Projects

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When the nation is struck by a mysterious blackout, a group of opportunistic robbers attempt to rob an antiques warehouse, taking the security guard hostage along the way. But they soon realise that something evil is hunting them from the darkness, and must fight to survive till daybreak.

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Tia answers two online classifieds, one for a date, the other for a job; but in her London film and music scene, the line between work and play can become blurred. A story about the lives and loves of two sisters.

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A shor story of a man looking for his purpose in life. Made entirely in Russian - it was an artistic statement of the author who grew up in Russia, but was educated in London.

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When Michaela loses her job her life starts to fall apart. Flatmate Stephanie has always supported her, and now that support is financial as well. As Stephanie helps Michaela they meet two men who run a nightclub. With the distraction of gangsters Stephanie's relationship is soon on the rocks while Michaela's is working. As Michaela rebuilds her world Stephanie's falls apart leading to a destructive climax. Entwinement is a powerful psychological drama that shows life in Newcastle in a new and contemporary light.

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For George is a poignant, funny look at three generations of a family as they come together for a funeral. As grief and betrayal threaten to dissolve the glue that holds them together, Bobbie and the older generation set about doing exactly what George would have wanted - dancing.

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Goltzius and the Pelican Company tells the story of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints.

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Carl Foster, a work obsessed man, reluctantly agrees to a weekend away with his disgruntled wife and disruptive children - it’s as much as he can do to muster any kind of enthusiasm for the few days he must endure in their company. Their constant bickering finally takes its toll on Carl when they are passed, on a deserted country road, by a convoy of ‘carnival types’, who, by mischief or accident, cause Carl to swerve off the road. With rage descending Carl gets into heated exchange with the travellers. Taking an enforced stop hours later, in a small layby, the family are again affronted as their stationary vehicle is rammed by an unseen assailant in a large truck. Dazed by the impact they wake, bound and gagged, within the dreary confines of an abandoned roadside diner, with, seemingly, the same carnival types now their abductors and antagonists. As the gang demeans, insults, and tortures each of their captives in turn, it falls to Carl to free his family from their predicament. But not everything is as it seems, their environment not as tortuous as they imagined, and Carl not all that he would have us believe.

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After years of marriage, Walter and Madge have grown apart: he lives on the floor, she lives on the ceiling. When Walter tries to reignite their old romance, their equilibrium comes crashing down and they must find a way put their marriage back together.

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A surreal trip through the subconscious of a stifled musician as he struggles to sing.

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A surreal trip through the subconscious of a stifled musician as he struggles to sing.

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A contemporary drama of fear, loss jealousy and rejection set in real time and filmed on 31 January and 1 February, at the time of Imbolc. They say people come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime and when you know which one it is, you’ll know what to do. For Brigid Liston and her son Quinn, such a person comes in the form of American anthropologist, Janet Hattridge, on sabbatical researching her Ulster Scots roots and her family’s link to a long forgotten witch trial. As the relationship between Janet and Quinn deepens, Brigid’s mother dies. Brigid’s grief sets her on a path that ends in tragedy and as her actions unfold, the past reveals itself.

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In Search of Silent Landscapes follows Britain’s top female ultra-distance runner, Sharon Gayter. We learn of her troubled childhood, desire for escape and the hours of pain and solitude that redeemed her. The film is a portrait of a complex and remarkable woman and a meditation on time, devotion and silence.