The six-week season of films will be shown on Friday nights revealing some of the best recent low-budget independent films from the British Isles, taking viewers from real-life hostage drama to dark Irish comedy to the world of Glasgow gangsters.
Steve Jenkins, head of films at BBC programme acquisition, said: "In the blockbuster world of UK successes like Harry Potter and James Bond, it's hard for many small but striking British movies to make the mark they should. This is why BBC Three is showcasing six recent examples of films from the UK and Ireland which, with the talent on display in front of and behind the camera, definitely deserve wider exposure."
The season begins with the award-winning 'Lawless Heart', the 2001 film directed by Tom Hunsinger, and is followed by 2003's 'Blind Flight', which tells of the long incarceration of Belfast-born teacher Keenan and British journalist McCarthy in Beirut, Lebanon in 1986.
Next up is 'Man Dancin'' also from 2003 featuring Alex Ferns, best remembered for playing evil Trevor in 'EastEnders', who plays a gangster in this Glasgow set movie.
Director Robert Quinn's 'Dead Bodies' is a dark Irish comic thriller that begins with a dead girlfriend. It won the Audience Award at the Cinenygma Luxembourg International Film Festival.
A young Keira Knightley appears in 2002's 'Pure', telling the bittersweet story of 10-year-old Paul as he attempts to deal with his heroin-addicted mother.
Last in the series is 'A Way of Life' from 2004, which was directed by Amma Assante, is a social drama about racism and social deprivation set in a rundown, former coal-mining town in South Wales.
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