Shoot On Sight

Director: Jag Mundhra

Year: 2008

Southall, London, 1989. Deepak Ahluwalia wakes up in bed to find himself on fire. He rushes out of the house in flames. When the police arrive, they find Deepak's wife Kiranjit in the garden in a trance-like state with her two young sons. She is arrested after Deepak accuses her of trying to kill him. During her police interview she is in a state of shock but admits starting the fire. She reveals to her soicitor that her husband abused her, but refuses to testify in her own defence. After Deepak dies of his injuries, Kiranjit is convicted of murder, partly because of the false testimony of her mother-in-law that Deepak never hurt her. In prison, Kiranjit is befriended by her cellmate Ronnie, who later reveals that she too killed her husband after years of abuse. In flashback we see Deepak beating, humiliating and raping Kiranjit. Gradually, Kiranjit reveals her story to her friends. Her case is taken up by the Southall Black Sisters, who campaign against domestic violence, and in particular by Radha, whose passion about the case is rooted in her own sister's suicide after years of abuse by her husband. Radha organises Kiranjit's appeal while Ronnie persuades her brother, an eminent barrister, to take on the case. Kiranjit finds her voice and releases eloquent statements about her experiences; the courts reduce her sentence to manslaughter and she is freed in 1992.

Director: Sandeep Kumar Paul

Year: 2026

Science teacher Swarna and her partner Driti move to a suburban town for a fresh start. When a student leaks intimate photos of Swarna online, school authorities turn her private life into a disciplinary issue. Official Selection Busan International Film Festival 2026 - World premiere

Director: Yv Shells

Year: 2026

When Arlo arrives to find Marcus has cooked someone else’s favourite meal, a single question begins to unravel an evening that refuses to stay in the present. Through a fractured timeline set entirely within one dining room, we move between Marcus and Arlo and the relationship that came before, with Una, the woman he met at a late-night bus stop and once talked about marrying. The same table, the same chairs, the same arguments about trust, honesty and what it means to truly see someone. As the timelines bleed together, it becomes clear that Marcus has never fully left the past, and that Una’s ghost sits at every table he sets. When Arlo asks what her own favourite meal is and he cannot answer, the film’s quiet devastation lands completely. CLOCKS is a portrait of a man who loves generously but sees poorly, and the women who carry the cost. It asks what we owe the person in front of us while we are still in love with someone we lost, and whether a feeling ever truly ends.