For Rene Fustercluck, life was bad, the Apocalypse was awful and then Gordon arrived. 'After the End' explores the possibility that the only thing worse than being the last man on earth, is being the second to last man on earth.
A multi-faceted story that takes place on an alternate future time line of Earth. A mysterious astronaut crash lands in the middle of an empty field. Elsewhere a young girl stows away on a touring vessel bound for the restored natural borders of the abandoned surface cities of a once thriving metropolis to search for her family. Further still, a prisoner and supposed terrorist, awaits training for a mission to mars that is causing political and social uproar. Fate causes all their paths to cross, but to what end? An exploration of life in a world struggling to re-imagine itself, and the people who inhabit it
Grandma tells her grandchildren, Tom and Alice, a scary bedtime story about a monster who steals the eyes of children who don't go to sleep. Later that night, the story comes alive, tormenting the children, but the truth behind the bedtime story is far more shocking.
Sick To My Bones is a post apocalyptic allegory set years in the future after climate change and war has ravished the Earth. It explores the relationship between good and evil as an angel wakes up to find herself close to death and bound by chains to her demonic prisoner.
Six-year-old Norah journeys into a magical land conjured within her imagination in order to save her mother from an unyielding, seemingly enchanted, sleep.
The day before turning thirteen, James is taken to the funfair by his mother – with his imaginary cowboy friend in tow. But, upon realising that his parents are less happy than suspected, James makes a difficult choice in order to be the young man soon needed by his family.
'Violet City' follows a wholesome young fellow - Flynn - on his quest to discover the truth about his mothers’ disappearance, unaware that his recently acquired violet eyes will lure all kinds of villainy to him, from crazed aristocrats to immortal, inter-dimensional beings. This is a story of love, betrayal, scurrilous ambition and an incredible quest for the truth, that takes Flynn through some dark and mysterious realms in search of both his mother and himself.
Two film students create a visual stimulant that induces hallucinations of God, but soon find themselves attracting unwanted attention from a religious cult. A metaphysical thriller for the digital generation.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2015 - Thrill Strand