A therapist from Berlin University of the Arts navigates delicate emotional terrain as she provides solace to a bereft student grappling with a peer's suicide on campus.
After a day's work doesn't end as planned, Dee finds a creative way of feeding his inexperienced colleague, and entertains them in the process. An immigrant story with a piano and shellfish.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024
After witnessing her people suffer cruelty and oppression at the hands of Roman invaders, a young tribal woman named Énna takes up spear and shield in hopes of saving her family and homeland. What follows is a desperate last stand that gives rise to myth and legend.
The path of a driven woman dramatically collides with an undocumented homeless man one night in London. As their secrets are revealed, which one of them is truly lost and who really needs saving?
Nominated for the 2023 Iris Prize Best British short film.
The film was broadcast on Channel 4 TV and will be streaming on the channel 4 online platform until October 2024.
After a decade of imprisonment, Aminah draws on the support of other women at a halfway hostel, whilst preparing for her release into the wider world.
Official Selection Leeds International Film Festival 2023
A young jazz pianist and a double bass player are living a harmonious idyll until one of their flautist friends moves in with them in their small Parisian apartment.
Official Selection Kigali Cine-Junction 2024 - International premiere
A dark comedy giving a glimpse into the eccentric world of megastar actor Otto Fonk.
Otto awakes bandaged in hospital and unrecognised by his fellow patients, he then undergoes a journey of self discovery climaxing in mischief.
A young woman is confronted by her inability to access her own anger as she makes a final attempt to acknowledge it through the act of hugging her father.
Two women, one from the African Diaspora, the other from the East Asian Diaspora, recall the risk, and fearless endeavour made on their behalf. A story of self-sacrifice, self-awakening, and self-expression. They embarked on treacherous journeys across precarious seas, unified in a desire to be all that they can dream.
LET’S DANCE AGAIN is a short film which revolves around William, an Alzheimer’s patient, and Esme, his carer. It occurs over one day - the day they first meet. William is a very charming, caring and funny character, but due to his Alzheimer’s, he can become very anxious. When he has an anxiety attack, William becomes the complete opposite person, he becomes lost in his own home and doesn’t recognise anyone, even family.
Esme is new to caring and due to being William’s niece she wants to care for him as best she can. But due to her naivety she doesn’t always do the best for William and sometimes makes situations worse. Esme learns that William isn’t as capable as she thought and creates a bond with him when they discuss his past in his jazz band.
When the pair talk about William’s musical past, he becomes his usual self, and they bond more than ever. Esme decides that playing jazz music will increase William’s memory of his past and they end up dancing together, having a nice time and agree they need each other.
Will humanity ever be accepting of the outsider? Or are they destined to suffer as the Merman did hundreds of years ago? Madeleine Wynn's film uses the medieval myth of the Merman to weave around issues of present day prejudice.
Haunted by what she has seen while carrying out humanitarian work with refugees in the Mediterranean and traumatised by her experiences, Mari returns to her parents coastal home in rural England. There, through an unlikely acquaintance, she discovers the medieval legend of the Merman. The truth behind this seemingly innocent myth is darker than Mari could imagine. The message it bears across the centuries restores her resolve.
For as long as Jack can remember he and Danny have been friends, Danny has always got Jack into trouble. Young Jack has a few brushes with the law and blows up half a high street before turning to acting. All is going well until Jack lands his first feature film role in a gangster movie and Danny allows Jack to shadow his South London criminal family. Jack is soon in it way over his head with hilarious and deadly consequences.
