Projects matching: Paul Viragh

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Two Brit police officers, Thomas Wilkin and Geoffrey Morton, hunt for charismatic poet and Zionist freedom fighter Avraham Stern in 1948 in the lead-up to the partition of Palestine.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2023 - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2023

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Based on Barbie Latza Nadeau's book, the film follows the story of a troubled filmmaker trying to uncover the truth behind a sensational murder in Italy. Swept up in the media feeding frenzy around the enigmatic lead suspect, he sees that the victim has been forgotten, and realises that his own salvation lies in returning to the daughter he has left behind.
Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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Ashes is a contemporary film noir about a difficult relationship between father and son.

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Inspired by the life of legendary English rock 'n' roll singer and performer, Ian Dury of Ian Dury and the Blockheads. We follow the highs and lows of Dury's personal and professional life against a backdrop of his greatest hits. The story looks at his relationship with his son in parallel to his own childhood; Dury's upbringing depicts the story of a charismatic, crippled boy who overcomes great personal odds in order to establish his existence as a talented and determined individual.

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A Sherman tank crew prepare to go into battle on D-Day plus 4. The tension rises as each man prepares to face his own loss of innocence and possible death.

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Tony is a loser. Lost his job. Lost his Girlfriend.

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Based on a true story about the director's father - This tragi-comic short film follows the mental decline of redundant textile worker James King.

James cannot cope with the bitter realities of age and his feelings of loss. He retreats into an imaginary world of his singing hero Al Jolson.

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In a pizza shop in north London, two pizza-makers argue about women and films. One is obsessed with Carry Ons, the other with a mysterious woman across the road. They are trapped in their own hell, but tonight one will escape.