The Aftermath

Director: James Kent

Year: 2014

A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - Vera, irrepressible, intelligent and free-minded, overcomes the prejudices of her family and hometown to win a scholarship to Oxford. With everything to live for, she falls in love with her brother’s brilliant friend Roland Leighton. But the First World War is looming and as the boys leave for the front Vera realises she cannot sit idly by, so she volunteers as a nurse and sets off for France. <br /> London Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

Director: James Kent

Year: 2008

Like the other films (George Orwell, Agatha Christie, Ian Fleming, Elizabeth David) in this critically acclaimed and award-winning biography strand, HG Wells takes a bold and innovative approach to dramatising the story of the author’s life, by using HG Wells’ own words.<br /> <br /> HG Wells wrote his four best-known works, The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man and the Island of Dr Moreau in the space of just four years from the age of 29. His fame only increased with the eerily prophetic non-fiction writing which followed. Wells predicted the invention of tanks, nuclear war, biological warfare, television and the internet. Wells’ celebrity status enabled his pursuit of free love, winning him lovers like novelist Rebecca West and the enigmatic Russian Moura Budberg. It also gave him unprecedented access to world leaders like Roosevelt and Stalin.<br /> <br /> This story tells the story of Wells’ transformation from self-confident womaniser, socialist radical and young literary prophet to burdened missionary, dedicated to creating a World State that will avert man’s headlong course towards imminent annihilation.

Director: James Kent

Year: 2022

Alone in her apartment a woman, Elle, is waiting for a phone call from her ex-lover (Monsieur). Elle receives two wrong numbers before he calls. The couple discuss their past relationship, Elle blames herself for their problems, claiming, "Tout est ma faute.". Throughout their conversation they experience numerous telephone problems and finally their connection cuts out completely. When Elle calls Monsieur’s home phone she discovers that he is not there, she assumes he is at a restaurant. He calls her back, and Elle reveals that she has lied during their conversation; she took twelve sleeping pills in an attempted suicide, then called her friend Marthe, who arrived with a doctor to save her. Elle grows suspicious that Monsieur is with his new girlfriend, but he never admits his whereabouts. Elle reveals her obsession with the telephone, she has slept with it in her bed for the past two nights. Their connection fails once again, and Elle panics. Monsieur calls her back once more, and Elle informs him that she now has the telephone cord wrapped around her neck. Telling him she loves him over and over. She sinks into her bed and drops the receiver.