SPLINTER

SPLINTER ... is a contemporary, psychological thriller and black comedy.

Synopsis

Five people who barely know each other are linked in an extraordinary experiment.

At Treccabyte Tower, five people are working at the weekend: The CEO Mr Floss (Joe McGann); his head of legal affairs, Mrs Peters (Issy van Randwyck); her assistant Joyce (Emily Woodward); the security guard Dan (Paul Barber); and the janitor Ramon (Joe Ferrera). Five people who barely know each other, though they see each other every day.

Joe Ferrera as Ramon, Paul Barber as Dan Joe McGann as Mr FlossMr Floss is bored but has just split up with his girlfriend and has nowhere else to go. The recently divorced Mrs Peters is frustrated that she never sees her daughter while she's awake, and someone seems to have stolen her favourite mug.

Joyce is terrified of her boss, and can't seem to get her psychiatrist Dr Lexington (Eva Pope) on the phone. Dan keeps finding that all the chairs in the office are being stolen, and he's convinced that Ramon is the culprit.

What none of them realise is that Dr Lexington has arranged for them all to be implanted with a new, experimental microchip, "Splinter", which allows their deepest thoughts to be accessed by a computer genius and displayed to the project's mysterious backers (Michael N Harbour and Nickolas Grace).

Eva Pope as Dr Lexington, Michael N Harbour and Nickolas Grace as 'Beard' and 'Glasses' Via the 'Splinter' chip, the team is able to witness not only their human guinea pigs conscious thoughts, but also the deepest secrets of their subconscious minds.

THE RETURN

An ENLIGHTEN ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTION

A moving portrait of the incomparable New York City Ballet on its historic, emotion-filled tour to ballet’s most renowned city, St. Petersburg

Kevin Kline narrated this exclusive documentary, which provides an unprecedented look into the glamorous and veiled world of international ballet.  The film explores the historic return to St. Petersburg of the New York City Ballet to celebrate that city’s 300th anniversary.

One of the past centuries most influential artists, legendary choreographer George Balanchine would have been 100 years old this year. Born in St. Petersburg and trained at the Maryinsky Theater, he reated one of the greatest ballet companies in the world.  But because the Soviet Union was famously repressive of émigrés, most of Russia saw neither Balanchine’s New York City Ballet or any of his more than 400 ballets. 

A creative team including director Richard Blanshard, cinematographer Dick Pope BSC and creative consultant Eric Bogosian spent weeks with the company both in New York and abroad. The film hronicles the tour, including substantial excerpts from City Ballet’s seven performances in the legendary Maryinsky Theatre, as well as the surprising challenges that accompanied the group of nearly 100 dancers, conductors and support staff halfway around the globe.

This engaging documentary not only includes stunning performance footage, but also highlights how the universal language of ballet cuts through social barriers, language and politics.

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