Colin and Michael have been meeting in Colin's flat once a month for a year. Colin decides to celebrate their anniversary by providing tea and snacks for Michael while they both wait for the important phone call from Colin's boss.
Emily is a film that revolves around troubled protagonist, Kenelm Scott. The film follows Kenelm through his day to day patterns & routines. 'Emily" explores the issues around voyeurism and its routines, and what happens when Kenelm's routine is disrupted.
He's a sadist, she just runs away. They meet urgently, quickly, in dark alleys, closed kebab shop and take aways. Both married, both successful - best companions in severance. A harsh, ruthless portrait of two characters and a city that doesn't love them back.
London, 1962. Two teenage girls - Ginger and Rosa - are inseparable; they play truant together, discuss religion, politics and hairstyles, and dream of lives bigger than their mothers' frustrated domesticity. But, as the Cold War meets the sexual revolution, and the threat of nuclear holocaust escalates, the lifelong friendship of the two girls is shattered by the clash of desire and the determination to survive.
Set the night a nuclear war breaks out, Grace is a compelling drama of interconnected lives, following a dozen individuals as they experience loss and understanding in the hours before the bombs fall.
“Born in the hour of India’s freedom. Handcuffed to history.” Midnight’s Children is an epic film from Academy Award-nominated director Deepa Mehta, based on the Booker Prize-winning novel by Salman Rushdie.
At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, as India proclaims independence from Great Britain, two newborn babies are switched by a nurse in a Bombay hospital. Saleem Sinai, the illegitimate son of a poor Hindu woman, and Shiva, the offspring of wealthy Muslims, are fated to live the destiny meant for each other. Their lives become mysteriously intertwined and are inextricably linked to India’s whirlwind journey of triumphs and disasters.
A short film featuring the track Oh Jackie by singer/ songwriter Louise Quinn & French electronic artist Kid Loco. Set backstage in a 1920's musichall & shot at Cumbernauld theatre. The singer gets ready to take the stage but never quite gets there....
A stranger emerges from the landscape and inveigles his way into the isolated house of a single female artist. He takes up residence; undetected... Over the course of a year, the artist remains unaware of her uninvited guest, though his presence gradually influences the development of her current project, leading towards an unexpected denouement...
Richard, an unemployed 55-year-old, arrives 3 minutes late for his appointment at a job centre. An advisor, stifled by the limits of the system she works in, has no choice but to penalise him for his tardiness. To avoid plunging further into destitution, Richard takes desperate measures.
