An emotional documentary that looks at the lives of three Ukrainian refugees who now live in the UK, Brazil and Germany respectively. Each share their stories of escape from Russian occupation, and the hardships they've experienced whilst assimilating to new cultures as they rebuild their lives.
An experimental collage film that uses a range of animation techniques to explore the story of migration and enterprise, told through the changing face of Britain’s high street. The film combines stop-motion with digital techniques and manipulated photographic cut-outs, creating continuous transition between past and present.
Official Selection Ottawa International Animation Festival 2024 - Official Competition
Official Selection Aesthetica Film Festival 2024 - Official Competition
A journey of a woman overcoming fear of not being accepted: from her desire to correspond to societal standards to finally accepting that she is ‘not normal’ and that the only acceptance she needs is the self-acceptance.
A recovering sex addict sits on the edge of a beach car park, looking to cruise. While on an addiction helpline, and with a husband patiently waiting at home, one last temptation pulls him deep into a surreal psychosis. Deeper into the sand dunes. Deeper into himself.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024
During the 1950s, Ireland had the highest rate of psychiatric hospital use globally. Using archival documents, filmmakers Cáit McClay and Éiméar McClay look critically at the evolution of Irish psychiatric institutions across the 20th century, examining the confluence of carceral, therapeutic and socioeconomic incentives that determined their influence.
Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) 2025 - World premiere
Different forms of communication are explored when a filmmaker attempts to find the name of a dead person they discovered behind their flat in Glasgow.
After preparing for her first night of motherhood in the postnatal ward bathroom, Thea rushes to soothe her crying baby. But when Mother interrupts Thea’s moment of maternal bliss and claims that the baby latched onto her breast is her own, Thea is forced to admit her mistake.
A frustrated couple in their 50s resorts to employing a sex robot as a final attempt to salvage their crumbling marriage, unwittingly uncovering the very fractures that damaged it in the first place.
Historical Fact and Historical Fantasy collide… This film observes the coming inauguration of millionaire landowner Mike Buchanan, the newly confirmed Buchanan Clan Highland Chief, his wife Lady Paula, and teenage family - the first in 300 years. Join the film in real ‘Outlander’ style as the Buchanans travel to a Highland Games in America, then attract tartan enthusiasts from around the world to Scotland, drawn by the power of connection. For one, Mexican Pedro Buchanan, and two American sisters, feelings of the ‘motherland’ are stirred.
Mike’s ambitious wife Paula is planning the inaugural three-day bonanza of tartan, and ceremonial regalia on their magnificent estate. She was the driving force behind Mike’s claim to the title and is now the chief architect of his ‘coronation’ (well, much of it, when an ancient source can’t be found). Ceremony and ritual are unashamedly being invented.
A hidden world of British wealth and privilege unfolds as the family, uncover and invent fresh entitlements the new role brings.. revealing not only whether they can pull off this massive event, but also how History is made, and who makes it, raising important questions around class, national identity, history values and traditions, and the place of ‘Clans’ in the modern world.
Are scientists doing enough to sound the alarm about climate breakdown?
When the UK government pledges to "max out" oil and gas extraction, the lives of psychology professor Colin, microbiologist Abi and ecologist Aaron collide outside the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), where they and six others are arrested for causing alleged criminal damage. But who are the real climate criminals? As restrictions on protest tighten, will scientists retreat to their laboratories or will more stand up than ever before?
A window into the world of reluctant activism, PLAN Z explores the moral power of protest when established routes of influence fail.
JB, a troubled writer running to escape the pain of a toxic relationship, forms an unlikely bond with a drifter living in his car, leading him on a path of self-discovery.
