Damaris and Alberto live in rural Cuba. Four months ago, their 12 year old son committed suicide. Whilst looking to friends and a new found religion to help deal with their loss, an even more disturbing issue is revealed.
Fascinating portrait of Sarah Lucas, who together with Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin conquered the art world as a controversial Young British Artist. Now almost 50, the artist is working on a solo show in Mexico, while smoking, drinking and reflecting on life and work.
Twin sisters Jo and Alex have been left to run the family hotel but they're too busy fighting to pay attention to their sole guest. Meanwhile, their little sister, Princess, finds herself desperate for attention and will do whatever it takes to get it
A session between a psychiatrist, a schizophrenic patient and his mother. Three directors depict the three characters and their perspectives across three screens. When one person's reality is in a different dimension from the others, can those realities ever meet?
‘Images of all past actions incessantly passing through the brain…’
An aging scientist, troubled and confused by remembrances from his past, toils night and day to (re-) discover secrets to the creation of life. The creature, struggling for existence in the natural world, journeys unceasingly to find its creator.
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam 2014 - World premiere
Using an animated collage of found objects from Norwich Castle Museum and the banks of the River Thames the film looks at Boudica the woman, what motivated her to keep her freedom and what her story means to us now that we know so much more from recent archaeology.
Olo and Haldane live in a bedsit, cut off from the outside world. They happily amuse themselves acting out sinister role-play games. But when Haldane catches Olo spying on the real world, the game goes too far. Olo tells Haldane she doesn't want to play anymore. Haldane disagrees.
10 year old Carla dreams of becoming a gondolier like her father. However, 900 years of Venetian tradition and the disapproval of her parents stand in her way.
Twelve-year-old Ava visits her Aunt’s farm in the countryside. When she is reluctantly sent off to play with her menacing older cousin, Ava quickly discovers the devastating truth of why she is there. Ava carries out a shocking act of trust that leads the young girls to a new beginning.
The audio of this RSA short is of Dr Brené Brown who spoke at the RSA on The Power of Vulnerability. She talks about the difference between sympathy and empathy and argues that to be truly empathetic you have to be vulnerable by connecting with someone's pain in yourself.
