Grieving the loss of his husband, a reclusive composer is thrust into an unlikely new family - a tough nurse, her sharp 10-year-old daughter, and the autistic gardener who saved him - forcing him to rediscover life through unexpected bonds.
A punk exploration of the psyche, which follows alienated Dylan as he throws off the shackles of his solitary life in an attempt to experience the highs and lows of existence at its most extreme. Estranged from his sister Claire he embarks on a thrilling journey of self-discovery that proves both inspiring and terrifying.
The aftermath of a sexual assault (rape). Exploring the deep-felt consequences for all involved. At its heart an epic story of a couple's fight for the survival of their love.
When 12-year-old Maya returns to rural India to reconnect with her estranged father, an accident linked to his illicit sand mining operation forces her to confront the dark truths beneath her family’s legacy.
When a defiant young girl stages a silent protest, refusing to return home until the disruptive presence of her father is gone, her mother must decide whether to follow her or let her go.
Official Selection, Venice International Film Festival - in Competition Orizzonti Corti
Brave as whiskey
Bold as brass
A laugh like a bell
And a warmth unmatched, built hearth upon hearth
Your house rumbles
Excerpt - 'The Public House Rumbles' by Alexandra Ewing
Shot in the single location of a Glaswegian pub, PUBLIC HOUSE is a sequence of vignettes, some characters recurring and others not, just like real life. A myriad of eccentric and troubled souls pass through, looking for a drink, solace, a conversation, someone to love, an audience, sex, an explanation, revenge, or just a place to be.
The film delves deeper than the sum of its parts, asking existential questions. How did we end up here? Why do we do what we do? Should we try something else? Ultimately the film is about committing to something. To an idea, a place, an affair, grief, a philosophy, family, a tall tale, loss, love, a joke, a friend or simply trying to make it through the day.
A hybrid, feature-length portrait of working-class survival in a metropolis hollowed out by growing inequality.
Co-created with non-actors and their lived experiences, the film follows Damian, a resourceful hustler, who grinds out a hand-to-mouth existence selling stolen e-bike batteries, and breaking into construction sites stealing metal to sell for scrap. This daily struggle has fractured his relationships, especially with an ex-partner and young daughter who is growing ever more distant. When a tenuous involvement with an older woman ends, Damian is forced to confront his growing isolation on the streets of a city he no longer recognises.
Occupied Czechoslovakia, 1943: following her husband's death at the hands of Nazi forces, Romani woman Erika, isolates herself and her son deep in the forest. Events soon spiral out of control, when she agrees to help the local resistance on a mission gone wrong and Erika reluctantly takes up arms in the hope of saving her family, and perhaps her very people.
Hunting her down are local SS leader, Obersturmfuhrer Engel, a relentless man seeking to make sense of his own tragic loss, and Italian diplomat, Silvano Reale, attempting to stay loyal to his German allies, while remaining a decent man.
A tenacious aspiring guru must go to extreme measures to pay off the debts he’s accrued from trying, and failing, to set up an online life-coaching business in a post-industrial Scottish town.
Exploring the world of male influencer culture and how it might be affecting the young men who come into its orbit, SALVATION blends mounting tension, dark comedy and a forensic focus on its protagonist to explore the very modern story of a delusional life coach spiralling out of control.
A mercurial woman with a strange and piercing gift - the ability to see what others most intimately need, often at great personal cost - sets out on a journey home.
THE ARRIVAL charts the reunion of long-lost brothers Raheem and Tom after the older of the two brothers, Tom, was given up for adoption at birth.
The film examines the exhilarating and uncanny experience of meeting a blood brother for the first time in adulthood. As the brothers grow closer, excited to make up for the years spent apart, they must confront the uncomfortable truths at the heart of their family.
The film is a gut-wrenching, emotional drama in the vein of titles like PAST LIVES, AFTERSUN, and ALL OF US STRANGERS.
