In Europe's oldest city, Plovdiv, Bulgaria an old man who used to spy on his neighbours for the secret police, continues to do it over 30 years later as a pastime. He becomes convinced that a British man who lives opposite him is responsible for the disappearance of a Couchsurfer. It further becomes complicated when the foreigner starts a relationship with his grandniece. As he tries to uncover the truth he also is confronted by the change in culture from one of people trying to keep their private lives secret, to one where people are sharing their every move publicly. Along the way, his complex past reveals itself.
Anne is a young outcast desperately trying to hide her pain from the world. Tormented by a doppelgänger that only she can see, Anne becomes less and less able to contain her despair. As rivalry between the pair ensues, Anne attempts to get rid of the doppelgänger forever, leading to disastrous consequences.
Combing anonymous documentary testimony with imagined creative scenes to tell the stories of those who have called the oldest queer support line in the UK, seeking guidance on everything from where to find the nearest leather club to how to come out, start a family or mend a broken heart. The film is a love letter to queer memory and possibility, LGBTQ+ community and care, and the power of collective imagination.
Official Selection Frameline San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival 2024
UK Airport Immigration Officer Sarah begins to question her role and institution when an unidentified passenger (whom Sarah believes to be an illegal immigrant) dies on an arrival flight from Egypt.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024
Meet Marissa Rawlings, a reasoned alternative voice or an extremist in moderate’s clothes? She’s breached the divide between radical and mainstream and is taking on the established news media.
Both apparently seek to deliver the truth and balanced views. But do they really?
As the world shuts down due to COVID, Orla (‘Socks’) decides to leave Belfast and travel across the Irish Sea for access to a safe abortion. ‘Travel Socks’ follows this spirited young woman on her journey, as she overcomes numerous and sometimes farcical obstacles in her path - whilst attempting to keep the truth from her overbearing yet loving family.
After unexpectedly striking up a friendship with a Spanish photography student named Vanesa, Katy views her desolate life in a new way with the help of a borrowed film camera.
On A-level results day, an ambitious Iranian-British teen in London grapples with a major life decision while hanging out with friends across the city.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2024 - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - First Feature Competition
Recently incarcerated Baron strikes up a friendship with cellmate Otis, a man with a well-versed history of prison breaks. As the pair hatch an escape plan together, Baron recalls the story of how he met Marmalade, the love of his life, and their "Bonnie and Clyde" style scheme to rob a bank in order to care for his sick mother and give the couple the life they’ve always dreamed of.
A speculative narrative that takes place in a future of the past, in a present ruptured now. An intimate exploration of grief and resistance across diasporic distance in shifting landscapes of loss, from the streets to the bed; in sites of displacement, nuclear contamination, and military occupation from Scotland to Puerto Rico; from the bottom of the ocean to the planet Uranus.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2024 - Forum Expanded - World premiere
