British North America – 1812

A rowdy and riveting action television series following the daring war-time adventures of a young British officer during the Anglo-American War of 1812. Based on the real-life historical journals of John LeCouteur as captured in the book ‘Merry Hearts Make Light Days’ by Donald E. Graves, the series follows the campaigns and exploits of the 104^th Foot as they attempt to thwart the bloody US invasion of Canada.

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1812: As Great Britain grapples with Napoleon’s armies in a life or death struggle for Europe, John LeCouteur, the brightest young star of the Royal Military College at Marlow, is offered a commission in the British army. Unwilling to allow him to face the certain dangers of the Continental War, LeCouteur’s influential father pulls some strings to allow for his son to join the 104^th Foot, stationed in the peaceful frontiers of British North America. Yet destiny intervenes and no sooner has the young 18 year old officer arrived in Halifax, does the HMS Belvedira appear with her sails in tatters, fresh from an attack by a US frigate. War has been declared between Great Britain and the United States, setting in motion a riveting series of adventures for the young officer and his comrades. They will take him from the frozen winter march crossing a thousand miles of frozen virgin forest to the whirlwind of society, love and temptation in Old Quebec City – and on again to the bloody and brutal Niagara campaign. LeCouteur’s exploits and romantic liaisons challenge his own sense of social convention and mortality while staring down death in a harsh climate and a brutal theatre of war. Based on the popular historical war-journals edited by Donald E. Graves in the book ‘Merry Hearts Make Light Days’, the series recounts the tales of a young gentleman-officer coming of age during a “hot and unnatural war”.

The 104^th Regiment of foot was the only unit of regulars in the British army incorporated outside of the British Isles. Garrisoned in St. John, the rank-and-file were made up of both English and French speaking New Brunswickers serving under British commissioned officers. If ever there were a metaphor for the early history of Canada, the 104^th Foot was it: A cross section of colonial society and the very the embodiment of French and English with their First Nations allies serving side-by-side in the service of King and country, and in the defence of their common homeland.

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A documentary by David Chernushenko

Challenging where our energy comes from and who profits from it can seem a little eccentric… After all, not everyone has solar panels bolted above the doorstep. Green economy educator David Chernushenko does, and they generate more than enough energy to go around. So why can’t he share it? New technologies mean that energy security is within our grasp, but harsh resistance is still being met. Debunking some of the spin of the big energy lobby, David embarks on a global journey to discover what a sustainable future might actually look like.

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A once-famous painter rediscovers inspiration when he befriends a sleepwalking cannibal.

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A film by Boris Rodriguez

Starring
Thure Lindhardt (Angels & Demons, Into the Wild)
Georgina Reilly (Pontypool, This Movie is Broken)
Dylan Smith (300, Murder on the Orient Express)
Al Goulem (18 to Life, Snake Eyes)
Paul Braunstein (The Gospel of John)
and Stephen McHattie (300, Watchmen, History of Violence, the Fountain)

Lars Olaafsen , once a young celebrity in the art world is slipping away fast into the land of has-beens. Ronny, his long-time art dealer wants his meal ticket back but Lars refuses to paint. His creativity comes at too high a cost. His inspiration is carnage – blood, guts and limbs – and he’s vowed to never go down that dark road again. An overly eager Ronny arranges a job for Lars teaching art in a small town. It’s a “therapeutic measure” – a means to conquer his need to paint while in the “safety” of a country retreat…

Despite the odd assortment of local eccentrics (and a couple of hostile teachers) things look promising overall for Lars at his new job. That is, until he meets 30-year-old Eddie, a brawny mute who attends the school and harbours a dark and sordid secret of his own…

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Life is a dance – but you don’t get to choose the music.

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A film by Endre Hules

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Zsolt Laszlo (The Eagle, Kontroll)
Bea Melkvi
Deborah Kara Unger (The Game, The Hurricane, Silent Hill, Payback)
Endre Hules (Angels & Demons, Apollo 13, Se7en)
Stephen McHattie (300, The Watchmen, History of Violence, The Fountain)
Boris Cavazza
Minu Kjuder
and Gil Bellows (Shawshank Redemption, Ally McBeal, The Weather Man)

Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond A.S.C. (The Deer Hunter, Close Encounters, Deliverance, Maverick)

The story of two brothers – two dancers – in post-Communist Hungary. One left, the other stuck it out. One gave his soul to commerce, the other to the Party. After twenty years, they meet again. And the dance begins.

Steve, a dancer-turned-impresario, returns from Canada to his native Hungary after 20 years. He finds that the Communist regime that expelled him is gone, but his brother, Gyula, hasn’t changed. He still works with the same cash-strapped dance company they started together and is married to Steve’s former sweetheart, Mari. The two men’s rivalry is triggered instantly, but Mari challenges them to revive their last success together, a dance on the ballad “The Maiden Danced to Death”. If Gyula can make Steve’s exacting standards, Steve will promote a world tour, breathing new life into the sagging careers of both brothers. The film combines dramatic scenes with dance and music, seamlessly slipping from one into another. Where words fail, the dance takes over revealing long-held secrets and emotions the protagonists kept even from themselves. “The Maiden Danced” is a reckoning with old shadows, and an examination of the individual’s social responsibility in old and new Europe.

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Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.”
- George Bernard Shaw

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Written and Directed by Matt West

Charlie Habberstock was 56 when he died for the first time. Otherwise a rather unexceptional man, he went on to die three more times, much to the chagrin of his wife, his friends and neighbours.

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London, England – 1937

An idealistic lawyer is hired by MI5 to take part in secret peace negotiations between Mussolini and Chamberlain in a last ditch effort to avert a war in Europe.

Based on the newly declassified diaries of Adrian Dingli.

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With the international situation fast deteriorating, and war with Germany and Italy seemingly unavoidable, Adrian, an Anglo-Italian lawyer, is in limbo after being forced to resign from the British government because of his Italian connections. Recruited by M15 under orders from Prime Minister Chamberlain, a secret channel to Italy is launched – a clandestine conspiracy to bybass the British warhawks in Parliament, and broker peace with Mussolini’s dictatorship and ultimately undermine Hitler and avert a war.

Written by William Dingli