Verity's Summer
A 16 year-old girl returns from boarding school to find her home life is being torn apart when her father returns from service in Iraq. Ben Crowe's politically-charged coming of age story is filmed on the beautiful Northumberland Coast and it looks gorgeous.
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Unconditional
16 year old twins Kristen and Owen fall for charming and wild Liam but his jealousy and twisted obsessions soon take over Owen's life. Intense and unique drama starring Christian Cooke (Cemetary Junction) and fantastic new talents Harry McEntire and Madeleine Clark.
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Harrigan
Amongst the desperation and fear growing in a crime ridden sink estate in a northern England, a man becomes embroiled into saving what little decency and community life exists. Its the winter of 1974 power-cuts and coal strikes cripple the country, which is reduced to a 3 day week alongside police 'centralisation'. Everything it seems is falling apart along with the community's only hope and protector the nearly retired Detective Sergeant Barry Harrigan.
Strings
Director Rob Savage turned 18 on the first day of shooting for this debut feature which premiered at Raindance. All the passion and awkwardness of teenage love authentically and brilliantly displayed.
I Am Nasrine
A young girl flees from persecution in her native Iran and moves to Newcastle, where she befriends a local Traveller girl but she finds life isn't any easier for her in England.