Projects

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A unique trail to understand and connect to the most ancient philosophies and way of life.  A journey of myths and legends, to find the source of all knowledge: the experience of enlightenment. 
 

 

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The actor plays the writer experimenting/pontificating the different uses for 8mls of ink. If life is only 8mls - what will you do with yours? A visual post modern treat made on one roll of super8, editing in camera, the audio made independently of seeing the exposed film.

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When the authenticity of ghost hunting TV show Miracle Spirits' is called into question, they decide to ramp up the stakes by visiting Austria's most haunted location Braach Castle. The Castle's current owners are initially found to be warm and welcoming but as the evening investigation continues the presenter, psychic and crew sense iminent danger. Is there a connection between the history of vampire activity at the castle and the current owners?

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‘The Last Thing To Go Through A Fly’s Mind’ is a comedy about reincarnation and redemption. It stars Ralph Ineson (‘The Office’) as a dissolute waster who is killed in a car crash and given an ultimatum by God; repent or suffer for eternity. He refuses and is reincarnated as lowlier creatures until, as a Fly, he discovers the meaning of life and repents only to be robbed of his newfound happiness.

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In the middle ages there was an outbreak of dancing manias in Europe that lasted hundreds of years. In the 20th century thousands of Chinese men and some women thought that their genitalia were vanishing, while schoolgirls in Belgium thought that they were being poisoned by a certain brand of fizzy drink. Looking at these various cases, and more, the professor takes us on a musical journey through mass hysteria.

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Hugo is a popular entertainer, working in a Soho club. But, in a former life, Hugo was a pompous twit, a man's man who escaped the city life to live in rural splendour with his long-suffering, beautiful wife Anna.

To celebrate his birthday and to show off his new country house, Hugo invites his lawyer friend Steve and his celebrity wannabe wife Wendy for a peaceful weekend.

But the unexpected arrival of the charismatic Ben, an old flame of Anna and a former friend of Hugo, proves to be a disaster, as Hugo's weekend descends into a chaos of thieves, strippers, gypsies, madness and - murder?

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The Mark of Cain is a powerful and moving film that uses the startling new testimonies of soldiers who have served in Iraq to tell the fictional story of two young men forced into circumstances and actions beyond what they can stand.

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Set in Turkey, a market trader sees an opportunity to make his fortune when he is offered a mission to cross the Balkan border to purchase medicine. This insightful film captures the morally complex world of the black market.

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This bitter sweet drama, follows the story of Andy a divorcee who, in a last ditch attempt to recapture the magic of his own childhood holidays chooses to take his two estranged children on a trip to out-of-season Cornwall. Andy struggles to rebuild a relationship with these virtual strangers, but can only watch as the holiday slides slowly towards disaster. But whilst every day seems to carry Andy further away from his children, at night, the family discovers a new sense of connection through a series of spontaneous dreamlike excursions they come to call The Midnight Drives.

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1939: Rome stands on the brink of the Second World War Europe’s political situation is a tense standoff between two blocks: the British and French liberal democracies against German Nazism and Italian Fascism.  Mussolini’s Italian government has signed ‘The Pact of Steel’ with Hitler’s Germany, before occupying Albania and passing racial discrimination laws. 
 
Despite this political and social tension, it seems to be business as usual in the world of Italian cinema: the producer DAVIDE RIETI (Alfred Molina), is making one of his major films with Cinecittà Studios: Tosca stars the German Krsitina Baumgarten (Catherine McCormack), the English actor James Clavel (Jonathan Pryce), the handsome Italian actor Alfonso Ligouri (Roberto Purvis), the gifted young Renzo Daverio (Rupert Friend), and a beautiful young girl named Maria Grazia(Surama De Castro), and is to be directed by the Hungarian Lazlo Molnar
 
During the Tosca film shoot the two actors,  Kristina Baumgarten and the English man James Clavel, as the personification of the two different European mentalities - face each other and finally fall in love. They both try to escape reality living inside a movie.  Shooting has to be interrupted as the banks withdraw their backing following the publication of a compromising article about the homosexual relationship between the Jewish Rieti and Renzo.
 
Making one final extraordinary effort to complete the film over one night.  Before the sunrise and before the War, Tosca is finished.  Kristina and Clavel return to their lives in Britain and Germany,  Rieti is arrested.  Months later, in a theatre crowded with critics and interested parties, Tosca is screened for the first time.

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Cats are being stolen by mysterious mechanical arms for nefarious purposes!

One young boy races through a strange city to save his cat and reveal the mystery of Pig City.

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In 1635, the 152 year old Thomas Parr is taken on a journey to the court of King Charles I. The King orders an immediate celebration of his aged visitors' longevity, with fatal consequences.