Projects matching: Jamie Adams

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Coming face-to-face after being estranged for over a decade, divorced couple, Idris and Patricia, opt to revisit the past and traverse that treacherous path together, emerging open to new beginnings.

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Rock band Glass Heart seclude themselves in a remote cottage to find inspiration and energy for their next album. It all hinges on star Kelly, but inspiration won’t come, and tensions start to build.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2020 - Spotlight Narrative - World premiere

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After her father’s funeral, American student Caitlin (Laura Harrier) leaves her grieving mother (Kate Dickie) behind to return to her third-year studies at the Glasgow School of Art. There she juggles her grief and end-of-year presentation with meeting a new guy, Rory (Scott Miller), and a rupture in her relationship with her housemate and BFF Hannah (Bria Vinaite). Can she again find balance in her turbulent life?

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Set in current day Brooklyn, the story of Lilian, a lazy but charming and beautiful young woman who, having broken up with her boyfriend, has been placed into the care of family friend and famed reclusive author, Julia Price. To impress her ex-boyfriend, and the other cynics around her, Lilian suddenly decides to make a documentary on Julia - albeit an unauthorized one - with surprisingly amusing results.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019 - Spotlight Narrative - World premiere

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A modern day romance following the six year relationship of Jenna and Leon. Intimately told through defining moments along their journey together, the film explores how both friendship and resentments grow as the pressures of adult life confront them.
Official Selection SXSW 2019 - Narrative Spotlight - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Love Strand - European premiere

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Working on the soundtrack for her first Hollywood film, singer-songwriter Iris Evans (Suki Waterhouse) struggles to balance the demands of her burgeoning career with those of her family. Her mother Mary (Claire Cage) has terminal cancer, her ex-boyfriend Bobby (Craig Roberts) refuses to accept they’re no longer together, and to further complicate matters, her musical hero, American composer Eleanor Roberts (Jennifer Grey), arrives at her parents’ home in Wales to help her work, bringing with her another set of emotional issues for Iris to deal with.

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Tina, a busy mother of three, can barely find any time for herself. With her husband on nightshifts, her eldest daughter being bullied at school, her parents’ relationship on the rocks, not to mention juggling her own full-time job, she feels life overwhelming her. But things are about to get even more complicated when the reappearance of a former school rival forces Tina to face up to some difficult memories. Determined to regain control, Tina steps into the boxing ring and discovers how to fight for herself. The ever-charming Hynes proves herself as adept behind the camera as she is in front of it, crafting an effortlessly warm and witty family drama that proves we all have a lot to learn about ourselves, no matter our age. (LFF brochure)
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2018 - Journey Strand - World premiere

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Joanne poster girl and lead singer of once popular 90s britpop band The Filthy Dukes is now playing to small, half empty venues. When her boyfriend Larry cheats on her, it’s the last straw and the band break up in spectacular fashion.
Embarking on a wild night out with her best friend Sara, Joanna wakes to find that she has somehow drunkenly enrolled at university. Convinced that she is going to give the youngsters a run for their money in the partying department Joanne is shocked to discover that Millennials have no idea who she is and are far more into yoga and kale smoothies than crazy rock & roll parties.
A feel good comedy about love, life and the search for new beginnings.
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2018 - World premiere

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Gillian, a wanna-be-author, is pressured to move beyond her meandering writing career and get a more stable job. She decides to mount a 'Shakespeare by the Sea' festival, an ambitious plan that could have tricky ramifications for her marriage.
Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2018 - Visions - World premiere

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Lisa and Claire, a pair of on-the-run sisters assume the identities of poets and find refuge at a poetry/camping weekend in the Welsh Black Mountains. They meet another poet who comes between them.
The culmination of director Jamie Adams's improvised ‘Modern Romance Trilogy’ alongside 'Benny & Jolene' and 'A Wonderful Christmas Time'
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

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Two weeks before Christmas, 22 year old Noel is left home alone by his parents, and dumped by his long term girlfriend for another guy; a taller and more rugged alternative.. A chance encounter with Cherie, a disillusioned actress leads Noel to open up and share his passions. Their shared love of music, eighties movies, and all things Christmas encourages a celebratory spirit, and the possibility of a Happy New Year. Will the insecurities of recent break-ups, Seasonal intoxication, and mis-communication conspire to ruin their fun or will they simply have a Wonderful Christmas Time?

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Summer 2013, England and Wales. Jolene (19), an indie folk star, is having trouble convincing her writing partner Benny (20) to become more commercial. Too many Music Industry types become involved leaving Jolene feeling dazed and confused, and Benny - marginalised. They find themselves bundled into a crowded motorhome masquerading as a 'Tour Bus', headed to a beautiful, if rather remote Music Festival in North Wales. As they journey away from the metropolis environments of the City and further, and further into the unknown natural beauty of the Valleys they are able to confront their ambitions and emotions for the first time. Can they both get back to where they once belonged, and move forward together, or will all be lost in the noise and confusion?