Nigel Travis

A troubled and anxious young girl, who feels shut out from the wider world, finds a way to connect with it again when she finds an unlikely haven of hope and friendship in a Manchester boxing gym.

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A poignant short film exploring the relationship between masculinity and the reluctance to speak out. Seconds Out is the story of Carl, a boxer, who seeks to beat depression by acknowledging and coming to terms with it.

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The bestselling film by Charlotte Links "Die Betrogene" offers suspenseful thrill with a psychological depth: A London Scotland Yard official returns to her hometown to clarify the murder of her father, and finds out that he was not the superhuman hero for which she always held him. Leading actress Peri Baumeister and Dirk Borchardt in the role of the local police chief, who wants to keep his big city colleague in vain out of his work, form a contrasting investigator duo.

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Manchester, the present. Michael divides his time between the job center and the pub. A chance meeting with Lee, an introduction to her Uncle Ian and a heavy night on the lash lead to a job working the door at a Northern Quarter massage parlor. After witnessing the violent death of one of the punters, Michael experiences blood-drenched flashbacks and feels himself being sucked into a twilight world that he doesn't understand but that is irresistibly attractive. When he eventually finds out what goes on in the room below Cloud 9, Michaels' life will never be the same again.

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A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner Bill corner man Eddie and promoter Joe. Back in training, years after anyone thought he was a contender, he risks his life, as he tries to stand tall and regain his place in the world.

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A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.

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Drama following WPC Gina Dawson, the first Woman Police Constable to join Brinford Constabulary, a fictional police force in the West Midlands, in 1956. The show focuses on WPC Gina Dawson's struggle to gain acceptance in the male-dominated police station whilst having to deal with the sexist attitudes that were commonplace at the time.

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A short film about the blossoming friendship between Michelle and Andy over the supermarket checkouts. Lost and lonely Michelle can feel her life passing her by as she sits behind the checkout desk. Andy admires Michelle from afar and when he discovers they share a secret he decides he has to get the girl.

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Sorted is a six-part BBC television comedy-drama series about the personal and professional lives of several postmen. It initially broadcast in 2006 on BBC One and BBC HD. Created by Danny Brocklehurst, the series, set in Manchester but filmed in Stockport, stars Neil Dudgeon, Will Mellor, Hugo Speer, Cal MacAninch, and Dean Lennox Kelly.

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In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, accepts. After the unique beginning to their love affair, the well-connected and volatile artist assimilates Dyer into his circle of eccentric friends, as Dyer's struggle with addiction strains their bond.

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