Projects matching: Pinny Grylls

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Two out of work actors attempt the impossible task of mounting a full production of Hamlet inside the ultra violent world of Grand Theft Auto, shot entirely in game.
It’s January 2021. The UK has just entered its 3rd lockdown and all theatres remain closed. For actors Sam and Mark, the future looks bleak. As the pandemic drags on Mark, who lives alone is increasingly socially isolated, while Sam is panicking about how he is going to support his family. They channel their midlife frustrations by immersing their avatars in the horrifically violent yet beautifully rendered virtual world of Grand Theft Auto online. They steal cars and shoot strangers, but also find moments of calm reflection walking through meadows of wildflowers. In one gaming session they stumble across a theatre and have an idea. Why not stage Hamlet inside the game? Well, there are several reasons why not, chiefly that most people in the game are intent on murderous destruction, not polite appreciation of a theatrical production. But wasn’t theatre just as dangerous and rowdy a business in Shakespeare’s time, and isn’t Hamlet, a play about revenge the perfect choice for this place?
Official selection SXSW 2024 - Documentary Competition - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024

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In the quiet world of a quintessentially small English town but amidst the fear and uncertainty of immigration and terrorism, Ingrid offers shelter to Ahmed, a Syrian refugee who has left everything behind in his search for a new life.

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Three years ago Peter found a new born lamb abandoned in a ditch. 'Ben' is now a full-grown sheep with ambitions to move into Peter’s house with him. Peter however has other ideas. 'Peter and Ben' tells the touching and quirky story of how two - drop outs find friendship in a hostile world.

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A portrait of Peggy Smith and her husband Leslie - a retired cruise ship drummer - as they bicker their way through their old age in a London retirement home.

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A thief breaks into a house and finds himself trapped in the dark with a somnambulist, a drunk and an insomniac houseguest. Told almost entirely with stereo sound, this simple comedy seeks delight in showing us what is going on only when it matters.

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A sequential collage of bizarre and revealing images found by putting the term Human into an internet search engine is combined with the quirky, fantastical and often hilarious desriptions of the human race by children, to give the audience a disconcerting sense of alienation from their own species.