When 38-year-old Amy suffers a bang to the head, she wakes up thinking that she is 16 and the year is 1999. She now is forced to face her life 'in the future' and confront what happened in her past.
Essentially, this is a film about the generation of the late millennials. It is a bold exploration of common issues among this age group. The themes examined include that of depression and anxiety, drug abuse, addiction to social media and sex obsession. A little funny, and a little sad.
“How can you be criminalised for being born the way you are?” asks George Montague, a 96 year old WWII veteran, beginning this documentary. His words echo through the film.
“ARE YOU PROUD?” meets key campaigners and investigates the organisations and events that have contributed to substantial progress within the western LGBTQ+ liberation movement, focussing on the history of Pride in the UK. It celebrates that progress, whilst exploring the controversial questions over the continuing relevance of the Pride march, and highlights the international battles still to be fought.
Combining archive footage, interviews, vox pops and reportage, the film guides us through the history of the Gay Pride movement in the UK. We meet founders of the Gay Liberation Front, founding members of Stonewall (The UK’s leading LGBTQ+ lobbying organisation), the organisers of various Pride marches across the UK, groups such as Black Pride, Trans Pride Brighton and Queer Picnic. The film celebrates the progress that has been made, we are also reminded of “the fact that there are an increasing number of people out there who feel emboldened in hating queers.”
London 2017, everyone’s over-stimulated, under-energized and trying to love, laugh and live as hard as the next Instagrammer. Jamie and Eve are mates who’ve always shared everything and after getting high at a party, they share everything. In the sober light of day will things ever be the same again?
Eva arrives at the Refuge, a women's-aid center run by Mrs. Kane, where she is introduced to the other girls, who greet her with mistrust. The strict rules of the household are explained and Eva's new life begins with a pressing feeling of entrapment.
An animated tribute to Joe Orton marking the 50th anniversary of his death inspired by the prank letters of complaint that Orton penned under the pseudonym ‘Edna Welthorpe’.
Frances thinks Brian is having an affair. In her pursuit to save their marriage she will soon find out more than she ever wanted.
A short film based on the stage play CROSS by Deborah Kearne.
Shy and quiet Mina vies for the affections of Lana - but, as she's swept up in the excitement of teen rebellion and discovery, struggles to fulfil her desires and come to terms with her sexuality.
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
