Compelled to buy an old writing case, and finding faint traces of a poem within, a young Cornish poet unknowingly calls back the previous owner from beyond the grave.
Haunted into completing the poem she becomes broken and succumbs to the endless cycle of creation and death...
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2020
The story of the black, British experience: one driven by misplaced loyalty, melancholy, and historical reprise stands as a mirror to the traditional tale of Pierrot’s existence under Harlequin’s thumb. This forms the narrative pillar for Sasraku’s semi-autobiographical fairytale, shot on 8mm film.
30-something, self-help addict, Lou Farnt wants nothing more than to escape her overly controlling mother and the dead-end seaside town where she grew up. So when strange and strikingly confident new life coach Val invites Lou on a road trip of alternative therapies, Lou finds the perfect opportunity to leave, and the perfect person to become. Unfortunately for Lou, Val’s a serial killer.
Barbara adjusts to her new life behind bars, her crimes start to haunt her. Her new cellmate Evelyn is about to start an obsessive and ghostly friendship with her, one that Barbara cannot escape from...
Vickie Black is young and hungry, though working as a maid in London, she has her sights set far higher. Vickie goes into a job interview positive, but the questions from her faceless male interviewers soon become predatory. As the interview takes its toll, Vickie reaches breaking point.
Ravaged by war, the world recovers from a divided past. The last remaining survivors struggle to not only survive, but to also find their place. Morality is tested to its limits and a harsh environment has moulded demented madmen. Exploring themes of mental illness and equality, two strangers - a mute, and a man escaping his past - venture into the quiet world side by side. One looking to save his kidnapped lover from a masked gang of sociopaths, and the other seeking his stolen cassette player while being haunted by bizarre and ominous dreams. Both of them have one destination - a peaceful community only for women - a place called 'Eve.'
15-year-old Lara lives with her father and her strict governess, Miss Fontaine, in total isolation, and is struggling to find an outlet for her curiosity and burgeoning sexuality. When a carriage crash nearby brings a young girl into the family home to recuperate, Lara is enchanted by the eponymous Carmilla.
The pair strike up a passionate relationship, which strikes fear in the heart of Miss Fontaine, and a complex triangulate emerges between the three women. Local rumours of an evil supernatural presence fuel Miss Fontaine's concern for Lara's wellbeing, and with the exhortation of the family doctor, Fontaine seeks to put an end to the relationship for good.
A woman drunkenly wrecks her big family house. Soon it turns out that her past haunts her, throwing her into a whirlwind of emotions and projections as she tries to piece together what happened to her;
the psyche of a woman pushed beyond the limits of sanity is explored...
