Karen Fraser

Casim Khan, émigré pakistanais de la deuxième génération, travaille comme DJ dans une discothèque de Glasgow et rêve de monter son propre club. Ses parents, Tariq et Sadia, musulmans pratiquants, ont décidé de le marier à sa cousine, Jamine, dont ils attendent l'arrivée en Ecosse. Leur projet semble bien compromis quand Casim s'éprend de Roisin.Jeune enseignante, Roisin est différente de toutes les filles que Casim a fréquentées jusqu'alors. Elle n'est pas seulement belle et intelligente, mais aussi volontaire, indépendante et catholique.

Detective John Hay is told his young son has been kidnapped and he has just 15 minutes to reach him. Forced into a desperate race against time he fights to overcome obstacles the kidnapper has prepared whilst piecing together the identity of his tormentor. In the final moments he is has to face the truth about the role he has played in this deadly game and the impact on his son, who will never again see his father with innocent eyes.

'Festival' is a black comedy set during the annual Edinburgh Fringe festival. The film is based around both the judging of a major comedy award and the performers at one of the smaller venues. Various plot strands interweave, including the bitter relationship between a famous self-obsessed British comic and his ever-suffering assistant, an actress debuting at the festival with a one-woman show about Dorothy Wordsworth and a depressed, rich housewife who spies on the stoned Canadian theatre troupe to whom she has rented out her house