The Boys Are Back

Director: Scott Hicks

Year: 2010

When sports writer Joe Warr is suddenly widowed, he is determined to create a happy atmosphere at home for his six-year-old son Artie. But despite his best efforts, he can’t fill the emotional vacuum left by the loss of the boy's mother. Then Joe’s 14-year-old son Harry, from a previous marriage, descends. Having never visited his father before, Harry soon finds himself testing the limits of Joe's patience. Events spiral out of control when Joe has to leave the boys for a few days on business. The older beach kids move in with a riotous party at his home, and by the time Joe hears his elder son's desperate phone messages it's too late: the police have intervened, Artie has been rescued by his grandmother, and Harry has gone back home. Separated once again, Harry refuses to speak to his father. But Joe cannot accept their bond has been broken. To see his sons together again, he knows he must take dramatic action.

Director: Sara Nourizadeh

Year: 2026

Set in a mosque waiting room in 1980s South Wales, and inspired by the true story of writer-director Sara Nourizadeh's parents, a young couple whose relationship crossed boundaries of culture, faith and expectation. At a time when Iranian politics dominated UK headlines and shaped public attitudes, a Welsh woman and her Iranian fiancé prepare for an Islamic conversion ceremony – a requirement they must fulfil if they are to marry. What follows is a quietly charged and emotionally intimate portrait of two people trying to navigate a moment that is both deeply personal and subtly political. As they wait for the ceremony to begin, small details – a trembling hand, a whispered joke, a fleeting moment of doubt – reveal the emotional stakes beneath the surface. Their conversation dances between humour and tension, affection and uncertainty, reflecting the push and pull of family pressures, cultural misunderstandings, and their own hopes for the future. Authentic VHS archive footage of the real couple is interwoven within this scripted drama, grounding the film in lived experience and offering an unexpectedly tender glimpse into the decades that followed.

Director: Lysander Wong

Year: 2025

A simple itch descends into an outbreak with many legs. Certain things will always find their way to the surface. An exploration into the horror of having a body, of unbelonging.