Susan, outwardly confident and Becky, more fragile and shy, both in their late twenties, are inseparable friends. But both women have secrets they have not shared, some recent, some long past and deeply buried.
When, on a weekend trip to Dartmoor, they encounter the charismatic Chris, they are led into a web of mind games, sexual deceit and betrayal. As Becky’s traumatic involvement in Chris’ own damaged past is slowly revealed, a psychological journey swiftly becomes a fight for survival.
A young boy releases a cloud into a church and it builds to a storm. Elwood’s Ark is a poem that challenges notions of religion and redemption. It traces the journey of the water we drink, back 13.8 billion years through time and space to the beginning of the Universe.
Spoken in the words of a child, the film warns of a coming apocalypse. It is an apocalypse of our own making - an apocalypse in which divine intervention will not play a part, and only we ourselves may prevent.
An adrift architect, a disengaged Japanese couple and a Lithuanian mixed martial arts fighter search for connection in modern Japan in this carefully composed meditation on space and human relationships.
From the stylishly designed shops of Tokyo, to a minimalist glass suburban home, to a mysterious tree house in the woods, the film reveals the strange places we inhabit, and how they can both unite and divide us.
Chicago International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere
A head-on collision between fantasy and reality told from the twisted world view of Errol – a sexually repressed teenager born in the wreckage of a Lada crash.
Raised in isolation by his mother at a remote petrol station, Errol yearns to explore the real world. When his mother dies in an accident, Errol learns that the father he thought dead is alive, and sets off in the Lada to find him, leaving an unintended trail of destruction across the desolate backroads of 80s Britain. When he finally does reach him, Errol’s violent-tempered father tries recruiting him to a criminal underworld, forcing Errol to choose what kind of man he wants to be.
This thrilling odyssey burns a highly flammable cocktail of love, hate, sex and death setting Errol's moral compass spinning. Is there any hope that he will find salvation?
A man and woman meet, thrown together by chance - or fate. Slowly, painfully, they discover they survived the same battlefield - from opposite ends of experience.
The sun rises, the moon sets.
Can the terrible damage of war can be healed?
"The enlightened soul
Like the moon
Casts its light on all." (Chinese poem, anonymous)
Born into a world of silence, Eli finds himself not able to communicate well with people. Mainly because not everyone understands sign language. This has impacted his self-esteem and confidence. This is Eli's story of how difficult life can be when you aren't being heard.
There are lots of sensitive kids in the world but 8 year-old Simon may be the most sensitive. Mysteriously gifted with the ability to hear the thoughts and feelings of those around him. Events are made dark and frightening by Simon's gift. And a tragedy his brave efforts can't prevent...
Based on real case histories of human trafficking in Britain, Tariro is a hard hitting drama following three women whose lives cross and while established agencies intervene, they don't all have happy endings: one dies and another struggles to adapt.
This harrowing story digs deep into the emotions and lays bare some of Britain's hidden secrets.
A twisted horror film, looking into the mind and emotions of a scared, tortured individual. He will go to extreme lengths just to get the love and affection of his mother, that he craved so much as a child.
A dark comedy, set in a fantasy London of darkness, dawns and dusks. It concerns two boys, dressed in rags and living in a little room that looks out over their ruined city, living on the edge of society, trying to survive. Despite the darkness and danger, the boys find solace and laughter in one another and bloom like weeds in the gutter. With nothing to lose, they fall through the clockwork of the city in search of escape, and perhaps even hope renewed.
