Maria Papas

Penny and Ali promised to be together forever, despite opposition from their families, society and the law. They defined their own rules of a committed relationship. Seventeen years later Australia is preparing to vote on same-sex marriage, but their relationship is shifting. Penny wants to revive their love but when Ali suffers a stroke and her hidden affair is revealed, Penny is forced to discover what true love means to her.

HERE LIES is a film about filmmaking and the struggles involved in the creative process: artistic, technical, financial and personal.

In London's contemporary art world, everyone has a hustle. Art Spindle runs a high-end gallery: he hopes to flip a Mondrian for millions. One of his assistants, Beth, is sleeping with Art's most acquisitive client, Bob Macclestone. Beth wants Bob to set her up in her own gallery, so she helps him go behind Art's back for the Mondrian. Bob's wife, Jean, sets her eye on a young conceptual artist, Jo, who lusts after Art's newest assistant, Paige. Meanwhile, self-absorbed videographer Elaine is chewing her way through friends and lovers looking to make it: if she'll throw Dewey, her agent, under the bus, Beth may give her a show. And the Mondrian? No honor among thieves.

A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the state of Israel is being created.

Failed London banker Max Skinner inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence, where he spent many childhood holidays. Upon his arrival, he meets a woman from California who tells Max she is his long-lost cousin and that the property is hers.