Projects matching: Andrew Gillman

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A film of love, loss and music set amongst the falling feathers of a chicken factory. It’s present day in industrial North Wales. Helen, in her late 30s, spends her nights packing chickens and her days caring for a dying mother-figure Gwen. She lives in a small room in the house her clingy ex-husband shares with his dim-witted girlfriend and their new baby. Helen’s humdrum world takes an unexpected turn with the return of Joanne. They were the objects of the other’s unspoken teenage passions. Encouraged by Helen, Joanne starts a playful wooing game that re-awakens their youthful feelings. As they fall in love and lust, Helen’s zest for life returns but Joanne feels the walls closing in as she faces something much darker from her past. Helen’s world is shattered when Gwen dies and Joanne’s painful memories cause her to flee. Separated and alone, both women reflect on their unfulfilled chance. Eventually, they find the courage to let go of the past and allow their love to win. Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023 - World premiere Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2023

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When 11-year-old Dean discovers an injured bird on his doorstep, he finds himself reflecting on past memories and is led on an intense personal journey of discovery and growth. WINGS is a love letter from the late Sonya Hale, written as an enduring signal of hope to her son. Official Selection Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2022 - World premiere

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This film is based on a walk undertaken by Poet Amanda White in West Penwith, Cornwall. She left her home at night in very bad weather, without telling anyone, without knowing where she was going and - most significantly - without knowing why she was going.

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With shots of water supplied by volunteers around the world, International Waters is a poetry film about how we are all connected by water and it it to be valued because it will still be here after we have gone.

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A pool and a reflection Held down below the gentle, rippling surface Hidden between the stabbing and persistent pulse of falling rain Waiting to resurface

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A flat above shops in anonymous south London. A well-off addict comes for his safe fix; but his dealer has been replaced by a middle-class white man. What's the score? And who's scoring what? An exploration of the competing values of risk and trust.

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The sea is intentionally murderous. The beach and surf are as a lure and weapon against the unwary.

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Ancient Egypt. A lump of solid gold is used to create the mythical crown of Cleopatra, a crown, which can convey enormous power to its wearer but also carries a deadly curse. Present day, 1940s movie star Madeleine Duboit wants to commission ex-secret security expert, Jack Brown, to 'borrow' the crown from the British Museum so she can play her final role. Meanwhile Seldon Gotti - a vain and pompous businessman - offers Jack an enormous sum of money to steal the crown to fulfil his dreams of world domination. Jack, a man of morals, turns them both down until a series of threats gives him the impetus to join forces with Duboit, resulting in an exciting but unusual showdown at Gotti's lair.