Program
Bedtime
When Craig gets a call from his brother Alfie, brotherly love is pushed to the limit.
Follow the Dogs
A portrait of the relationship between healthcare and creativity, through the unique lens of cancer patient Warren Hastings as he recovers from treatment.
Stray
A weary old man takes in a drifter for the night. They share dark stories before things turn sinister.
Layers of Reed
Deep in the heart of the Waveney valley, Master Thatcher Nick and his apprentice work on the ancient roofs of East Anglia. Keeping the craft alive, they challenge modern practices, following long standing traditional methods using local materials.
Farewell
Two friends: one with a broken heart, the other on the brink of marriage. Together they set out on a day's journey that leads them to confront their past amidst shared grief and hopes for a brighter future.
Goodbye Mama
Abigail, a resilient 9-year-old girl, assumes the role of caregiver for her depressed mother, desperately hoping to keep their fragile family intact during a visit from their social worker.
Fairview Park
Declan Flynn, a man struggling for self-acceptance, is preyed upon by a gang of self-described ‘Queer-bashers’ in Dublin in 1982.
Patience
Over the course of a week, experienced NHS district nurse Flora mentors final year student Kev. As they visit patient after patient, neither of them is sure Kev will see it through as the work is challenging and the career is tough.
Recomposing Earth
Under two feet of peaty soil in Orkney, lies the only recording of Scottish composer Erland Cooper’s unheard album. In an entirely unique attempt to collaborate with the natural world, it would be an experiment on patience, art and value. Will the tape emerge silent, and does it matter if it does?
Push
Being 9 months pregnant is not a beautiful fucking miracle - at least not to Mags, who’s exactly that and feeling lonely.
Opening Up
Reluctant-dater Jas hadn't meant to kiss Adam, but she couldn't help herself. So when he asks to see her again, and she says no, Adam leaves confused and heartbroken.
Bishop Cox
Bishop Michael Cox is the ultimate outsider. He belongs to the dissident Orthodox Tridentine Catholic Church. A renegade and a rebel, he's perhaps most famous for ordaining Sinead O'Connor to the priesthood in 1999.
Nothing we say can change what we've been through
With an experimental visual journey, the film show the thoughts that the protagonist has in the timeframe between a question and an answer. How easy it is to communicate feelings?
Sister Wives
Kaidence and Galilee find themselves bound to one another, under the same roof, in the same marriage.
Weave
When a young black girl is being coaxed to hide her Afro by her fiercely protective father, she learns his motivations are to save her from suffering the same fate as her mother.
The Natural
After a young actor's second terrible audition for a masterclass hosted by his theatrical hero, he follows her to a cafe in search of advice.
Friends on the Outside
Friends on the Outside employs mixed-media techniques to tell the story of Jamie, an incarcerated man who shares her love of foraging, exploring how nature can take care of us in the spaces of the state’s neglect.
Making Up
Ted wants to reconcile with estranged daughter, Cassandra. However, being a celebrated drag queen, paired with the bitter feelings Cassandra harbours over their past, presents a larger obstacle for Ted to overcome.
PHiSH
A voice activated smart speaker falls from the living room shelf of a suburban home and plunges into the family aquarium where it begins to communicate with the fish.
Take Care
24 hours. Dagmara, a Polish nurse, works the day shift. Analyn, a Filipina nurse, works the night shift. The two care-workers, who barely interact outside of their weekly handover, must come together to face insurmountable challenges.
Safe
Anne an office cleaner, finishes work late one evening to be pursued and harassed by a man at the bus stop.
Big Moves
A personal short documentary about dancing as a plus size woman through the lens of pop culture.
Electron City
Electron City is two cities with two women walking in them at night. In one (found footage) light is all that remains. In the other (created in AI) there was never anything else.
Delivery
Newly-qualified midwife Mary experiences the most physically and psychologically challenging night shift of her career as she oversees two life-and-death pregnancy cases.
Crab Day
As part of a fishing community’s annual ritual, a young boy must kill his first crab in order to become a man and gain his father’s approval.
Memory
An experimental documentary reimagining the childhood recollections of a Jersey inhabitant, Margaret, through the intimate lens of the director's British South Asian background.
The Influence of Ping Pong is Big
The story of the Brighton Table Tennis Club through the eyes of coach Wen Wei Xu, revealing the impact of the game on both players and mentors alike.
Under the Blue
Hungry and only halfway through her late shift, a lonely police officer forms an unlikely connection with a criminal.
The Nun Slayer
For 30 years, Donald Peartree had been living his dream as a globally notorious and feared serial killer. Now, he must face the fact he has been living a lie.
Darwin Story
Lee returns to Darwin from London when her mum is taken ill. Is she ready to think differently about the beautiful place she calls home?
F.O.G
Set in Bradford, we follow Ranjit & her Mum Chanda within a regular day on a regular journey to the Gurdwara. Ranjit tries to open up but the ancestral baggage, carried by most South Asian women, holds her back.
Hen Do
En-route to her hen weekend, bride-to-be Faye kills the vibe with a bombshell confession.
Best Before
Helena and Lainie head into their final round of IVF treatment. With their chicken, Shakira, laying eggs every day, Helena decides to make it a competition.
The Miracle Club - Thaddeus O'Sullivan
The women of the small town of Ballyfermot, Ireland, all hope to be the lucky ones who can make a pilgrimage to theholy city of Lourdes. During an eventful raffle evening, Lily, Eileen, Dolly and Chrissie win the coveted prize. Throughout this journey of a lifetime, the quartet discovers the true meaning of friendship, in addition to experiencing a personal “miracle” in turn.