Michael Klesic

The drug trade in a depressed Croatian burgh provides a through-line for this episodic drama, which screened at the 2004 Sarajevo Film Festival. In each of the three stories set in the coastal town of Split, children and young adults are caught up in dealing, using or trying to avoid drugs; the rapper Coolio appears as a sailor trading smack for the services of an addicted prostitute. (All Movie Guide)

From an original script by Jimmy Gardner and Dominic Lees, this drama-thriller tells the story of two brothers from Poland who come to make their new lives in London. It is a film about love, loyalty and betrayal, set in the underworld of East European migrants in the big metropolis. (www.dominic-lees.com)

A group of starry-eyed applicants are auditioned to undergo intensive training in Russia before being flown 100 kilometers up into near space. Here, they will spend up to five days orbiting the Earth. Unbeknown to them, they won't be in space at all... They won't even be in Russia. They'll actually be in a disused military base at a secret location somewhere in the UK, possibly the most audacious, complicated and ambitious practical joke in television history. (imdb)