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- DirectorMenhaj HudaStarsAml AmeenRed MadrellNoel ClarkeA day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.
- DirectorNoel ClarkeStarsNoel ClarkeScarlett Alice JohnsonAdam DeaconThe story revolves around Sam who is released from prison and has to face the people he hurt on a daily basis.
- DirectorNoel ClarkeStarsNoel ClarkeArnold OcengRed MadrellSam is facing up to the new world. He realizes it also comes with new problems and new challenges and which will require old friends to help him survive new dangers.
- DirectorIan RicksonStarsLanre MalaoluHugh WilkinsonAml AmeenTwo detectives, one black and one white, investigate the murder of a studious black teenager. Adapted by the playwright from his 2002 play.
- DirectorRapmanStarsJo MartinKarla-Simone SpenceMicheal WardA gang war dooms the lifelong bond of south London friends in this acclaimed crime drama that features its writer-director as a rapping Greek chorus.
- DirectorAlex PillaiStarsAshley ChinAshley MadekweJason MazaA career criminal breaks free from his gangland life only to find himself the target of retaliation.
- DirectorDaniel BarberStarsMichael CaineEmily MortimerDavid BradleyAn elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
- DirectorSaul DibbStarsAshley WaltersLuke FraserLeon BlackIn one of East London's most volatile neighborhoods, pride, rivalry and revenge are the only codes on the street. Touted as a British Boyz in the Hood, Bullet Boy is a gripping and authentic drama that takes an unflinching look at two troubled, street-smart boys. Fresh out of jail, 18-year-old Ricky (Ashley Walters, Get Rich or Die Tryin') and his 12-year-old brother, Curtis, struggle to walk the straight and narrow when a minor street clash escalates into an all-out neighborhood war. For Ricky and Curtis, friendships, family and loyalty will be tested to the extreme in a world where guns are a fact of everyday life and boys try to be men before they're even teenagers. Music by Massive Attack.
- DirectorRon ScalpelloStarsJoe ColeEnglish FrankKimberley NixonJustice needs to be served at Britain's most notorious young offenders institute.
- DirectorDominic SavageStarsJoanne AdamsMarvyn BenoitMark BentonPowerful, moving drama following the lives of three teenage boys sent to a young offenders' institution.
- DirectorReg TravissStarsJames D'ArcyNoel ClarkeFrank HarperThe film is a semi-biographical story based on the experiences of former prison guard Ronnie Thompson who spent seven years working in some of the UK's most dangerous prisons. Based on Thompson's book of the same name, the project stars James D'Arcy (Master & Commander), Noel Clarke (Kidulthood), Frank Harper (The Football Factory), Jamie Foreman (Layer Cake), Andrew Shim (This Is England) and Kate Magowan (Stardust). The story revolves around former soldier Sam Norwood who takes a job as a prison officer when he returns from Iraq and becomes exposed to the underworld of prison culture - including corrupt guards and drug trafficking.
- DirectorEran CreevyStarsRiz AhmedDaniel MaysJason FlemyngShifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer intent on setting him up for a big fall. As his long time friend Chris confronts the dark past he left behind him, Shifty is forced to face up to the violent future he's hurtling towards.
- DirectorPlan BStarsRiz AhmedSliem Ben-SalahEd SkreinThe lives of four drug dealers, one user, and two prostitutes are explored.
- DirectorMo AliStarsKedar Williams-StirlingAdam DeaconAshley ThomasAn action film for the youth generation, set in a decaying future London. A gang set out on a chase to avenge the murder of one of their own.
- DirectorPenny WoolcockStarsDylan DuffusOrhan WhyteYohance Watson1 Day follows 24 hours in the life of Flash, an inner-city hustler who's day steadily gets worse when he finds out local gang leader Angel is being released from prison and wants his £500k he left with him for safekeeping.
- DirectorMenhaj HudaStarsNoel ClarkeAshley WaltersAshley MadekweA collection of tower blocks and concrete expanse, it has its own rules and codes, its own distinctive languages and culture, both old and new. It is a tightly knit community that is on call to protect those within its boundaries. It is an intense, turbulent, passionate world, rarely depicted other than when the antagonisms and struggles of its young lives spill out onto the surrounding streets and into the news. West 10 LDN invites us into this territory, and delves into the big stories of the lives of the young, multi ethnic generation who live there - with a blast of energy and power, with dynamism, wit and blistering vibrancy.
- DirectorGabe TurnerStarsTom DavisVas BlackwoodJay SimpsonThe Guvnors is a violent thriller set amongst the clans and firms of South East London, bringing two generations together in brutal conflict.
- DirectorNirpal BhogalStarsLily LovelessRiann SteeleAimée KellyWhen a young woman is cruelly and indiscriminately attacked by a notorious gang led by violent Trey, her 16-year-old sister Kayla wants revenge and will stop at nothing to get it, even if it means joining a rival girl gang led by volatile, damaged, man-hating Danielle.
- DirectorJoe CornishStarsJohn BoyegaJodie WhittakerAlex EsmailA teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion.
- DirectorAdam DeaconDaniel TolandStarsAdam DeaconFemi OyeniranOllie BarbieriMeet Kenneth. He thinks he's got the moves. He thinks he's got the swagger. He thinks he can spit bars. But in reality, he's a WASTEMAN!
- DirectorRichard KattahStarsTapiwa GocheraAnge Marcel KassiAngie Le MarFollow 16 year old Marcus, played by Xavien Russell (Top Boy 1&2) who is embroiled in gang culture and goes through a spate of making the wrong decisions. But what if he could go back and change his decisions?
- CreatorRonan BennettStarsAshley WaltersKanoJasmine JobsonTwo London drug dealers ply their lucrative trade at a public housing estate in East London.
- DirectorDavid MackenzieStarsJack O'ConnellBen MendelsohnRupert FriendEric Love, 19, is locked up in prison. On his first day, he assaults another inmate and several guards. He's offered group therapy and his dad, an inmate as well, tries to talk sense into him. Can he be rehabilitated?
- DirectorJulian GilbeyStarsVas BlackwoodRobbie GeeNaomi TaylorFormer small-time criminals get back into crime to help a friend settle a debt.
- DirectorStephen ReynoldsStarsDanny DyerVincent ReganRoxanne McKeeSpecial ops interrogation officer Jimmy Vickers tracks down a gang who slaughtered his parents. With police closing in & his old unit on his trail, he has to to evade capture long enough to complete his gruesome crusade.