The Elephant in a Dark Room

Director: Konstantin Bojanov

Year: 2016

Second generation immigrant and budding artist Pavel lives with his mother in Birmingham. One day, he takes off on the road to find his hero, the legendary French painter Arnaud, and along the way he gets into trouble and falls in love. It’s the story of a young man who wants to become someone else, but needs to be himself.

Director: Beatrice Gibson

Year: 2026

After an abortion, a woman wanders the streets of Paris, engaging in a series of silent encounters under the neon lights of Chinatown. Taking place over the course of a single night and drawing inspiration from the writings of cult literary figures Kathy Acker, Bernadette Mayer, and Alice Notley, the film intertwines dream and reality. Shot in the reddish glow of karaoke bars, cinemas, and clubs - a collective, feminist autofiction with a cast of artists, poets, and actors.

Director: David Turpin

Year:

A love story, a noir mystery and a metaphysical fable, Ancestors follows Beau as he searches 1980s London for his missing friend, Tiny. Dream, reality, memory and history entwine, forcing Beau to come face-to-face with truths beyond life and death.