Projects in genres: Black

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A bold, narrative-driven experience that immerses players in the hidden and haunting histories of anti-Blackness in the US and UK. This is an experience designed to be difficult – mentally and emotionally. Drawing from primary sources, historical records and scholarly analysis, CODED BLACK offers a journey through past atrocities and moments of triumph. Explore two distinct, atmospheric scenes – a plantation and a modern 20th-century city – each filled with real historical documents and audio visual storytelling. With a structure that surfaces different content in each run, CODED BLACK is a narrative crafted for both personal reflection and educational engagement. The game deals with the historical topic of slavery and racism, and therefore includes descriptions of violent acts, images of devices used for the chastisement of enslaved people, and archival imagery depicting victims of lynching. (Note, there is a museum version available with the lynching images disabled). Official Selection International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2025 - Digital Storytelling Competition Official Selection CPH:DOX 2026

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A tender short documentary on friendship and motherhood in Liverpool 8, where over one in six families are headed by a single parent. Through letter-writing, conversations and retrospective walks, director Amber Akaunu delves into her childhood, as the daughter of a single mother, contextualising the experiences of single mothers today. These intergenerational stories are connected by the community found in corner shops, places of worship, neighbours, community centres, family and friends.

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The series follows Johnny, a magnetic figure drawn to wild women and fast living. Haunted by his past, he spirals into turmoil, battling demons that blur memory and madness. As he unravels, Johnny's charm becomes both weapon and curse.

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The deeply personal story of one woman’s voyage of discovery to understand her heritage. What begins as a journey of curiosity to remember a long-lost parent and learn about his Guyanese heritage turns into something much more profound and deeply relatable. A poetic journey through fragmented memories of the past and heartfelt discoveries in the present. It is a journey that shows the importance of knowing your heritage and what makes somewhere truly feel like home.

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Two kid brothers Remi and Akin get to spend a gift of a day with their estranged father Folarin. They go on a voyage into Lagos observing the colossal city for the first time and the hoops their father must deal with to provide. All this is happening in the backdrop of a huge 1993 presidential election result which calls into question his ability to get them home. Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2025 - Un Certain Regard - World premiere Official Selection Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2025 Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2025 Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025 - First Feature Competition

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Ibra awakes in a room full of memories - he has successfully entered the mind of his absent father, Malcolm. Growing frustrated at his father’s indifference, Ibra turns the simulation on Malcolm. As reality warps around them, he seizes his final chance to interrogate Malcolm.

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Seven’s a downtrodden Junior Creative at a cosmic agency that creates worlds. When he’s unexpectedly gifted the opportunity to create his dream world, he finds himself in a life or death race against the clock to overcome his creative block before his head explodes. Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025

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A personal account of Black community spaces in the UK, focusing on Caribbean diaspora. By visiting the site of the former Keskidee Centre, that is now luxury apartments, the film considers the conditions which allowed this historical space to thrive. Official Selection Third Horizon Film Festival 2025 Official Selection Hamburg Short Film Festival 2025

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"Why does this keep happening to us?" Doctor Wokozi asks the same question each time she meets Professor Seva. She has done it seven times already and this is her last chance. Despite the experimental success of Time-travel in 2060, developed with the help of Quantex Ai, humans cannot withstand more than eight jumps and Spacetime entanglement is unstable. Each trip that she takes is fraught with danger and uncertainty. Equipped with a special pair of goggles, Doctor Wokozi has located Professor Seva's space-time coordinates in 2030. He lives alone with his plants, in an abandoned building - a decommissioned London hydroponic station. Each of her previous visits has been unsuccessful in convincing the reclusive genius to give up life in his current timeline and join her to save the world. She is now becoming desperate to finally transfer his consciousness into a storage device, so that she may bring him back to 2060, where his expertise on plants behaviour could help restore the biosphere and rescue humanity from extinction. THAT TIME IS NOW invites us to reflect on what makes us human, when facing the perils of an ecological collapse, through the themes of consciousness, steadfastness, and selflessness.

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Two Black boys go on a journey of self-acceptance. Their love for each other and their refusal to hide it lands them in a paradise free of shame and judgment. Official Selection Tampere Film Festival 2025 - World premiere Official Selection BFI Flare LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2025 - National premiere BAFTA Film Awards 2026 - Winner - Best British Short Animation

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In track and field he’s remembered as The Greatest. Athletics' first commercially global star. Away from the spotlight, his is a life often misunderstood. Carl Lewis did it his own way - unwilling to conform to what the US expected from its athletes. Lewis won nine Olympic gold medals across four Games and was voted 'Sportsman of the Century' by the International Olympic Committee. Yet he refused to be pigeonholed and, in doing so, he inspired change on and off the field. I’m Carl Lewis! delves into the consequences of his uncompromising drive. Official Selection SXSW Film & TV Festival 2025 - World premiere

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Desperate for change, 13-year-old Camran takes extreme measures to secure a better future for himself and his dad.