Four privileged high school friends are thrown into unknown territory when a web of secrets and lies begins to unravel, threatening to change their lives forever.
Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, and when Leevi's father has to return to town on business, the two young men establish a connection and spend a few days discovering one another during the Finnish midsummer.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Love Strand - World premiere
Victoria Sin unapologetically takes up space when they are in drag, giving spotlight and agency to the daily labours of femininity that are invisible and policed.
Commissioned by NOWNESS, this film demonstrates the transformative power of Victoria's drag, positioning Victoria where they belong - in cinematic grandeur, with a gaze that they own.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Create Strand - Short Film Competition - World premiere
An enduring love story of one man's time in London during the early 1960s. Coming of age as a young homosexual in a society where male gay sex was illegal and prejudice ran deep, Bryan Robert Bale discovered the illicit ways gay men still sought to love freely.
BAFTA Film Awards 2019 - Nominated, Best British Short Film
A young man has doubts over his future bride on his wedding day. With external pressure from his family it seems that there is only one path for our groom-to-be.
A story of a young man who has lost his words, his thoughts, and his gender identity. Those eyes are always sharp as knives, yet the secret inside him is no longer hidden, waiting to be free by himself.
On the day after Christmas, a Catholic priest from Cork drives his nephew to prison.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Short Film Competition - World premiere
BAFTA Film Awards 2018 Nomination - Best British Short Film
When London couple Louise and Clare book a boat trip to recover from personal tragedy, their trip of a lifetime through the Scottish Highlands soon descends into a hellish ordeal as they delve further into the wilds.
They are confronted by layer upon layer of jeopardy from a variety of sources, but neither our heroes nor the audience can tell which threat will ultimately prove decisive. With many twists along the way we’re kept guessing until the very end.
A psychological thriller built around a strong central relationship between two very different yet sympathetic characters. Think “Deliverance” meets “Rosemary's Baby”.
Looking at how the HIV/AIDS crisis affected the gay community in the UK following the death of Terence Higgins in July 1982.
The documentary explores issues such as the rise of HIV infections, poor sex education in schools and why there is still stigma surrounding HIV.
In a rural pub restaurant on a busy motorway, same-sex couple Brona and Alex await the arrival of a man named Karl.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Journey Strand - World premiere
17-year-old Cat (Jodie Hirst) is a shy and troubled photography student at college in a small coastal town, who much prefers the company of her feline friend than her fellow students. Dealing with the burden of her ill mother in hospital and homophobia from a local bully, the artistic and shy loner lives her life behind the safety of her camera lens.
And that lens is focused on April (Faye Sewell), a lovely and popular music student with an overbearing mother and a hotheaded boyfriend who objectifies her.
Both lives are illuminated after April uncovers she’s been the main subject of Cat’s photography project and what should have been an awkward encounter turns into an unlikely friendship. Romance begins to blossom between Cat and April as their relationship evolves into something deeper. They learn to trust each other and themselves, all the while April’s disapproving mother threatens to keep them apart and her obsessive ex-boyfriend refuses to leave the picture.
A romantic coming-of-age drama.
