A bold, narrative-driven experience that immerses players in the hidden and haunting histories of anti-Blackness in the US and UK.
This is an experience designed to be difficult – mentally and emotionally. Drawing from primary sources, historical records and scholarly analysis, Coded Black offers a journey through past atrocities and moments of triumph.
Explore two distinct, atmospheric scenes – a plantation and a modern 20th-century city – each filled with real historical documents and audio visual storytelling. With a structure that surfaces different content in each run, Coded Black is a narrative crafted for both personal reflection and educational engagement.
The game deals with the historical topic of slavery and racism, and therefore includes descriptions of violent acts, images of devices used for the chastisement of enslaved people, and archival imagery depicting victims of lynching. Note, there is a museum version available with the lynching images disabled.
A private conversation is transformed into a soundscape where only the occasional word emerges with any clarity. Moiré patterns move like human shapes, meet then separate into the darkness.
Following Darrel, a Nigerian-British father, as he navigates the challenges of caring for his old-aged Nigerian father, Onwu, and his infant son, Teli. When Onwu needs to buy plane tickets to Nigeria, Darrel arrives at his father's house to help him access his bank information.
However, as Darrel juggles gathering Teli and assisting Onwu, he finds himself on hold and struggling to get through security questions with the bank tellers on the phone. Amidst the chaos, cultural clashes and comedic mishaps ensue, highlighting the absurdity of their generational divide.
Through laughter and heartfelt moments, the film explores themes of family, cultural identity, and the evolving definition of fatherhood in a multicultural society.
A tender short documentary on friendship and motherhood in Liverpool 8, where over one in six families are headed by a single parent.
Through letter-writing, conversations and retrospective walks, director Amber Akaunu delves into her childhood, as the daughter of a single mother, contextualising the experiences of single mothers today.
These intergenerational stories are connected by the community found in corner shops, places of worship, neighbours, community centres, family and friends.
Two neighbours strike up an unlikely friendship, not always to the approval of others around them. Seeing the lack of care that her elderly neighbour Elsie is receiving from so-called professionals, her neighbour Colleen takes it upon herself to care for her, finally finding a meaning and purpose in life. However, Colleen’s intentions may not be what they seem.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2025 - World premiere
Official Selection Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2025 - European premiere
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025
Luke goes on a journey of self-discovery in his mum's bedroom. Playfully exploring various things he finds, he loses himself to the connection. Ron, his unsuspecting dad catches him and tensions in the house reach boiling point.
After being ghosted by a romantic partner during a trip to Bangkok, the artist situates a contemporary act within a timeless Southeast Asian ghost cultural gesture, transforming personal heartbreak into a surreal exploration of ghosthood while reimagining its embodiment through ten playful yet haunting guidelines. Shifting between satire and introspection, the film contemplates the fragility of relationships and the futility and opacity of communication in the hyper-connected digital age.
The series follows Johnny, a magnetic figure drawn to wild women and fast living. Haunted by his past, he spirals into turmoil, battling demons that blur memory and madness. As he unravels, Johnny's charm becomes both weapon and curse.
'La Traviata' is one of the best known operas in the repertoire, with a strong narrative thread at its heart. OperaGlass Works bring something fresh to it, to appeal to lovers of the work and to audiences who have never seen opera before. This is not live capture of a stage performance, it is a movie, filmed on location with a diverse cast of singers and a troupe of magnificent dancers. An ensemble full of character and wit create something that is traditional, truthful and quite different.
La Traviata is a tragic tale about Parisian courtesan, Violetta, who meets the romantic aristocrat Alfredo. Finding herself in love for the first time, she abandons her frivolous lifestyle to be with him. Happiness is short-lived: the hypocrisy of upper-class society threatens their love – and she pays the ultimate price.
The story of British artist Leonora Carrington, recognized as the key female Surrealist painter, and her creative and personal experiences in France, Spain and Mexico.
Based on the bestselling novel 'Leonora' by Elena Poniatowska.
Official Selection Guadalajara International Film Festival 2025 - World premiere
Official Selection Munich International Film Festival 2025