Christine Bottomley

The true story of troubled British playwright Andrea Dunbar who died aged 29, leaving a legacy of three plays and a daughter, Lorraine. She wrote about the difficult life she endured growing up in England’s Bradford housing projects.

The life of a high-strung business executive spirals into a world of violence, blackmail, and murder, when she learns she has been betrayed at work.

(2008) Violent thriller. A man is drawn into a deadly and gory game of survival.

Follow Livia’s journey from a young girl whose world crumbles in the wake of Julius Caesar’s assassination, to Rome’s most powerful Empress, navigating her way through a brutal society by means of strategy, conspiracy, seduction and murder.

The determined and overdue rise of a female comedian in England during the 1970s as she breaks through the glass ceiling of all-male comedy circuits.

Strawberry Fields is the story of two sisters who both like the same man but in different ways and is a bold and inventive melodrama that offers a distinctively refreshing spin on a complex story of lust, rivalry and liberation. A seemingly carefree woman is seen cycling through narrow lanes before reaching a strawberry farm where she takes on a job, living in a shabby caravan, starting to develop friendships with her co-workers and in particular one rugged farmhand, Kev. Although aloof and mysterious its not until a dazzling woman appears in the strawberry fields that we discover who she was running away from - her sister, Emily. Emily is eccentric to the point of dangerous and its not long before the two sisters form a battle of wills with Kev caught in the crossfire.

TYPIST ARTIST PIRATE KING puts forgotten artist Audrey Amiss on the map. Inspired by her extensive archive of diaries, letters and art, the film weaves real events into an imagined journey as Audrey goes on a road trip with her psychiatric nurse. This dark and funny exploration of the growing friendship between two women as they hit the road is filled with adventure, humour and compassion.

Art is so much more than pretty pictures. It has power to move, to shock, to inform and to transform. In this groundbreaking and award-winning series, art historian Simon Schama attempts to illustrate the sheer force of the visual image via eight iconic masterpieces. These works were often derided or dismissed when first created, but they went on to change the way we look at the world.

Four childhood best friends and football fans in their 30s navigate family, work and romance through plenty of pints at the local Admiral Nelson pub.

The tragic events of a young boy's life are reversed one Christmas Eve, giving him and those around him the happy ending they were destined to have.

Lone parent Anna (Anne-Marie Duff) is involved with her next-door neighbor George (Rupert Graves), whose marriage has settled into a rut. Meanwhile, care worker Stephen (Ralf Little) is having doubts about his own long-term relationship. When Anna and Stephen meet by chance, each glimpses the happiness that has hitherto been so elusive. Straight from the Edinburgh Film Festival, IFC Films presents this sophisticated indie debut from writer/director Roger Goldby, a bracingly illuminating portrayal of stalled relationships and second chances.