Projects matching: Ben Steiner

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Reality doesn't happen by itself. Terry Lothian works tirelessly to maintain the background details that we all take for granted. But with his department feeling the pinch of austerity cutbacks, it's not just the fabric of reality that's starting to unravel. Official Selection Brest European Short Film Festival 2017 Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2018 - International Competition Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2025

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Frank's had enough. A spirit medium whose unique method of channeling the dead is putting his own life at risk. He wants out. But others, in this world and the next, have plans of their own. Part body horror, part crime thriller, part ghost story, 'The Stomach' is a unique tale of supernatural Noir. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2015 - Thrill Strand

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A hilarious comedy . . . It's 1977 and our love-struck young hero drops his sequins for safety pins.. and deserts disco for Punk. Vince Smith is eighteen, shy and maybe in love . . . with Joanna, who works in the same office. By day he's a lawyer's clerk, but by night he's an aspiring disco dancer . . . Joanna Robinson is also eighteen, not shy and really likes Vince, especially teasing him. By day, she's also a lawyer's clerk, but by night, she's a punk . . . Harold Smith is Vince's dad. He's retired, likes his pipe, his telly and sitting quietly in a corner being ignored by his glamorous wife Irene and the rest of the Smith family. Until one Christmas day he does an amazing magic trick . . . which catapults a reluctant Harold into the limelight of the North of England. Whilst Harold's previously peaceful world is thrown upside down by his new-found magical powers, Vince has fallen head over heels for a spiky punk girl. Father and son are in turmoil but together they discover it's not what you are, it's who you are that makes for true happiness.