Projects with status: Complete

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Jack is a young boy dying of leukaemia. All his treatments are failing him. His mother refuses to accept reality. His father cannot bear to see his son suffering. Behind the mother’s back, father and son plot and execute a daring adventure and in doing so challenge every aspect of the boy’s fragile remaining life.

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While his girlfriend languishes in a maternity ward, a young man deals with his impending fatherhood by going out on the pull with his mates. But every one night stand has a morning after.

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The unique story of how Dr Garri Urban, the film maker's father, went back after the fall of the Soviet Union to recover the evidence of his imprisonments by, and escapes from, the Soviet secret police, and also to discover how his family died in the Holocaust.

The film comprises video diaries shot over 14 years by Stuart Urban and an interview with Dr Garri Urban who also presents and narrates the story.

We experience sorrow and joy as his 25-year search, to find out if anyone from his family survived the Holocaust, brought about the discovery of his brother in Israel in 1964.

We see Garri find the woman who had been his fiancée and discover that she was imprisoned for eight years because of him.

Less than one in a hundred men who were tortured by the KGB were able to withstand the pressure to make a false confession or work for the organisation.

Even fewer survived and almost none escaped.

Garri Urban is thus a unique survivor, but also a humanitarian and a distinguished doctor whose work brought him awards from Soviet authorities.

After Garri's death in 2004, Stuart probes more and more fascinating mysteries and secrets to the man who survived what so few did. There are even allegations that Garri went on a dangerous mission for the KGB in Nazi Germany.
 

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Karen escapes to Brighton from her unreliable partner taking her daughter, Sally, with her. On the beach she fears for Sally's safety when a mysterious man, John, approaches. Despite her initial pre-conception, John is a warm, friendly man who ignites Karen and Sally's imagination at this transitional moment in their lives.

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In a life where violence begets violence, 13-year-old Nico reacts to a beating from his brother by stealing his cat. He then engages in an act of wanton brutality with devastating consequences, in this powerful and affecting film.

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Trouble Sleeping tells the story of a Palestinian refugee, Ahmed, and his struggle to survive and remain a good man. He is about to be deported from the UK and be forced into a return to the Middle East which is fraught with danger. Halla knows a secret which can save him but he cost of revealing that secret will be terrible for her.

Trouble Sleeping is based on the true stories of refugees in Scotland.

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Alex and Mari are highland lovers living in a caravan in the west of Scotland. Their relationship is held together by emotional gaffer tape and plagued by Alex losing his job, getting it back again, and then losing it. 'Trout' is a kooky tale of what happens when a bizarre chain of events shakes up their quiet life.

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A social drama about a loving father with a propensity for violence and his struggle to earn his family's trust.

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Danny Marrs is a, fast-talking, quick-thinking, twenty-something small town grifter who comes to Hollywood with a big smile, and a 'wannabe' girlfriend. When Danny runs into Joe Schmolensky, a middle-aged janitor obsessed with old movies and a gift for impressions, he sees opportunity.

Despite Joes misgivings the two men embark on a series of hilarious misadventures that expose them to a world of greedy, colourful characters; including a Hollywood agent, a debt collector, a wallflower secretary, a Russian gangster, a porn director, a computer geek and megalomaniacal TV executives.

Trust Me is a smart and funny look at the entertainment industry, politics and America's obsession with fame. It will make you laugh, think and sigh, 'Only in America'. Trust Me!

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What happens when three groups of people decide to rob the same bank on the same day.
 

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Nick Byrne (Sean Halligan) is a successful fashion photographer. He uses 'trafficked' models and gets into trouble with criminals. He decides to leave the rat-race behind and concentrates on photographing landscapes.

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A year ago, Laura's husband died. He is buried in the graveyard behind the marital home, where Laura still lives. But Laura has decided that it is time to move on at last - to sell the house. The night before the anniversary, a strange and unsettling visitor comes to the house. How can Laura discover what it wants?