Seaside
Noelle
HDA priest arrives in a tiny fishing village the week before Christmas to shut down a dying parish...and becomes entangled in the lives of the town's eccentric characters while learning the power of forgiveness and redemption.
Bhaji on the Beach
HDA group of women of Indian descent take a trip together from their home in Birmingham, England to the beach resort of Blackpool. The events of the day lead them to better mutual understanding and solidarity.
Coffee Shop
HDNew York playwright in a slump Ben accepts his friend Kevin's invitation to spend some quiet time is his sleepy Connecticut harbor town. Although his polite order of a tea in Kevin's partner's sister Donavan's coffee-shop owes him an absurd scolding from the owner, whose incompetence runs that business into the ground, Ben is amused and interested and a curious bond grows between them. The local banker having sold out to a large company, her trouble loan is about to foreclose in three days. Then her former perfect lover, whom she failed to follow to his big town dream job, returns to town with a surprise deal to get a nice bonus from selling to a mall developer before, yet gets an even ruder reaction from the 'idealist barista', whose clientele enjoys the informal dwelling place socially. Despite another precipitous insult, Ben rides to the rescue.
Two for Joy
HDA troubled family's problems come to a head during a stay in a seaside town.
Louise by the Shore
HDIn a wonderfully sweet yet poignant story, Louise, an old lady, finds herself stranded in a seaside resort after the last train of the holiday season has left the station. But far from panicking, the fearless Louise decides to stay, no matter what awaits her. And the worst does await her: foul weather, heavy rains, high tides. Under such circumstances, will this new Robinson achieve her goal and manage to survive amidst the raging elements?
Love at Sunset Terrace
HDSophie Carter, half owner/operator of C and L Mod, a successful Los Angeles-based interior design firm with many high-profile and thus demanding clients, is feeling burnt out, realizing her work is not the creative outlet she had envisioned where she acting more as counselor to her clients. On the advice of her business partner Spencer, despite the number of looming deadlines, Sophie decides to take a short two-week vacation to decompress. She choose the small seaside town of Summerside solely upon learning it is the locale of the painting hanging in her office, painted by her now deceased and equally creative Nana, the painting and Nana the source of her daily inspirations. She plans to use Nana and Summerside as inspiration during this time away, finding all that Nana found special about her time there, which basically means putting away all her electronic devices and not even thinking about work. She ends up choosing an accommodation off Airbnb: Sunset Terrace. Long in his family, Michael owns and operates the establishment. Sophie learns that Sunset Terrace used to be the emotional heart of the town, where many events were held, but that changed when Michael's wife Natalie passed, he having shut down the social side of his life solely to focus on raising his now preteen daughter, Kailey. In part taking cues from Michael's neighbor and childhood friend Christine, who worries about Michael in potentially losing everything in his life when Kailey embarks on a "teenage" life of her own, Sophie, in making a connection with both Michael and Kailey, tries to open up Sunset Terrace to its former glory, both for Michael/Kailey and her own sake. As it seems that Sophie and Michael are falling for each other, Michael will have to decide if he has space in his heart for more than Kailey and for someone other than Natalie, and if Sophie is willing to put all the hard work that led to her professional success for a small town life.
Scareycrows
HDScareycrows is a comedy horror about a trainee hairdresser who discovers that her boyfriend is keeping a dark secret. Soon her world crashes around her as the quiet seaside town where she was born is overrun by homicidal scareycrows.
The House by the Sea
HDSixty-year-old Angèle Barberini, an actress, returns to her father's villa, situated in a beautiful creek near Marseille. She left the place twenty years before following a terrible trauma she experienced there, swearing never to come back. But now Maurice, her genitor, who has just been the victim of a stroke is persistent vegetative, with no hope of recovery and her presence is needed. Her two brothers, Joseph, an embittered retired worker, and Armand, the manager of the local restaurant, welcome her. They must look to the future and decide what measures to take concerning the villa and the restaurant. But the past, on the other hand, has its say.
Eaten by Lions
HDOmar and Pete are half brothers. When their parents are eaten by lions they embark on a journey to find Omar's real father. What follows is a funny, heart-warming journey of self-discovery for both boys...in Blackpool. The Choudray family represents a truly contemporary example of modern multicultural Britain - but what will the brothers make of their eccentric newfound family? Will they be going to Mecca or Mecca bingo? In contrast to the old fashioned stereotypes about Blackpool, the comedy is sharp, current and non-stop.