist, Langston Whitfield (Samuel L. Jackson) meets Anna Malan (Juliette Binoche) an Afrikaans poet covering the hearings for South African state media.   His horror at the relevations at the truth commission leads to instant animosity between Langston and Anna, but as he becomes increasingly drawn into her world and her passion for the country of her birth, he softens his stance and, against his will and principles, falls in love with the white African.

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Late one night Teenage Danny finds himself caught between two highly-strung and drunken individuals. Becky accuses Josh of attempted rape. Danny doesn't know whom to believe. Becky insists he fetch the Police but Josh is adamant that she is wrong, he is intent on leaving the scene but Becky pleads with Danny to stop him. Violence erupts.   Danny is forced to question his own burgeoning sexuality; does he really have the same urges as the morally dubious Josh?