On the cusp of adolescence, Celia’s world begins to unravel after she discovers her mother’s affair. Alienated at home and struggling with a mind where reality and imagination intertwine, she retreats into long summer days with her cousins, Kerry and Hannah. Things take a dark turn when she and Kerry stumble upon a body deep in the woods. They urgently summon the adults for help, but the body inexplicably vanishes - and no one believes them. As Celia becomes consumed with uncovering the truth, her grip on reality fractures further, pulling her into a dangerous mystery where the line between witness and suspect blurs, and the greatest threat may lie within her own mind.
This coming of age film explores maladaptive daydreaming, an emerging psychological phenomenon where people become trapped in elaborate inner worlds - daydreams so vivid they can feel more real than reality itself. Affecting an estimated 2-5% of people, it often begins in childhood as an escape from trauma.
Ina Lüders is a German director based in London. With over 40 years of experience in the film industry, she is currently 63-years-old and this is her feature film directorial debut.
A middle-aged recluse spirals into sexual mania when he is seduced by his television. TELE XXX reckons with the fragile line between desire and perversion in a hyperconnected yet disconnected world.
A couple affected by the contaminated blood scandal face a difficult decision when an offer of life-saving treatment threatens their dreams for the future.
Official Selection Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival 2024 - World Premiere
Official Selection HollyShorts Film Festival 2024
Mina, a young production assistant on a TV set is ready to take a step up in the world, she is desperate to know what goes on behind The Black Door, the place where senior staff, like Dara, Mina’s friendly rival, are only allowed access to. The Black Door teases her, tempting her with what she desires.
A poignant, tender drama about a grumpy old man in a Leeds care home and a reluctant Barmitzvah boy - and the unlikely friendship that changes their lives forever.
Official Selection UK Jewish Film Festival 2025
A family already fractured by loss, finds their world shaken by a startling revelation that threatens to unravel everything they thought was true.
As reality shifts beneath them, Emily clings to hope but for Ryan, letting go may come at too high a cost. Grief binds them but will the truth divide them.
In the fading summer light, fourteen-year-old Chris is tested by his friends — a journey that reveals the gap between simplified notions of masculinity and the deeper emotions and diverse voices that shape identity.
Official Selection Foyle Film Festival 2025
Set against the backdrop of a declining fishing industry in Cornwall - Samuel and his grandson Vinnie wrestle with grief, connection and the pressures of survival. On a day like any other, their bond is tested at sea, leading to an unexpected discovery that offers both hope and a way forward.
A tender story of resilience, tradition and the ways we carry our loved ones with us, even after loss.
Through the psychoanalytic and introspective voiceover of a young post-pandemic Chinese migrant in Europe, the film interweaves her private memories of intimacy with public narratives of resistance. As her reflections unfold, she and her community navigate secrecy, repression, survival, looming precarity, and displacement, all while confronting the personal cost of existing in a world that demands their silence.
Drifting through his post-industrial town scavenging for scrap, isolated teenager Sandy finds unexpected purpose after meeting conspiracy theorist Don, who tasks him with destroying a local wind farm.
A subversive retelling of Cervantes' Don Quixote - GIANTS is set against the backdrop of about living in an austerity-ravaged north-eastern town, a community stripped of its purpose and prospects the way ships were broken on it's very doorstep; its about false visions for the future for young men often groomed by radical ideology; and it's about the giants we imagine for ourselves.
Official Selection Leeds International Film Festival 2025
Official Selection Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2025
Vasilly has become painfully jealous of his best friend, Luke. They both interviewed for the same career-making graphic design role, but Luke got the offer whilst Vasilly returned to his dead-end labouring job, drained of hope and creativity. However, things aren’t going so well for Luke. Every time he shares good news about his new role he suffers strange and violent repercussions. Disturbed by the uncanny timing, Vasilly recalls his Yiayia’s warnings about the Greek superstition of the evil eye - a 5,000-year-old belief that jealousy can manifest harm through a malevolent glare - and starts to believe his own envy might be to blame for Luke’s bad luck. As events escalate, Vasilly spirals into paranoia and guilt, confronting the possibility that the true danger lies not in superstition, but in himself.
A darkly comic psychological thriller about male jealousy, inherited superstition, and the corrosive power of repressed ambition.
Official Selection Aesthetica Film Festival 2025
Official Selection SXSW Film Festival 2026
Markus, a young man adrift after his father’s death, finds purpose in an underground graffiti partnership with his friend Sean. Their bold, politically charged street art goes viral, drawing the attention of the media, the police, and a calculating art dealer who sees profit in their rebellion. As their fame grows, so does the tension between integrity and exploitation, authenticity and corruption.
