Poverty stricken lovers Eden and Matilda have enough trouble just getting through the days… Their Landlord is trying to terrorize them and strange things seem to be going on at "Juicy Girls", the place where Matilda works… but when Eden buys a pet spider the real troubles start.
Noah journeys through a world outside time and space to relive moments with his soul mate. Unable to exist in the present, he is intervened by a friend with a special message.
A stop-motion sci-fi action thriller about squirrel apartheid. When a lone renegade grey squirrel and a hunted acorn find themselves trapped on a hostile and mysterious red squirrel island, they uncover a horrifying plot that threatens their future…can they survive Squirrel Island?
Ari, a sophisticated and urbane gay man, moves into a care home and encounters Beau, the beautiful, heterosexual, illiterate former thief who is now his carer. Their unlikely meeting changes the future for both of them.
A family of Irish Travellers come to England to find work. Joining their uncle in his driveway business they surf soup kitchens to pick up homeless men. Enslaved and forced to work, with little food and no money there's little chance of escape until a young newcomer arrives.
When a wealthy Oxford businessman is found dead beside a river in Oxfordshire, his daughter suspects he was murdered, The police disagree. She hires a private detective to investigate.
The detective, a disgraced ex-police officer, is drawn into a dark world existing in the underbelly of England's most revered city of learning.. a secret dark sexual interior. Little does he realize, each step forward takes him closer to a past which haunts him.
A ghost story and a puzzle which slowly reveals itself before exploding into a stunning revelation. Written, produced, and directed by self-funding writer: mol smith (a true Independent Brit, Film maker).
A film about the women who confounded ideas of what was appropriate or expected, and got involved in science in Victorian England. This is the story of Vanessa Kentworth and the rain.
Based on true events and the work of the British Rainfall Organisation.
Ten year old Anne adopted by a Vampire Slayer (Wraith) kills a ruthless Vampire. 25 years later and now married with two teenage kids, the Vampire comes back to exact vengeance on the family by picking them off one at a time. Controlling Father (Jack) refuses to believe Vampires exist and offers a more likely explanation. The mother (Anne) must now face up to who she really is. So to get her out of the way and safe, Jack tells her to find her guardian and mentor. Meanwhile Jack persuades an old friend of Anne's, an aging once elite special forces captain, and his old unit to rescue their daughter. Soon his ideas that Vampires don't exist are blown away. Together with the slayer Anne and Jack have a final confrontation with the vampires to try and save their family.
Reda’s dreams of escaping the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain El-Helweh ended after being deported from Greece. He returned with a heroin addiction. The camp was being torn apart by internal strife. Against all odds he decides to marry his childhood sweetheart.
A love story, as bittersweet as the camp itself.
Official Selection Berlinale 2016 - Berlinale Shorts