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- The title, "Under the Shadow of the Gun" accurately describes life in Indian-administered Kashmir today. With an estimated 700,000 soldiers in the state, it remains a cauldron of civil and political unrest. This film recounts the history of the conflict as seen through the eyes of individuals who have been involved with the human rights abuses, that have recurred repeatedly since 1987.
- A millennial adaptation of Nevil Shute's book 'On the Beach'. An account of the end of the world as seen through the eyes of a small community in Melbourne. The whole Northern hemisphere is already dead and as the population waits for the onset of radiation sickness, each character deals with their impending death in different ways. Combines actors in a blue screen studio with contemporary Australian images.
- The film tells the story of the Daughter of Duntreen who had "No power upon the hour and no thought upon the Morrow". A strong Pre-Raphaelite influence dominates the visual style, and the language mirrors Stevenson's text. Years pass and characters come and go, but when the Daughter finally realizes that she has "Power upon the Hour" - it is all too late.
- "Shooting for the Butler" celebrates the life of Lord Dunsany, the 'Godfather' of Fantasy literature. His influence on the Fantasy genre includes J.R.R. Tolkein, C.S. Lewis and Neil Gaiman. The early short stories written between 1905 and 1918 are his most significant work but Dunsany went on to have a successful career as a playwright and wrote more than 68 novels. A fanatical huntsman, Lord Dunsany inherited a castle in Ireland and could trace his ancestry back to the Norman conquest. This larger-than-life character is evaluated in this 60 minute documentary, which includes excerpts from several film adaptations of his stories.
- Adapted from a Lord Dunsany story,"In the Twilight" is set in 1910. On a beautiful summer's day, a river is crowded with boats. In a moment of carelessness, a man falls overboard. While struggling to reach the surface he strikes his head and sinks to the bottom. In a twilight world, he views past scenes from his life which escalate to a strange and weird climax.
- Adapted from the story of the same name by the Irish writer, Lord Dunsany, this short fantasy features two mythical characters striding through London town. Nature bemoans the loss of the countryside while Time ignores her. Eventually, forced to acknowledge her presence, his retort is a grim prediction of the future of an urbanized planet.
- A young poet is desperate for recognition; a sad, lonely youth living in a garret emulating his hero, Chatterton. Rejected in love and rejected by publishers, his mind is filled with images of robber barons, maidens in distress, medieval castles and magical swords. Pushed beyond endurance, he retreats into his symbolic world and there, tricked by a sorcerer, is convinced that if he could just travel to the moon, he will obtain his heart's desire. He finally fulfills his ambition but with predictable tragic consequence.
- In the summer of 1965, at Warminster, a UFO scare breaks out. Years later, a filmmaker decides to make a film showing how the scare was built upon to promote local commerce, and was distorted by a religious cult.