All our heads have a moving collage in them of impressions and appropriations.
In LAST YEAR IN WISBORG, clips from F.W. Murnau's 1922 film NOSFERATU mix with colour film of a blue sky, a painting by the filmmaker and his own hand. The undead remember before and after their death. This double nostalgia of the Count's existence is felt in the meditative soundtrack.
LET’S DANCE AGAIN is a short film which revolves around William, an Alzheimer’s patient, and Esme, his carer. It occurs over one day - the day they first meet. William is a very charming, caring and funny character, but due to his Alzheimer’s, he can become very anxious. When he has an anxiety attack, William becomes the complete opposite person, he becomes lost in his own home and doesn’t recognise anyone, even family.
Esme is new to caring and due to being William’s niece she wants to care for him as best she can. But due to her naivety she doesn’t always do the best for William and sometimes makes situations worse. Esme learns that William isn’t as capable as she thought and creates a bond with him when they discuss his past in his jazz band.
When the pair talk about William’s musical past, he becomes his usual self, and they bond more than ever. Esme decides that playing jazz music will increase William’s memory of his past and they end up dancing together, having a nice time and agree they need each other.
The banana is the world's most eaten fruit but it is at risk of extinction. Composer and sound-artist-turned-director Matthew Herbert attaches a microphone to a banana in the Dominican Republic and records what it hears on the way to the UK.
Will humanity ever be accepting of the outsider? Or are they destined to suffer as the Merman did hundreds of years ago? Madeleine Wynn's film uses the medieval myth of the Merman to weave around issues of present day prejudice.
Haunted by what she has seen while carrying out humanitarian work with refugees in the Mediterranean and traumatised by her experiences, Mari returns to her parents coastal home in rural England. There, through an unlikely acquaintance, she discovers the medieval legend of the Merman. The truth behind this seemingly innocent myth is darker than Mari could imagine. The message it bears across the centuries restores her resolve.
For as long as Jack can remember he and Danny have been friends, Danny has always got Jack into trouble. Young Jack has a few brushes with the law and blows up half a high street before turning to acting. All is going well until Jack lands his first feature film role in a gangster movie and Danny allows Jack to shadow his South London criminal family. Jack is soon in it way over his head with hilarious and deadly consequences.
Exploring the extraordinary story of how a demo recorded by John Lennon in 1976 became the last recording that John, Paul and George and Ringo will get to make together, and celebrates the legacy of the most influential band in popular music history.
In the aftermath of war, an extraordinary professor brings hope to children haunted by trauma-induced nightmares.
Official selection - Sheffield Global Cinema Festival 2023
A captivating story of a young boy's transformative journey inspired by iconic characters like Shaft and James Bond.
Munidi, a young boy from a village somewhere in Africa, isn't happy with his image and so he sets about transforming his life. Who can help him realise his Life Ambitions? James Bond?
In spring 2020, five art students and two lecturers went missing in a remote forest in Ireland. What happened to them has remained unknown - until now.
Their last movements are pieced together from footage recovered from a police operation almost two years later, where it becomes clear that what started out as an innocent prank became a horrific fight for survival in the cold darkness of Glenarma Forest.
Presented as a true crime/found footage film, THE GLENARMA TAPES is the latest film to be produced through Northern Ireland Screen's New Talent Focus.
Official Selection FrightFest London 2023
A high concept music video exploring time, reality and memory through the mind of a Victorian author stranded between two periods and two realities in the heart of London.
'The Panharmonion Chronicles' is also a graphic novel written by the director Henry Chebaane.
The short film uses subtle fairy tale motifs to explore the problems that many woman face in today's society which is shown through the perspective of a teenage girl named Ophelia.
