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Party Animals

May 2022 •English

Nicole and Matt move into a new flat, but are quickly disturbed by their party going neighbours which causes them to evaluate their relationship when they notice their differences.

Dressing Room

June 2024 •English

'Dressing Room' follows Margot, a burlesque dancer in the 1980s, struggling with the mounting pressure of being a woman performer. Due to looming realities she's facing in her personal life, as well as an unfavourable view of herself in comparison to her fellow dancer Penny, Margot worries about the future of her career. This short is where the male gaze, body image, womanhood, and the spotlight all come to a head.

Only You

July 2019 •English

A madly-in-love young couple's relationship begins to suffer when they struggle to conceive a child.

I’m Still Here

September 2024 •Portuguese

In the early 1970s, the military dictatorship in Brazil reaches its height. The Paiva family - Rubens, Eunice, and their five children - live in a beachside house in Rio, open to all their friends. One day, Rubens is taken for questioning and does not return.

Operator

Invalid date •English

A look at the experience of a crisis counselor and the shared humanity between a texter and operator.

World War Four

January 2019 •English

A series of escalating incidents around the world lead to greater and greater conflict, placing the superpowers at one another's throats. Armies march, bombs rain down, soldiers storm the beaches. One family is caught up in the ever-growing conflict. Can they survive as total war is declared and nuclear weapons are unleashed?

Bread

January 2017 •Dutch

An exposition of friendship and a feeling of belonging to a different place, yet you are in a common one. This film is about a day in the life of 3 friends.

The Pigeon People

Invalid date •English

Directed by Patrick Gramm, 'The Pigeon People' (2023) takes you deep into Arizona's underground pigeon racing scene as racing rivals prepare for and compete in the Grand Canyon Classic - a 350-mile pigeon race from Utah to Arizona that crosses over the Grand Canyon.

Teenage Babylon...

January 1989 •English

Teenage Babylon presents the aftermath of three teenage suicides through the medium of what purports to be 1960s vintage black and white police file footage. The film's haunting images, evoking teenage love gone wrong, are counterpointed by a series of saccharine torch songs, celebrating falling in love and the end of a masquerade. Through a kind of bathetic synthesis, the dialectic of Eros and Thanatos, love and death, is consummated in the 'morgue' of the forensic archive.

Chico Virtual

April 2022 •English

A boy must come to terms with the harsh reality of his immigrant status when his brother alarmingly doesn't come home.

En Avant

April 2022 •English

“En Avant” highlights the internal struggle of a Black ballerina with self-acceptance as she faces racism in a white-dominated art form. It tells the story of one's battle with self-love through black-and-white imagery. After being cast in the lead role of a professional ballet, Ragan is pressured by the ballet’s director to lighten her skin with make-up, in order to be consistent with the white dancers on stage. She reluctantly goes along with the request, but with each performance in the lighter make-up, she feels more degraded. When a young adoring fan tells her she wants to be just like her, the dancer cannot continue to perform feeling such shame. She makes a decision to be authentic, and dance freely, in her own skin.

Neušiel

January 1962 •Slovak

The Last 28

July 1999 •English

May, a nervous woman in her forties sits at home expecting the arrival at any moment of a new gentleman friend on the last 28 bus. May has never done this before. She's not sure how to dress for the occasion, uncertain of what to expect. She waits, and she waits...

The Terrorist

August 1976 •Bengali

A girl from the slums happens to be the princess of a vast property.

O Homem do Dia

February 1958 •Portuguese

Tó and Pedro are cyclists from rival clubs, sponsored by small, highly competitive local companies: Famel (bicycles) and Caves (wines). Their competition extends to girls. Clara, the school teacher, ends up by marrying Tó, after he suffers a nasty accident which Pedro was involved - or that may have been Pedro's fault. 1 year later, it's again competition day when Clara gives birth to a son, and a similar head-to-head race finish...

Far Away, Further Away

August 2022 •Japanese

A marriage is weaker without something in common. Sayoko (SHINDO Manami) is a seemingly carefree woman but she hides doubts about her marriage behind her cheerful demeanour. After five years of being in Tokyo, it is apparent that she has little in common with her husband and so she begins scoping out apartments which is how she meets Yohei (YOSHIMURA Kaito), a real estate agent who is nursing a broken heart. As they tour properties, Sayoko's girlish charms work their magic on the downhearted man and she convinces him to look for the wife who abandoned him but their journey brings the two closer.

The Forgotten Woman

January 1971 •Turkish

Zeynep, a member of a gang of professional thieves, is tasked with seducing the chosen victims. The new victim of the group is Kenan Hanoglu, a composer.

No Place Like Home

March 2022 •Norwegian Bokmål

A young woman confronts her own story as an adopted child from Sri Lanka. Her existential quest expands into a detective hunt for the truth in a morass of forged documents, corruption and family trauma.

Kumara Sambhavam

December 1969 •Malayalam

Kumara Sambhavam is based on the epic poem of the poet Kalidasa of the same name.

Shannon's Deal

June 1989 •English

A washed-up lawyer refuses to take a bribe and instead goes after the South American drug cartel that's trying to push those in its way. Pilot for the TV Series.