Victor is numb in Edinburgh. He can’t seem to keep warm, even though he regularly wears four to five layers of clothing. He dreams of going someplace sunny and warm, but he hasn’t got the money to get there. He’s 24, although officially speaking he’s 6 as was born on Feb 29th - a leap year. It kind of sums up his life - most of it is missing.
Writer: Colin Hutton
Director: Colin Hutton
Producers: Lisa Neeley and Carlo Dusi
Cast: Charlie Cox
Budget: £1,500,000
The Mortician processes cadavers with an ice-cold disregard. A living corpse. Until the battered body of a young woman spreads warmth into his life.
Writer: Gareth Maxwell Roberts
Director: Gareth Maxwell Roberts
Producers: Carlo Dusi
Cast: TBC
Budget: £2,500,000
Charlotte tells the extraordinary true story of a young woman who uses her art to affirm life in the face of death. She has to face both the external demons that threaten her existence as an exiled Jew in occupied France, and the internal demons that arise from a family history of secrets and depression. She decides to paint her history, and in doing so, she—almost—conquers both.
Writer: Janice Margolis
Director: Paul Morrison
Producers: Carlo Dusi, Jonny Persey, Karen Johnson
Cast: Samantha Morton, Marcia Gay Harden, Debra Winger
Budget: €4,200,000
A riotous comedy with a big heart - and a couple of show-stopping musical numbers - inspired by 1950s classic "Auntie Mame" and bringing to life what mayhem can happen when a Puerto Rican gay couple living in New York's East Village "accidentally" become foster parents.
Writer: David Pumo
Director: Gareth Maxwell Roberts
Producers: Carlo Dusi and Nicole Lederman
Cast: Moe Bertran, Ivan Davila
Budget: £1,000,000
Water glugs into an old bathtub - “well lay down” comes a boy’s voice. Someone lies in the tub - feet suggest an age of 5 or 6, younger than the speaker. “Let’s play our game again, okay?” says the voice again.
Writer: Kirk Kelln, Shani Grewal
Director: Shani Grewal
Producers: Carlo Dusi, Shani Grewal, Christine Haebler, Trish Dolman
Cast: Scott Speedman [tbc]
Budget: US$ 4 million
In the remote rural backwaters of Brazil, a band of fugitives chance upon each other. They find communion, a glimmer of a future free from the torment of their past.
Writer: Gareth Maxwell Roberts
Director: Gareth Maxwell Roberts
Producers: Carlo Dusi
Cast: TBC
Budget: £1,000,000
A music-driven, edgy and hard-hitting drama set amongst the members of a girl gang in a London council estate.
Writer: Karen Hope
Director: TBC
Producers: Lisa Feinstein and Carlo Dusi
Cast: TBC
Budget: £2,000,000