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Utopic Dystopia is a dark fairy tale about an ideal utopic society slipping into a dark dystopia. The film introduces a pure and untainted population discovering a perfect, fruitful place and interacting with it. The society begins being built through cooperative motivation driven by joy as the fundamental emotion. However as the space becomes crowded and animalistic tendencies emerge, the behaviour and motivation changes. Competition rises and the once pure mortals become territorial, protective and egoistic.
Oct 2015
Eve is a modern adaptation of Mark Twain’s final unfinished work ‘No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger’. Written during Mark Twain’s dark period after a series of physical, emotional and financial traumas, Twain worked on this novel for over 10 years.
May 2013
Michael Wolfe is finally directing his first feature film, a zombie flick with the world's biggest rising star, but unless he can control his lead actor's exploding ego the project of his dreams may soon become his worst nightmare.
Jan 2009
A presentable man tries to break off an affair with a girl who has been damaged not only mentally, but physically.
Aug 2023
Lifetime Guarantee follows a nameless protagonist as he enters a mysterious shop wherein it's enigmatic proprietor offers the solutions to life's disappointments. 'Lifetime Guarantee' takes you on a journey through time and alternate lives and hopefully leaves you with the question: Is the grass always greener on the other side?
Jun 2011
A young girl flees to France to forget her boyfriend; first his letters pursue her, then he himself follows her there. During a party to celebrate the moon landing she takes her own small step...
Apr 2010
Grace, a deaf woman from Lebanon, just got her first job as a graphic designer at a travel agency in London. However, her new colleagues don't know sign language, which leads to many misunderstandings. After a few weeks, Grace has proven herself at work and is invited by her friends to Christmas party. One evening, she sees her friends on the street, but they pretend not to recognize her and quickly hail a taxi. This encounter makes Grace question whether her colleagues only pretend to be nice during work hours. Grace’s best deaf friend from Eritrea - Paula, persuades her to go to a party after all. At the party, she discovers why her colleagues acted as they did outside of work and receives a gift beyond her wildest dreams.
Jun 2024
To cope with the loss of his father, Micah spends time in church lighting candles that are perpetually blown out by the wind. He encounters a stranger who persuades him to reconsider his self-imposed exile, and reconcile with his brother.
Sep 2018
Reece Fenton enters the Bureau of Corrections after experiencing a problem with his tax file. Jacob, the woman at the desk, explains that the file has been mixed up with that of ‘Mr Benton’, a 66 year old dead man. Both Jacob and her illiberal supervisor Mr Moggs determine that the best way to resolve this issue is for Mr Fenton to die as well.
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A man suffering from various addictions develops an addiction to Pistachio Nuts.
Dec 2005
Real estate agent Angie tries to sell an upmarket house to a young couple, the Pinktons. The house has a dark past: its previous owners were murdered in it. Angie has to disclose the facts but to her surprise the Pinktons are more than happy to purchase the property.
Nov 2016
Martin invites Suzanne, his ex-wife to his country-side home for a friendly game of tennis. What starts off as a swing of their rackets soon leads into a swing of their emotions. Dangerously re-kindling their past over a drink, leads to both heartbreak and pain.
Hijinx ensue when Pinky, an ambiguous foreigner, seeks human connection in the streets and recreational grounds of Fulham, London.
Jan 2025
Steven an osteopath at a family run clinic, is finally given a chance to treat the patients in place of his injured overbearing father, with the help of receptionist Barbara. Will Steven finally get the big break he’s been waiting for?
May 2016
A man wakes up in a mysterious chamber, there's some doctors claiming that they're about to perform a "standard procedure".
Apr 2024
One day in the life of Thomas who is dealing with his partner Ann's mental illness. A day that calls into question Thomas's desire to keep it all going.
Oct 2024
After escaping the witch’s gingerbread house, Gretel and Hansel struggle to rebuild their lives—but the trauma lingers. With Hansel spiraling into violent candy addiction, Gretel seeks help from a mysterious alchemist whose cure may cost more than they can afford. As desperation deepens, Gretel is forced to confront dark truths, impossible choices, and the haunting legacy of their past.
Apr 2025
On a cold winter night George has just confessed to his mother of a love that she does not approve of. Will the mother be able to make him see reason or will he stick to his choice?
Dec 2016
A man with OCD is over his ears for a girl he always sees in the cafe. Little does he know she has a disorder of her own...
Oct 2016
Interference is a silent dramatic comedy depicting a universal story about human beings trying to control their environment at all price.