British Council Logo UK Films Database
Project Detail

I Don't Live Here

A spooky family home looms at dusk
At dusk a woman stands at window holding a vase
Two women sit together smiling
A man stands in shadow
The shadow of a woman on the stairs

Synopsis

On the one-year anniversary of her father’s death, Charlotte returns to her childhood home for dinner with her family, but the evening soon spirals out of control.

Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
14 min 59 sec
Format
Digital
Director
Toby Parker Rees
Producer
Unity Haggard, Laura Cameron
Executive Producer
Jess Wheeler, Alice Cabañas, Jonathan Carr, William Shutt, Gabriele Lo Giudice, Nick Rowell
Editor
Chloë Kilby
Screenwriter
Josephine Starte
Director of Photography
Barbara van Schaik
Production Designer
Nikita Dare
Sound
Anna Clock
Composer
Anna Clock
Principal cast
Geraldine James, Josephine Starte, Tom Penn

Genre

Comedy Drama Horror

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Loom Pictures Limited

Unity Haggard
132 Huxley Road
London
E10 5QY

Page updates

This page was last updated on 26th May 2026. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

Suggest amendments

See also

You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.

Comic book styling, hands reaching for a diamond through lasers Unseen Diplomacy 2

Director: Katie Goode, John Campbell

Year: 2026

You're a Secret Agent during a dangerous time, Evil-doers are plotting to destroy the world. Complete missions, manage your agents & use Intel to narrow down the plot and save the Earth. Play a real-life VR obstacle course using every inch of your room - you will run, roll, sneak & hack to victory!

Action Adventure Woman Director
Two girls in maroon school uniform sit against mustard yellow lockers doing homework and sharing an orange. Lady Macbeth Was Never a Girl

Director: Francesca McBride

Year: 2026

In the grey rhythms of a 1990s British secondary school, a student begins to sense a discomfort that has no name, just a feeling that the role they’re playing doesn’t quite fit. Through a missing pair of joggers, an unexpected line from Macbeth, and the quiet rituals of uniforms, registers, and school corridors, this film traces the first flickers of identity forming - not through revelation, but recognition.

Drama History LGBTQIA+ Scottish Woman Director
A girl and a woman talk with a view of a beach and the sea behind them. Murmur

Director: Jonathan Blagrove

Year: 2026

After years apart, a young girl and her estranged mother reunite for a supervised seaside visit. Eight-year-old Emily is taken by her Nana, Jo, and Shaniece (a social worker) to an out-of-season seaside town for a one-hour supervised reunion with her estranged mother Ash. Emily has been in the care of her Nana since she was a toddler and barely remembers her mother - she’s nervous and unsure. With watchful eyes and rising pressure, can these fragile first steps be the start of healing a broken bond?

Drama