Brian Bovell

The Football Monologues tells the stories of seven different people living in and around the beautiful game. Each of our subjects talks intimately, unveiling their innermost hopes and fears. One by one they touch on themes central to us all: the fragility of our mental selves, the failings of our bodies, the complexities of our relationships and ambitions and our need to connect.

생쥐 제리는 성대한 결혼식이 열리게 될 뉴욕의 한 고급 호텔로 이사를 오게 되고, 이벤트 플래너 카일라는 제리를 잡기 위해서 고양이 톰을 고용한다. 하지만 우당탕탕 사고뭉치들의 역대급 대소동은 카일라의 커리어는 물론 결혼식과 호텔까지도 위험에 빠뜨리게 되는데…

Jack Strachan, a shady ex-sports star in hiding out in Norway, is stalked by a mysterious woman he cannot identify who closely resembles his murdered wife, Veronique. Convinced of her evil intent and determined to unmask her, he forces himself to re-live the harrowing events that culminate in Veronique's brutal murder at the hands of violent associate, Karim, and confront the demons that first drove him underground.

사고로 부모를 잃은 한 소년이 할머니와 함께 작은 시골 마을에 살게 된다. 어느 날 소년은 할머니와 장을 보러 갔다가 마트에서 어린이를 싫어하는 사악한 마녀를 만나게 되고, 할머니는 마녀들의 눈을 피해 소년을 호화로운 해변 리조트로 피신 시킨다. 소년과 할머니가 리조트에 도착한 바로 그 날, 전 세계의 마녀들도 바로 그 리조트로 모이는데... 마녀를 본다면 그 자리에서 당장 도망쳐!

가난한 이민자 출신으로 런던 교외에서 3남매를 키우며 살아가는 벨라. 어느 날 청각장애를 가진 딸의 몸에 난 멍자국이 정부 당국의 오해를 부르고 벨라의 아이들은 강제입양 당할 상황에 처한다. 자신의 가난과 남편의 실직, 그리고 딸의 장애에도 침묵하던 사회 시스템은 한 순간에 나타나 그녀와 가족의 삶을 아프게 흔들어 놓는다.

우주의 캡슐에서 깨어난 아이작과 알라나. 범죄인 우주 식민지 이주 프로젝트에 의해 개척지로 이동 중에 모선의 폭발로 난파되었다. 줄어드는 산소, 탈출구도 구조대도 없다. 반드시 생존하고 귀환하라! 생존률 제로의 스페이스 스릴러를 만난다!

어릴 적, 갑작스런 아빠의 죽음으로 큰 상처를 받은 ‘키트’는 계속해서 문제를 일으키고 학교에서는 불량 학생으로 낙인 찍힌다. 더 이상은 통제할 수 없다고 판단한 ‘키드’의 엄마와 새아빠는 문제 학생들을 전문으로 가르치는 블랙우드 기숙학교에 입학시킨다. 블랙우드에 입학한 학생은 ‘키트’를 포함한 다섯명의 소녀들. 학교 원장인 마담 ‘뒤레’의 지휘 아래 강압적인 생활을 하던 학생들은 각기 다른 분야에서 뛰어난 재능이 발현되기 시작하고, 그동안 발견하지 못했던 능력에 스스로 놀라워한다. 하지만 그럴수록 학생들은 알 수 없는 존재를 점점 가까이 느끼게 되고, 두려움에 빠진다. 결국 이를 견디지 못한 한 친구가 자살하는 사건이 벌어지는데...

If you were forced to flee your own war-ridden country, would you sacrifice what makes you human to survive?

A dark, surreal comedy about a local man who becomes convinced that a vast conspiracy is behind the impossibly rapid gentrification in his London area. But is it all in his head, or is the truth even darker than he imagines? Cla'am is the debut short from Nathaniel Martello-White, one of the UK's leading young playwrights.

After mishearing a pair of fishermen talking about the superior flood barriers in The Netherlands, Noah devises an escape plan to Never Land. The only person who takes an interest in his plan is Katie, Noah's wild-hearted next-door neighbor. Noah's parents think his compulsion to turn off taps is foolish, but even they can't deny the growing storms that are threatening their little fishing village.

Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context from which our favourite sitcoms grew. We enjoy a trip through the comedy archive in the company of the people who made some of the very best British sitcoms. From The Likely Lads to I'm Alan Partridge, we find out the inspiration behind some of the most-loved characters and how they reflect the times they were living in.

Cheating Edwardian escape artist Max can escape anything, except his wife's revenge.

A father and son must team up to save Christmas when they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage, having crashed his sleigh and found himself on the run from the police.

Shoot the Messenger follows one man's painful journey towards self-discovery. On the way he finds both his own attitudes and the expectations of his community challenged.

London 1939. In the weeks before the beginning of the Second World War, the Say When jazz club keeps London's Shoreditch swinging. Run by Thomas (Richie) and his wife Massie (Natasha Wightman), it's a place where gangsters and aristocrats, home office gents, and loose women can kick back and relax. Thomas' job is to keep everything running smoothly. But when he starts having an affair with singer Butterfly (Joely Richardson), this carefully balanced world disintegrates into blackmail, drugs, and suicide.

크리스마스를 앞둔 런던, 다우닝가에 둥지를 튼 총리는 식음료 담당자 나탈리에게 호감을 가지며, 작가 제이미는 파출부 오렐리아에게 매력을 느낀다. 대니얼은 아내를 잃은 슬픔에 빠져 있고, 양아들 샘은 미국에서 온 조안나에게 잘 보이려고 고민 중이며, 총리의 여동생 캐런은 남편의 부정을 눈치챈다. 새라는 동료 칼을 짝사랑하며, 친구 피터와 줄리엣의 결혼을 접하는 마크의 표정은 우울하다. 여기에 마약중독에서 빠져나온 록 가수 빌리 맥, 미국 여자들과 즐기기 위해 미국행을 결심하는 콜린 등이 뒤얽히며 사랑의 갖가지 모습이 펼쳐진다.

In 1997, six African women pledged that in the first year of the new millennium they would tell their stories, stories by African women. They called their series "Mama Africa" and drew their tales from the depths of their hearts. The result is a groundbreaking initiative bringing together the incredibly fresh talents of six female directors from the vast and diverse continent of Africa.

택시 기사 필을 위한 페니의 사랑이 점점 식어간다. 그는 점잖고 철학적인 남자. 페니는 수퍼마켓에서 일한다. 그들의 딸 레이첼은 집안 청소를 맡고 있고, 아들 로리는 실직했지만 진취적인 사람이다. 필과 페니의 인생에서 즐거움이 점점 사라지고 두 사람에게 예기치 않은 비극이 찾아온다.

A sex worker, a hired killer, and a movie crew cross paths in a Venice hotel where human meat is on the menu.

A young lawyer gets more than he bargains for while investigating his brother's mysterious death.

Stephen Lawrence was a black London teenager murdered by white racists in 1993. His parents fought to have the crime properly investigated, culminating in a judicial enquiry into the event itself and also the inadequacies of the ensuing investigation by the London Metropolitan Police.

In 1958, a Caribbean couple make the journey to a new life by moving to England.

런던에 사는 젊고 지적인 흑인 여성 호텐스는 양어머니의 장례식 이후, 자신의 생모를 찾고 싶어진다. 자신의 입양기록을 보게 된 호텐스는 자신의 친어머니가 흑인이 아닌 백인임을 알고 혼란스러움을 느끼지만 용기를 내어 전화를 건다. 한편, 공장 노동자로 가슴 속에 한과 미련을 품고 살아가는 그녀의 생모 신시아는 딸 록산느와 사이가 좋지 않고 그녀의 삶엔 오로지 한숨뿐이다. 남자들은 모두 그녀를 떠나갔으며 자신을 희생하면서 어렵게 키운 남동생 모리스 마저도 연락을 자주 하지 않는다. 마침내 호텐스와 신시아 모녀의 만남도 이루어지고, 갑작스런 모리스의 제안으로 마련된 록산느의 생일파티에서 가족 모두가 조우하게 되는데...

Spike and his sister Anjela live in the Terrordome, a huge ghetto that all the blacks have been forced to live in. Jodie, Spike's pregnant white girlfriend, ran away from an abusive white boyfriend who, after seeing her with Spike, sets up a trap for her. Spike's 11-year old nephew Hector dies as a result of this trap, and Anjela, finding the body of her son, goes on a police-killing rampage. Her apprehension sets off tension between Spike and his brother-in-law, as a race war broods inside the Terrordome.

A corpse is fished out of a north London canal with stab wounds through the eyes. The victim was a prominent member of the Hasidic Jewish community, and the cause of death one reserved by the Hasidim to punish "moysers" or informers.

Television interviewer George Grant, renowned for his ability to get at the truth, is at the peak of his career. But when he receives a message at his office that his wife needs to see him urgently - a matter of life and death - his life is irreversibly altered. And so the frantic search begins for George Grant 's truth - and his wife.

This bold, stunning exploration of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her Black daughter who embarks on a modeling career reveals the profound effects of body image and the strain of racial and sexual identity on their charged, intensely loving bond. At the heart of Onwurah’s brave excursion into her mother’s scorned sexuality is a provocative interweaving of memory and fantasy. The filmmaker plumbs the depths of maternal strength and daughterly devotion in an unforgettable tribute starring her real-life mother, Madge Onwurah.

A young man looks back over his unhappy marriage and struggles to come to terms with his wife's suicide.

Set in a commercial radio station in an enterprise zone called ‘Riverside’, Thin Air involved property development on a massive scale, the disruption and forced exodus of a local community, the stripping away of local authority powers, left-wing activism, designer drugs, media hacks.

To mark the conclusion of their "Third World Week" celebration, a cricket team in a small English village invites a black cricket team from South London to a charity game with comical results.

A bored and frustrated suburban housewife follows her dream of becoming a racing driver

A young black woman in England becomes increasingly frustrated with her life with her lazy, demanding boyfriend, and with the help of friends seeks something better.

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems and has his friendships tested by racism.