A moving love story lost in the past. Mountains as a place of the soul, between Trentino and Südtirol. Twenty pictures taken between spring and summer 1934. A composition of photographs, sound design, and narrating voice.
A disgraced ex-cop (Dan Lyons) and a hot headed newly-wed (Andrew J. Bullard IV) must team up as hospital security guards to solve a local pill thief case. In doing so they must put their differences aside and learn the importance of valuing the relationships in their lives. In this buddy-cop dramedy, it's about who to let in and who to keep out.
Guided by his grandmother’s haunting Sumerian lament, 9-year-old mute Ali takes his sheep, Kirmeta, for sacrifice on a strenuous 400km journey across Iraq’s landscape, destroyed by years of war, to the shrine of an ancient saint. Along the journey Kirmeta becomes increasingly resistant and runs away to escape his bloody fate.
Ali eventually finds Kirmeta amongst carcasses of cars leftover from decades of violence and false promises of freedom. When Kirmeta collapses from exhaustion the pilgrims think he’s dead. But with the continuous prayers of grandmother back in the village, Kirmeta mysteriously recovers. Witnessing this the pilgrims declare him a MIRACLE SHEEP, a reputation that accompanies them on the rest of their journey. Can both boy and sheep survive the hardship and accept their fate?
A lyrical hybrid film whose symbolism exposes the suffering of a nation whose only hope left is a mute child and his “miraculous” sheep.
WINNER OF BEST FILM AWARD IN SHEFFIELD DOC FEST UK COMPETITION - The Sheffield Doc Fest jury wrote:
“The jury was bewitched and moved in equal measure by Maythem Ridha’s intensely cinematic and lyrical film, which has the quality of an intimate epic in spite of its short length. Strikingly confident in both its embrace of formal hybridity and tonal ambiguity, the film shifts delicately from moment to moment in a flow of imagery that is at once beautiful, absurd and utterly heartbreaking. Ali and His Miracle Sheep made us consider the very meaning of "British cinema", when the fates and lived realities of individual nations are so inextricably bound up with the actions of others.”
BABY BOY is an adrenaline fuelled dark drama following a sexually repressed London black cab driver, who abandons his wife and children when he relapses in drug addiction and descends into a wild weekend of crack cocaine, robbery and violence with his young queer lover. The film explores addiction, sexuality and masculinity against the backdrop of modern day London.
Bald tells the heartwarming tale of how the baldest man in the
world accidentally starts a moon-worshipping cult in South
Wales.
A feature-length film about the life, work, influence and impact of California-based choreographer/Arts Activist Bella Lewitzky. Described as "...one of the greatest American dancers of our age," (Walter Terry) Bella Lewitzky was a talented, strong, out-spoken artist, who dedicated her creative life to protect the rights of every American citizen.
A true story of one asylum patient's struggle as her focus on returning home does not go as she planned. A period piece that highlights the travesty of those resting in unmarked graves from barbaric treatments.
Best friends Scarlett and Freya are practically inseparable but when Scarlett breaks her ankle and Freya starts struggling with her mental health, the difference in how they're treated starts to change this.
Sung partly in a threatened West Papuan language and English, this song is a call for freedom and self-determination in West Papua. It is currently occupied by Indonesia. The song highlights the idea that black lives matter in West Papua and that the people want to free West Papua from the pain and suffering of occupation.
Out on a rural country road, a woman encounters a mysterious man stranded with a stalled vehicle, possessing a hard guitar case. However, much to her surprise, he knows nothing about music or where he is going. Is the man saying who he really is?
A young preacher contemplates walking away from his calling as he struggles to revitalize his congregation in an economically depressed region of the South.
Street Musicians Selection and Placement Examination is held by the municipality to determine the places where street musicians play. Where and when each musician will be found which songs he will play will be determined according to the results of the exam.
The little girl who saves money to buy a red violin wants to take this exam, but she can't wake up. While other musicians comfort the sad girl at the exam venue, the exam results are announced, but the musicians and the little girl realize the nonsense exam they are in.
An ex-military boxer with PTSD seeks redemption in a local charity match to save his estranged father's gym.
We are little miracles. Tiny ones, even, who never stop shedding our skins, over and over. The world settles in our sweat. Alone, though, with no memory of what drove us into this life that jealous people claim is ours. Forgotten, skins fall one after another, like caresses that—much moreso than our cells, in truth—create them, these skins, which are neither ours nor those of others, regardless of the energy that we spend, at night, exchanging them.
“China In A Box” from Irish singer/song writer Niall McNamee is about a loving, honest, yet fragile relationship and how these connections with a loved one should be cherished. Tugging at your heartstrings, the song is emotional and sincere, with raw pianos emitting a warmth and comfort.
China in a box is the music video teaser to the Feature Film, Love Without Walls showing the character's back stories ... the film will be released in 2022. (www.lovewithoutwallsfilm.com)
The Cliff is a comedy-drama that satirizes stereotypes of the UK’s countries and uses allegory to explore the pressure of Brexit on its union. It follows an eclectic group of friends (one Scottish, one Welsh, one Northern Irish and two English) and their European friends as they navigate the twists and turns of their relationships. In this pilot episode, the group takes a vote that pushes them literally to the edge of a cliff.
Eleri has been caring for her mum, Luned, since she was a child. But both have become so invested in their reversed roles of parent and child, that they’ve lost sight of one another and the true connection between them.
Luke finds himself in the mountainous landscape of Wales with his friends Josh and Eric, one year after the death of his parents. Hitting the bong, they listen to their favourite songs one last time before Luke's parents cabin is sold. However, with night time chills comes a fog bringing an ancient stalker that will test their brotherly bonds. Luke is convinced of the presence of an unwanted guest, but can he convince the others before the night's haze turns from green to red?
Are you a compulsive over-achiever? Dance More encourages us to value pleasurable experiences over mindless achievement.
Dance More is one of 9 videos that comprise Directions to Enough, an experimental, self-help video series. The series presents guidelines for slowing down, becoming more present, and accepting difficult circumstances while maintaining high levels of creativity, productivity, and agency. These guidelines were first articulated during the Art of Enough podcast series. (Segment 5 – Directions to Enough – Jay Sullivan, 2018)
Each video in the Directions to Enough video series has several intentions: 1) communicate to the audience a useful guideline for improving psychological and emotional health, 2) explore and expand the strategies and motifs related to traditional instructional videos, 3) create a unique creative process where the production of the video creates improved psychological and emotional health for the filmmaker.
The restrictive and predictable world of Regency England has become increasingly tiresome for one young heiress who yearns to meet more eligible and attractive suitors rather than ones at the balls and soirées nearby. When she hears there is an alternative, she has no hesitation in trying an unconventional dating service called Pandora’s Prospects. The promise of taking its clients from “portrait to proposal” sounds so exciting that she ignores the advice given by her judgmental friend. She instead hastily makes her choice from the curated selection of gentlemen matched to her requirements. Everything seems to be going well, until they meet.
On the day of their wedding, Princess Hilderose follows her gallant fiancée Sir Maximilian to fulfill his one request before they get married: to slay a dragon to prove he's worthy of her love. But to her horror, the only thing that returns from the cave is his headless corpse, leading to the end of their fairy tale. However, as the credits roll, Princess Hilderose jumps in to stop it, determined to go back in time to the beginning of their story to save her love. She tries multiple times to save him, however her fiancée has more love than brains in his head, not heeding her warning and dying over and over again. Finally, angry and fed up, Princess Hilderose takes the sword for herself and kills the dragon with ease, dragging her fiancée into the church and finally getting her happily ever after.
An ageing Detective and his younger Partner investigate an abandoned house with hidden and unusual consequences.
In a UK where all foreigners are outlaws, a warm-hearted farmer discovers the unconscious body of a French man on the beach, and shelters him despite her husband's violent nationalism.
In the aftermath of a violent knife crime, two mothers must face their feelings of loss, guilt and revenge.
Directed by the young Italian talent Enea Colombi, Franciacorta: A Golden Feeling is the new fashion film released by the The Franciacorta Consortium, in collaboration with the National Chamber of Italian Fashion. Produced by the Milan-based creativity factory The Blink Fish, the video celebrates the opening of Milan Fashion Week with beauty, movement and style.
The video also marks the tenth anniversary of partnership between Franciacorta and the National Chamber of Italian Fashion. Franciacorta: A Golden Feeling works as a bridge between the two organisations whose shared values include an appreciation for the craftsmanship, originality, elegance and quality of the Made in Italy. A journey into a new dimension, Franciacorta: A Golden Feeling becomes an ode to the beauty and dynamism of the fashion world.
Kate, a troubled young girl looking to meet new people, experiences a dark turn of events after agreeing to a second date with the dark and mysterious Theo.
After her mother’s death, a young woman finds out that her father is alive. Forced by curiosity, she returns from France to Iran in order to search for him after 30 years. Along with her husband and a bunch of old friends, desperately seeking an unseen father, she travels to the northern coasts of Iran. Gradually, through the journey, everyone realizes that she has got so many untold secrets…
Heart Valley follows a day in the life of Wilf Davies, a shepherd from the small village of Cellan in Wales. Kind and inquisitive, the film looks at the world through Wilf's eyes, asking questions about what it is we should truly value.
Why was the baby abandoned in a Victorian drain? And how can the four maids on a mission save its life? This playful, surreal, road movie pits four teens against the elements in a race against time.
A celebrity-obsessed ballet dancer wakes up one morning sporting the nose of her idol, A-list actress Amy Adams.
A one-minute poem film that offers a meditation on time, memory, the spectral, the animistic, and the presence and absence of faith. Directed, written, filmed, read, edited, and produced by Adam E. Stone. Filmed in Carbondale, Illinois, August and September, 2020. Painting by Saribenne Evesong (1931-2009). Text of poem:
Only spirits, if any, stay forever,
the corporeal always pivot away.
A raucous goodbye, or a misunderstanding,
"Good luck, old friend!" or "Good riddance, old fool!"
I pedal faster, to a hum on a breeze,
a flutter along a long-darkened hallway.
I name the ghosts, as if I can still see them,
a crush ... a friend ... an inspiration.
You called me silly, poked at my gloom,
said "There's no such thing as being alone!"
And even today, I want to believe you,
but I fail every test, again and again.
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"I love you, customer!"
Hee-kyung and Seung-ah are emotional workers who sell cosmetics at large marts. I'm a store salesman. They should always greet guests with a smile. One day, a customer comes asking for a refund on cosmetics purchased a few days ago. Customers pick on all kinds of faults and bother them. However, they smile and endure the customer's harassment. As the situation becomes serious, the mart manager tries to deal with the situation. The guest asks Heekyung to kneel and apologize. Hee-kyung kneels down and apologizes, holding back her anger. Still, the customer's harassment continues. Company colleagues call Hee-kyung, who is kind to customers, an immortal smile angel. How long can Hee-kyung treat rude guests without losing her smile as an immortal smile angel in the silver company?
Just before conditions on Planet Earth became unsuitable for human life, a small group of children received a message from a faraway galaxy: an ancient civilization’s plea for notes describing life on Planet Earth. In The Garden of Forking Paths is made from all that is left of those notes.
A love story between father and son. A passing down of ageless wisdom. Memories that we all hold close to our hearts. Words that ease our anxieties. The story takes place over a collage of memories shared by Harry and his dad. As father and son grow to be equals, the inevitable must intervene. Time is cut short. But this story is not about death, it is about the living.
Slapstick comedy about an Eastern European girl arriving in the UK.
Kara was five years old when a devastating accident caused her traumatic brain injury. Now thirty five years later she has returned to where it all happened to see the way things used to be and should have been and what is to become on her journey to be Star of The World.
Logline:
On the eve of her execution, a religious devotee grapples with her faith when an enigmatic visitor offers her a chance at freedom.
Synopsis:
Would a woman so steadfast in her divine mission begin to lose faith in the face of her impending execution?
Sitting alone awaiting her execution Jeanne is visited by a man of faith. Through a series of probing questions, this ominous interlocutor attempts to persuade her to recant her claims of divine contact with God.
After waking up in a stranger's apartment, a man begins wandering through lost memories, reluctantly remembering a part of his past he tried to forget.
"Legacy," in collaboration with poet Fiona Tinwei Lam and based on her poem, creates a memory space using symbolic objects, evocative tableaux, and a variety of digital effects to concretize the wisdom that comes with temporal and emotional distance, creating a fanciful, wry, and occasionally bittersweet postmortem of a relationship that founders on the rocks of cross cultural differences.
Biography of Fiona Tinwei Lam
Fiona Tinwei Lam is a writer, editor, and educator from Vancouver, Canada. She has authored three poetry collections: Intimate Distances (finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Prize), Enter the Chrysanthemum, and Odes & Laments. as well as a children’s book. Her poetry and prose appear in over 40 anthologies, including The Best Canadian Poetry (2010 and 2020 editions). She has co-edited two anthologies of nonfiction and edited The Bright Well: Contemporary Canadian Poetry about Facing Cancer. Her award-winning video poems have been screened at festivals locally and internationally. www.fionalam.net
Text of the poem:
Legacy
Each summer, your mother’s hands
transformed heaped bowls of ripe fruit
into glistening fillings.
Her deft persuasion of dough into pastry
through the white silted air
Rhubarb, blueberry, peach, apple --
desserts for a year’s worth of holidays.
I tried to make pie
the way I tried to be a wife:
four pyrex pie plates, a battle
to bind flour, fat and water
into elusive tenderness.
You gave me a yearning
for homemade pie
that lingered longer than love,
then left with the pie plates
and what you learnt --
congee breakfasts,
the intricate textures of dim sum,
how to eat shark's fin
with a spoonful of vinegar,
never to forgo the good luck
of red bean soup, and always
to rest your chopsticks
parallel across the bowl
at a meal's end.
From Fiona Tinwei Lam, Intimate Distances (Nightwood Editions, Canada, 2002) Copyright © Fiona Tinwei Lam 2002
David and his estranged daughter Lea are forced to make a long and eventful car journey home together after she leaves university under tragic circumstances.
Maman lost all the beautiful things she once had – including her name, her job and her husband – years ago, after the outbreak of the war. Now she works as a cab driver and lives with two of her three sons in a small apartment. In order to proceed with her maternal authority, she keeps her sons apart from each other and of course from a piece of land she owns. Just when she gets rid of the wife of her youngest son, the other son decides to marry one of his colleagues. And the story develops in two parallel worlds: in the world of the real and the world recreated in a film script the youngest son is writing…
A positive documentary following the healing efforts made by people in the aftermath of the 2017 Manchester Arena Bombing.
This short documentary sees World War Two veteran Jack Mann tell his inspiring tale for the very first time in front of a camera.
A true story of a free-spirited Jewish boy's journey to manhood, Jack fights to make his father proud. As part of the Special Forces, he knows only too well what will happen to him if he is captured behind enemy lines.
The University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten is a creative safe space to try out new things, experience different concepts and challenge yourself. You can only create something truly personal and unique if you believe in yourself and your own ideas.
Shadi is a little girl that her parents have been accused of murdering a girl in the village, and villagers killed her parents to seek revenge. Her uncle adops her and now Shadi must face the problems that people of the village caused them.
The Mirror is the latest fashion film directed by Giuila Achenza for the Milan-based fine jewellery brand Avel Lenttan. The film takes us on a journey of self-discovery, in which we learn to appreciate and love the natural beauty that is hidden within ourselves highlighted by the refined simplicity of the brand’s collection. We are presented with two identical women meeting at a crossroad between dream and reality. Facing one another with curiosity, they slowly come to realise how they are one and the same - two sides of the same person who have learnt to co-exist and appreciate each other’s peculiarities.
(mis)placed is a series about the intersecting lives of twenty-somethings, all searching for love, work, and meaning in the world today.
Imagine the world in 50 years time: the year is 2072. Some young people are doing a history project and find an old video made by a group called Mixtup. It is about a virtual museum - perfect!
There are the two rooms in the museum. The First one is called 'Me:Unlimited'. It is filled with things that the young people in Mixtup are inspired by, things that they love. There are things that they have created, things that nourish them and make a difference to their own and other people's lives.
The second room is called 'Dark Pasts.' The young people have put things in here that they think should be history in the future. These are things that the young people of 2072might have heard about but have never had to deal with themselves.
They want to share this video with others.
Welcome to the Mixtup Museum.
Two vulnerable friends run from their problems in the city, taking shelter at a commune lead by a woman who cannot feel pain. Little do they know they've stumbled into a situation worse than the one they left behind, as they get caught in a whirlwind of chaos, aggressive neighbours, hallucinatory ceremonies and land grabs that, combined, could prove fatal.
Tom, an emotionally closed off, extremely successful businessman’s stone façade begins to crack with the news of his estranged mother’s death. Letters she has left behind force him on an emotional journey where he must learn empathy, acceptance and forgiveness not only towards his mother but more importantly towards himself, or he risks losing his sister and the only family he has left.
As the UK’s transport crisis grows, lorry driver and writer, Lisa, dreams of escaping reality. Travelling on roads, her truck helps give her access to an out-of-this world imagination.
The unfulfilled dream of a young football fan became the catalyst to help achieve the dreams of talented young under-15 football / soccer players who come from very underprivileged and under-nourished families, struggling to meet their daily needs.
'Never Ask Why' is the journey of Jishnu Mitra and how his dreams have provided hope to over 250 children in Delhi and Kolkata, India. It is the story of the 1st year of the Jishnu Mitra Foundation, where the children played under the banner of 'Dream Team' in the U-15 Delhi Youth League.
This short docu-drama explores the impact of football foundations in the sporting ecosystem in India. While exploring the themes of ambition, failure, the spirit of life, and love for 'the beautiful game' of football, the film is a celebration of hope, the display of true human spirit and grit that brings strangers together for a larger cause.
The children did not win the league but they won the hearts and minds of everyone with their playing style and passion for the beautiful game.
'Never Ask Why' is a maiden passion project from the start-up production house 'Eating Potatoes'. The film is directed by Saurabh Dubey, the Co-founder of Eating Potatoes, who is also an acclaimed musician, rapper and lyricist.
Celebrate New York's reopening with this audio-visual homage to the greatest city in the world.
900+ sounds sampled. 6 days of shooting. Countless days of editing. As New Yorkers eagerly await a full reopening, the Bonamaze directing duo celebrates the spirit of the city with the release of their new short, “NYC! Sound (back) On.” The goal of this creative, audio-visual homage is to capture the heartbeat of the Big Apple like never before, with a special emphasis on sound that brings the city’s diverse culture to vibrant life. Selected as Vimeo Staff Pick - Best of the Month and winner of Best Unscripted and Best Use of Sound & Music at Berlin Commercial 2021.
Our home turned to ice one bitter cold night, winter rattling the door before we knew it.
An unflinching look at gambling addiction through the eyes of recovering addicts. One Last Spin explores the environments that condition people to gamble and the devastating effects it has on their lives and communities.
Julia wants to escape her violent father and convince her mother and her little sister Jess to run away with her. The father comes back home earlier than expected and tries to stop them.
Liam's good day is about to turn bad as he encounters a dead body in the park. With only himself and nearby runner Jenny at the scene, talk turns to 'what happened?'
Sophie (Ambika Mod) has spent weeks planning a special day out for James’s (Conor Joseph) birthday. Something that will elevate their relationship with just the right amount of nostalgia, sentimentality and romance. But whilst searching for a lighter, to light a birthday candle, Sophie’s curiosity delivers an unexpected blow; a simple message in a card that reveals James’s unique pet name for her, “Goose”, may not be as original as she first thought.
Blindsided but not wanting to derail the day, Sophie presses ahead with a trip to the seaside town of Llandudno, North Wales. Set against the faded seafront with its neon-lit amusement arcades, Sophie begins to unravel as she views her relationship through a new lens, whilst James is forced to reckon with the relics of his past. Throughout the day they desperately search for something unique and special to define themselves, in a world that is exceptionally unoriginal.
The Pitch is a satirical short film that spoofs the advertising industry by imagining a potential collaboration between chicken nuggets and bluetooth speakers. Starring Lourdes Hernández, it follows a call between an agency creative and director trying to one up each other on the most important product of the year...vegan chicken nuggets. Ridiculous, absurd, yet only too real, The Pitch is a commentary on the agony of the creative process until it all becomes a mess.
'Please Don't Stand Up When Room Is In Motion' uncovers Ali (Novo Amor)'s journey over the production of his Welsh Music Prize-nominated album ‘Cannot Be, Whatsoever’. The title—plucked from the album’s artwork—refers to the idea of embracing the mess, chaos and clutter that surrounds the creative process of writing an album; not letting go and seeing where the path takes you.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson likes to call the Brexit referendum an “amazing moment for the country”, a rebellion of the "little people" against the faceless EU bureaucracy. But what if Brexit was ultimately not about the "will of the people" at all, but about the interests of a small British elite?
Docufilm on Saint Francis Xavier which traces the history of the birth of the Society of Jesus, starting with Xavier's university years at the Sorbonne in Paris and his troubled encounter with Ignatius of Loyola, up to his complete missionary dedication in the Far East. With the interview contributions of Jesuit fathers Jean Paul Hernandez and Ottavio de Bertolis, and the stunning images from 1600 Baroque paintings of Church del Gesù in Rome.
As rising sea levels loom across the coast of Wales, a father and son clash over the future of their failing caravan park.
A Cinema poem by Russ Camarda...
A journey of a soul awakening to its true nature... The Universe, through the seasons of its experience of itself.
Filmmaker Russ Camarda creates a Cinematic poem using one small camera , no crew and a handful of actors... shooting through different seasons over the course of a few years.
Narrated by various performers, featuring the voice of Rosalyn Coleman Williams (Broadway’s to Kill A Mockingbird), the poem is at once a personal journey and a Universal one.
Death, Birth, Renewal and Return... it is the tale of the Immortal.. dreaming of mortality.
Nick tries desperately to have one more real moment with his father Jim who suffers from Alzheimer disease. But he fears he might have run out of time. This film explores the struggles of being a sole carer, grieving and the use of music to bring someone back.
OWAIN (40s), a grieving tenant farmer, must save his ancestral home from development into soulless holiday homes. Early in the short, Owain is confronted by his landlord and the man who purchased the farm who exclaims they will return with the police if Owain fails to vacate the property by morning. Owain returns to his bedroom, immersed in a childhood memory of his father comforting him with a story steeped in Welsh mythology, that of the red dragon. Desperate and running out of time, Owain enacts a ritual, asking for the dragons' support. Moving into the morning, Owain takes his last stand, defiant and tragic. During his final moments Owain sees the dragon from his father’s stories, a sign of hope.
A student film crew follow celebrity self-help guru Veronica Moses and her PA Tricia as she attempts to navigate her life after a very public, very embarrassing incident in a bookshop.
Millions of people claim to have experienced miraculous healing. Send Proof asks the question "Where's the evidence?" When his former pastor leaves the faith, Director Elijah Stephens embarks on a journey to find evidence for miracles. Along the way, he interviews atheists and skeptics, medical researchers and academics, and those claiming to have experienced miraculous healing. Will he find the proof he seeks?
Due to crippling anxiety, Gary struggles to provide for his growing family. His secret weapon? A therapy hand puppet shark that he believes turns him into fearless superhero Shark Man.
A politician is invited to visit a mysterious town in the Welsh mountains, where his past decisions come back to haunt him.
[technopoetics] is composed of object-poems and graphic poetry by the brazilian visual artist Alexandre Dacosta. These works are part of the book [tecnopoética] (Editora 7 Letras / 2011). Writer, narrated, composed music and directed by the author himself.
Lee revisits his relationship with Eve with the help of the Comet –
a memory stimulation pill. The further he goes, the harder it
becomes to let go of the past.
One person's struggle for authenticity in the dating world.
A cab's journey shifts pace when Claire and Hannah discover a bag neither of them had noticed when they climbed in. They are shocked to find out what is inside the bag and argue about what to do with it, anxious to keep their find a secret from the driver.
Feeling guilty means being lost, hurt, sad, paralyzed, hopeless, angry. “Try To” should make us feel all of the above. It is a story about guilt and a story about a question: Can we keep on living, knowing what we have done? The world that surrounds our main character John, is fabricated by his mind, his thoughts, fears, hopes and memories. John has encapsuled himself in this
imaginary world to keep out the real one. However, through his senses, the outside keeps creeping in. The things he hears and feels in the real-world weave into his imaginary experience, hinting at what he has done. He can now choose to keep
ignoring reality and with it the ones that need him the most, or he can come back into the real-world and live with his guilt. John will never be able to live a normal life again, but for his family he at least must try to.
Inspired by the magic of American Sign Language, Understanding is a 3D animated short film about a lonely giant who creates a friend and the world they inhabit while learning to understand his new creations.
A teenager is forced into living with his grandfather and they can't seem to find any common ground. A family bond is torn apart and only one thing can reunite them, football.
It's a game of pride.
The story of Alan Corcoran’s unprecedented length of Ireland – 500-kilometre – sea swim for charity has all the hallmarks of a fascinating documentary. With the stunning backdrop of Ireland’s wild coastline, the story tells the succession of challenges faced during such a monumental undertaking. It’s a film that explores a person’s journey through grief, using the swimming project to channel negative emotions into a meaningful, hopeful, inspiring adventure.
Best Feature Documentary - Prague International Film Festival
Outstanding Excellence Award (Human Spirit) - Docs Without Borders Film Festival
Official Selection - London Mountain Film Festival; Prague International Film Festival; Lyons International Film Festival; Docs Without Border Film Festival
'Alan embodies the adventure, joy and challenge of outdoor swimming.'
- The Outdoor Swimming Society.
'Alan turns grief into greatness through his epic swim.'
- SwimSwam Magazine
'As Irish adventures go, this has got to be one of the most extraordinary and difficult to date.'
- Sean Conway (author and adventurer)
'Alan's length of Ireland sea swim epitomises the spirit of outdoor swimming. Unsinkable is an inspiring tale of family, adventure, triumph and hope.'
- Outdoor Swimmer Magazine
'It's hard not to root for Unsinkable's charming subject.'
4/5 Stars
- Irish Film Critic
The latest documentary by award-winning director Martina Margaux Cozzi is a visually stimulating portrait of Hong Kong-based multidisciplinary artist Wallace Chan. Established as one of the greatest jewellery designers in the world, Wallace Chan - The Art of Materials chronicles the artist's debut into the world of sculpture fuelled by his desire to innovate. A tribute to creation itself, the film delves into Chan's mind to uncover the intricate relationship between materials, time and space.
What Comes Next? is a cinematic montage compiled entirely from amateur and low budget documentary footage shot in Wales during the post-war years leading up to and including the Festival of Britain celebrations in 1951.This theatre of the everyday touches on locations and lives that, though incidental in themselves, were symbolic of a broad sweep of change that ultimately transformed the face of Wales and ushered in a period of social reform, reconstruction and modernisation against a backdrop of economic austerity. Originally inspired by the montage documentaries of the 1920’s, the film seeks to present an insight into the challenges faced by Welsh working class communities that battled to build a better future while also reflecting on the legacy of Britian's colonial past that to this day continues to cast the deepest of shadows.
A film-poem exploring the physical aspect of the very
last moments as life becomes death.
A young couple, Nia and Siôn find themselves speaking to the police about a rape. They come to realise that the line you should never cross is the one you can never come back from.
2 in a Million (Director’s Cut) is J.A. Moreno’s personal take on the official music video he directed for twice- Grammy-nominated DJ/Producer Steve Aoki, multi-award winning musician Sting, and platinum-selling trio SHAED.
The video follows two dancers in one long shot, as they relay the feeling of falling in love and being soulmates. Filmed in just thirty minutes at the end of the official shoot, Moreno’s cut focuses on the dancers, seen only as silhouettes in the official version, and highlights their outstanding technical skills and chemistry.
Using the original choreography as a basis, Moreno’s direction delivers a spontaneous, raw and emotionally engaging performance.
In an apartment nestled in a city center, theater actress Natalie's morning begins like any other - lying in bed with her puppy, Molly. Realizing she's running late, she rushes off to rehearsal leaving her pup waiting patiently behind. The next morning, Natalie receives a call from work that changes everything - not just her career, bu also her sense of identity & life purpose.
“I’m scared and feel wrapped in the dark. I’m vulnerable.”
Exploring the more narrative soul of fashion film while staying true to the genre’s strong focus on aesthetics, Alex tells us of a woman reliving and working through a trauma. Inspired by EMDR therapy, the film looks at abandonment during childhood as something that is likely to accompany us into adulthood. Through an experimental, movement-led approach, Alex takes us on a journey into the human psyche.
From the music composition and fashion design to the photography and choice of location, everything about Alex is thought up to recreate a dreamlike scenario. Shot in a historical villa in the Lombard region of Italy, the film employs dance as a release tool to work through one’s traumas. Lead character and dancer Silvia Bonavigo thus challenges her fears by interacting with the space around her through a series of choreographed movements. A collaboration with Italian label Kappe by Federica Bonifaci, the iconic capes of the mono product brand were selected to emphasise and complement the wearer’s gestures.
Breaking away from pre-established video genres, Alex finds itself at a crossroad between fashion film, short film and dance video. The film is a personal project and the director’s first narrative work. Alex has been selected by more than 25 international festivals, with 10 nominations and 5 wins including Best Actress at A Shaded View on Fashion Film, Best International Fashion Film at Buenos Aires Fashion Film Festival and Best Performance at Canadian Fashion Film Festival.
A couple in their 50’s sit on a bench on a rural hilltop, it is clear they have been together a long time and in love. However, it quickly becomes clear that the husband has been away and missed parts of their son growing up. We soon find out the reason for this.
Our film follows the stories of two resilient Welsh families, as they seek to put a challenging year behind them by running in the first-ever 'virtual' Nos Galan Road Race. But, without the crowds there to cheer them on this year, they’ll have to dig deep and remember their reasons for running if they hope to finish the race and add their names to the Nos Galan legend.
Brothers Tot and Meech try desperately to convince their jokester Papou (Greek for Grandfather) to buy them ice cream while on a trip to the beach. But they have to act fast, because the Ice Cream Man could leave any minute!
Influenced by the TV shows of Cartoon Network in the 1990's, Bucket Hat is a delightfully silly and sweet animated film that balances slice-of-life realism with cartoony slapstick. Brimming with both emotional sincerity and full-throated goofiness, Bucket Hat is unafraid to have its ice cream and eat it too!
2019 in the Rhymney Valley, South Wales. An imaginative team of eight-year-old boys rewrite the ancient welsh legend of King Arthur. Drawing inspiration from their own lives, theirs is a distinctive and playful take on this timeless tale of self- discovery.
After receiving a devastating cancer diagnosis, a motivated young woman raises thousands for worthy causes through a new addiction to charity challenges. But when the police arrest her for fraud, we discover that she’s not as altruistic as she’d have everyone believe.
" The only rule we follow is: do not judge. Whoever you are, welcome to the Club. "
A Club Called Rhonda is an exploration of the cultural phenomenon that hit LA in 2008 with the opening of the eponymous club. It’s an insight into the free and inclusive spirit of a unique environment, in which the social norms imposed on our daily lives no longer apply.
The message behind the film is as inspirational as aspirational. Rhonda is a lifestyle open to anyone brave enough to be themselves, regardless of their gender or sexual orientation. It’s an invitation to break away from the limits pre-established by society and to question how we look at family, roles and social structures.
Ironic, playful and provocative, A Club Called Rhonda is a window onto a universe of uncontaminated self-expression where everyone is welcome.
To their friends, Sarah and Sam seem like the perfect couple desperately in love. But when Sarah gets her big stage break as an aspiring actress, Sam begins to question whether he’s good enough for her, particularly as he’s stuck in a dead-end job.
As their relationship unravels, and a mysterious woman threatens to further tear them apart, Sarah and Sam are forced to confront the anger and hurt that they have built between themselves, and once again believe in each other and their love in order to find their way “home”.
Taken from a true story and based on Ron Blicq's award winning stage play, "Closure", this Jessy Ardern adaptation tells a tale of family's journey from England to Canada in an attempt to connect with an unsuspecting family member, who is unaware he fathered a child during his service in the second world war.
Court Number 5 is a short film exploring the tremendous pressure put on twin girls whose parents have separated and are fighting over their custody. With animosity and tensions running high, with a potential re-homing to Italy with the father, the decision is not made easier by the parents who keep provoking each other forgetting that these young girls have lives
As lockdown starts to ease, two women looking for a moments solitude in the same secluded spot find comfort in companionship, realising they have more in common than they thought.
Dandilicious is a Stylized Neo-Western about a day in the life of a Teddy Boy in 1959. Our hero (or anti-hero), Marty, is living the life of a public menace within his own town. Getting into fights and causing disruption on the streets, Marty is the 'King of the Teds' - or is he?
From morning to evening, A DAY presents one day in the life of
a lonesome East Asian immigrant in London around Christmas Eve.
Death Quiz is an old-fashioned style game show hosted by The Grim Reaper, whereby recently deceased contestants compete to try and avoid going to hell for their sins and misdemeanours. Everything is here, from the cheesy, ghoulish host and bug-like 'dolly girl' assistants, to the wheel of misfortune and zombie audience. An animation comedy, loosely based on real-life events... Possibly.
Love is messy. Set in a Cambodian laundromat in the gritty Tenderloin district in San Francisco, this is a story about the irreversible mistakes we make and the dilemma of forgiveness we seek. Inspired by a true story.
The memory of District Six is as iconic to Cape Town as Table Mountain and
is remembered as a place of vibrancy and culture.
In 1960 District Six was declared a whites only area.
It is estimated that approximately 80 000 people were forcibly removed from District Six. The filmmakers family is one of them. The documentary is a deeply personal story.
A lonely floor-mopper, Joseph, works late nights in a hardware store. After crossing paths with a troubled girl named Evie, the two are forced to find their place in the world as they learn to confront their fears.
In a remote area in Afghanistan, stories of the lives of a young shepherdess, a birdcatcher boy and a mourning teacher are intertwined after their school is burnt down. The young shepherdess takes the risk of saving a woman US soldier after a helicopter crash; the birdcatcher boy takes shelter in a tank with the birds, the pin-ups and the illegal music that he loves; and the mourning teacher seeks vengeance on the one who has widowed her…
Sasha tries to record a love song called "Draped in a Dragon" under the incredulous eyes of Tina and sound engineer Jeff. In the recording studio, Sasha's lyrics raise a fundamental question: where to place the "D"?
After leaking of a video of her class in a women only swimming pool, Parvaneh is brutally murdered by her husband, Hashem, who seeks a way to redeem his reputation and dignity as the godfather in the neighborhood. Hashem’s brother, Hojat, embarks a journey into the labyrinths of underground in Tehran to find out who is responsible for this dirty game. Once wrongfully accused for smuggling drugs, he returns to the world of crime to trace his brother’s rivals…
Earth Odyssey was made by dancers from different continents filming themselves in their confinement with their personal phones and computers.
It was made in the first week of April 2020 while almost 2 billion people around the globe were unable to move freely due to the restrictions imposed in an attempt to prevent the spread of the CoronaVirus.
19-year-old Emre, who dreams of coming 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in the Turkish Championship, is looking for support to facilitate the difficult life he has, because he has to work as a waiter. Emre wants to find a sponsor and leave his job to focus on boxing, but the conditions do not favor Emre. Emre has to work as a waiter and prepare for the Turkish championship at the same time.
A disgruntled outsider turns to faking social media posts to gain popularity, with unexpected and chilling consequences.
A musical and movie score...
Professional jockeys face physical obstacles daily, but the invisible obstacles which lie ahead are often the hardest to negotiate.
Tom has faced many rivals in his ten-year career as a Jump Jockey. Some have been faster, stronger, younger, wiser; but now he faces a different rival. A silent and anonymous opponent who he is struggling to understand.
Falls happen in the sport of horse racing, but this fall will hurt more than most.
Directed by Giulia Achenza, Fenice - Momoni SS21 is an ode to the cyclical, regenerative nature of life. Employing dance to unfold its narrative, the fashion film celebrates the world of symbolism through a series of sensual, yet ethereal movements and gestures.
A woman awakens from her sleep enlightened, taking on a new persona. She’s now at one with the earth that surrounds her, looking to approach her new found relationship with nature with love and respect. As part of her new life, she connects with the spirit of our times and discovers that beauty, health, human contact and spirituality are the new luxury in her life - the true path to feeling content and at peace. She embarks on a journey into herself, leading her to connect with her surroundings, feeling balanced and whole despite the constant state of flux of the world around us.
In a generation plagued by fake news, an idle family in rural Ireland argue over the emerging footage of zombie ravaged Dublin. When his estranged wife returns to his small town's police department, forlorn Robbie commits to help figure things out. But when
danger lands on his own doorstep, he learns his family's dependent lifestyle has left them too naive to weather their fate
The 8 years old Afghan girl, Golchehreh, is being forced to marry her friend Jafar because of a traditional and cultural matchmaking tradition which is commonly practiced in Afghan tribes as well as parts of Iran.
Involved in different legal and illegal petty works, Mohammad is working and living in a room in the biggest football stadium in Tehran with his wife and his little son. During a riot in Tehran, he disappears when two women are looking forward to seeing him impatiently: his wife, Maryam, who is desperately seeking him all through the city, and a convicted woman, Shahla, who needs him as the only witness who can save her from death with a confession in the appeal court…
The country was transitioning from the late 1970s into the 80s and pop culture was shifting along with it. It was a decade of excess and excitement and made for the perfect introduction to a new, uniquely American take on a familiar sport. It was called the Major Indoor Soccer League. The “slow,” “low scoring,” “boring” European sport was transformed and rebranded as “hockey on turf” and for a short, but exciting time America fell in love with it.
From East to West all the major markets had a team: Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Houston, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, New York, the list goes on. But one city had a franchise that didn’t fit within that roster: Wichita, KS.
With the help of several passionate owners, a charming Liverpudlian Coach, a roster of talented, sexy, pro athletes from Denmark, England, and beyond, and an energetic and dedicated fanbase, the Wichita Wings held their own in the most exciting sports league of the decade. "God Save the Wings" chronicles their journey through the 80s, sharing the thrills, wackiness, and flagrant debauchery; their triumphant victories and shattering defeats. Told in a style that matches the cheesiness and kitsch of the 1980s, this film serves as a time machine for a period when American Pop Culture was just plain fun.
Grey Roads follows a filmmaker returning to his hometown to document the dissolution of a small rural town while trying to reconnect with his only family left in town, his father and grandfather.
A young filmmaker sets out to return a Japanese military ‘good-luck’ flag to the descendants of its former owner, after it was discovered amongst the possessions of his late great-grandfather. A search for truth and reconciliation, and an attempt to address the legacy of the director's distant relative.
After being mugged and stranded miles away from home with a dead phone, an anti-masker named Griffin embarks of the longest journey of his life.
Inside.
Two minutes of Love and Life by Jemma Cholawo and Lois Norman
Sometimes it takes the darkness of a disaster, to throw light on the enduring power of love.
A tender two moments of reflection by writer Lois Norman, as she keeps her 95 year Father close and safe at home, during Lockdown. Inside, the 'feminine’ nurtures, protects and holds the memory of loved ones in our hearts. It reclaims the strength of 'family' and the power of Love to sustain us all.
This film came from an experimental group video project which Filmmaker Jemma Cholawo set in motion during Lockdown 2.0, inviting people of all backgrounds and creative abilities to share their personal experience of the pandemic through structured, not-quite-timelapse videos and a spoken word piece. The result of the project is an audio-visual journey through unique perspectives connected by the shared experience of living in a global pandemic, with contributors from the UK, France and Canada. Lois' poem 'Inside' was the final contribution to the film and she and Jemma have now reworked the piece to create this stand alone short film.
A man travels to the end of the world to learn a language from the famous master. What will he discover there?
A touching and hopeful film about a medevac helicopter pilot who found peace within himself and with his mortal enemies when he tries to build a peace garden at the Khe Sanh Combat Base where he stationed during the Viet Nam war.
Colin finds himself face to face with Jimmy, the most unassuming hitman on the planet. But things go from strange to the ridiculous as Jimmy goes about his work, and Colin tries to find out how all of this started.
A young man brought to the brink, after his ex-partner refuses to let him see his daughter. The film highlights drink and drug abuse, as he tries to forget his troubles and struggles to talk to those around him.
LOCKDOWN LOVE displays a rich socio-cultural diverseness by a geographically spread group of participants during the height of the pandemic in the Covid-19 global lockdown. Friends and family have joined filmmakers Paul London and Tracey Moberly to represent their LOCKDOWN LOVE viewed through the lenses of their smartphones. From rollerblading through the empty sanitized streets of Krasnoyarsk, in Eastern Siberia; the observation of boredom on a masseuse's face in Bali, Indonesia; nature vocalizing itself through a typical thunderstorm in Jinja, Uganda; empty trains, planes and automobiles ... to the love of parents, carers and children - old and young from across the globe. Red weaves a theme throughout the imagery as members from 40 countries depict their account of LOCKDOWN LOVE … guided by a faceless red-winged angel.
Armed with their own camera, modern dance power-couple Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber set about documenting their intimate daily lives in a new genre of “Musical” style documentary.
Mixing improvised choreography driven by their immediate emotions with the relentless, never-stopping rolling of the camera, the two created an abundance of scenes reflecting the many aspects of a relationship full of multitudes. A life full of beginnings and endings coexisting in us all.
Following the video for "Earth Odyssey", Director/Editor Adi Halfin’s vision for this video was another creative solution for a period where it is virtually impossible to create international collaborations due to the restrictions as a result of the global pandemic.
After many ideas for the video were put down due to the inability to bring dancers and film crew together. She decided to go with the flow and have the dancers film themselves. Mixing their dance into a documentation of their personal life. In the end - this actually proved to be an advantage and allowed a more intimate and close-up view of the couple’s lives.
Featuring alternative pop singer and songwriter JONES, Lost Time is the latest fashion film by multidisciplinary artist Anna Radchenko. The film looks at the passing of time as something fleeting and out of our control. The older we become, the more we feel that we are at its mercy. A movement-led piece, Lost Time represents a positive journey into learning to coexist with time by rising above the uncertainties of the future.
Early December, New York City, and everyone is on the hunt for love. Why? Because they haven’t found it and because they haven’t found it, they make it into a myth and chase the myth instead. That is not love in this romantic drama of fantasy, fate, and yearning.
Home movies and found films are never “lost” - oblique histories anchor to specifics of time, place, familiarity. We highlight the agency of women; dependence on horses; life outdoors, and the great consistency of love for children and home. This film is a collaboration with ghosts - spirits at once in the past and the present.
A young and brilliant academic phenom who not only passes the bar exam at age 14 but finds himself defending his homeless father on a murder charge when few believe he is innocent. He faces a shrewd law firm, an old school segregationist judge, and an arrogant prosecutor who is preparing to celebrate his 50th consecutive case win.
Artistic swimming, formerly known as synchronised swimming, is an Olympic sport since the games in Los Angeles 1984. It has however been a female-only discipline till today. In 2015, male artistic swimmers were for the first time allowed to compete at the official World and European Championships, in a mixed event called mixed duet. Despite this, men are still banned from Olympic competition in artistic swimming. Men In Sync is a Swedish-British short documentary exploring the gender inequality men are facing in the sport, with intimate interviews with the Spanish national team mixed duet Pau Ribes and Emma Garcia, as well as former team USA artistic swimmer Bill May. They share their experiences as a male artistic swimmer from childhood, to reaching the world elite.
All across the UK, a micro revolution is happening. As traditional pubs continue to close at astounding rates, a dedicated number of small one-room pubs known as ‘micropubs’ are shunning all technology, encouraging real human conversation and most importantly, promoting real ale to their customers, all in a bid to bring their local communities back together. Inspired by this Kentish micropub movement, three entrepreneurial Londoners decide to open their very own micropubs in this observational feature length documentary.
A documentary diving into the world of missed connections postings throughout Toronto by exploring the beauty and wistfulness that drives them, the importance of small interactions, and the effect one can have on a stranger.
Having tea with the vicar leads to some stories from a reputable source that are out of this world
The cycle of plague, isolation, despair, and return is nothing new to human history. In this short music film, a small US/Canadian ensemble performs six intimate English songs from a time when the flight from extravagant court to melancholy solitude came to define the most poetic of sensibilities.
Bronglais FM is a hospital radio station located in the small hut behind the hospital. Bobby is one of the presenters, during his broadcasts he invites guests to the studio and they discuss existential topics, which influences his emotions. The story takes place in the scenery of magnificent Welsh town.
‘oneminuteglitches’ is a collection of one-minute video-poems navigating anxiety, vulnerability, and a loss of control.
Each poem is made to feel like a diary entry, designed to exist within the constraints of an Instagram video post – i.e. they are one minute long, have a 1:1 aspect ratio, and contain abstract animation and a glitchy musical aesthetic which is just as expressive under file compression.
The claustrophobic nature of these constraints is used to create tension between the speaker’s need for self-expression, and the limitations imposed by digital communication technology.
The film was produced between February and April 2020 using free software and free online file editors.
A woman reveals intimate details about her therapist during their private session.
Ready - A Queer micro love story.
Sometimes life gets in the way and you miss each other: and yourself.
Sarah McCourt & Lois Norman star in this Arthouse micro love story about love and time. Ready allows a space for two queer women in their late 50s: their minds and bodies, not to be ashamed to dream again of love: are you ready?
This film was shot by the actors on IPhone and edited with the director via Zoom!
The Remembrance Day remarks the 2020 life after wartime madness between loss and stress during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK. On behalf of The Royal British Legion, this film tells a poem, written by Samuel Turner who explains why British veterans are so important more than life of war and the coronavirus crisis.
From the director of the award winning short fim When Efforts Begins with Cerebra (2019) and the award winning documentary film, I am Samuel (2020) comes an awareness in this computer animated short you'll imagine before.
This animated commercial has proud to feature the honourable Captain Sir Tom Moore.
"requiem" honors the passing of a single word from the heart of the poet, to the poet's lips, then to the audience and its fleeting life suspended in air. A tragic death or does that word find new life and meaning in memory?
This Experimental FilmPoem conjures a cortège for a spoken word.
A couple's quiet weekend getaway goes awry when an alien beast attacks. Or that's what it wants them to think. Claire and Tom must escape the woods before the beast finds them but they can't help but uncover something far more sinister.
A birthday sojourn act unwittingly allows a slipstream of evil from the lower world to enter the middle world, yet a triquetra of blessings follows due to the sacred nature of thin places in mystical mythical Wales.
A Time Portal in the Sands Brings a Young Couple Together
Polaris is trapped in an underwater cocoon and the ocean around her is dead. So falling in love with this story traveller is a really bad idea.
A failed product copywriter with an alcohol dependency crosses paths with a mysterious stranger on a personal mission and together they embark on an unforgettable adventure across neon-lit Shanghai. During their journey they learn about each other, themselves and discover how to see the city and life with new eyes. A deeply personal story about love, life, loss and the importance of human connection in today’s fast-paced world, Shanghai Story follows two characters who are seemingly different to each other but connect over a personal trauma and find a way to move forward in a far-away land.
Zak, a lonely troubled boy is on the slippery slope towards a life of crime, until Tony, a former con himself, helps turn Zac’s life around with nothing more than a few simple words of wisdom.
‘Shots of Light' is an animated music video by Christian Scharfenberg based on the song 'Shots of Light', by Morgan Finlay. The film follows 'Shemp' as they walk through the city, observing the world around them and taking hope from the shots of light that appear through the cracks.
A Danish warrior, living in Saxon England, tries to convince her fellow villagers to flee their homes, due to the threat of an imminent Viking raid. However, the Anglo-Saxon community turns on itself, leaving it divided and defenceless when the Vikings arrive.
In a small town of the Celtic coast, an old legend is haunting the inhabitants. Young men disappear at sea.
Is it the devil's work ? Or an evil creature's from the ancient world ?
Leon and his friends decide to investigate, even if it means going down the abyss.
A paranoid university student discovers one of his housemates has been swiping his milk, sending him into an obsessive psychotic spiral of investigating who the culprit is, before he loses his mind.
When the Parish Council Leader of a smalltime village threatens to flatten its historic forest, Mr Thornton - a nostalgic old outcast - devises an elaborate bird hoax in an attempt to rally the villagers together against the impending deforestation.
"Such Complexity/Air & Wind" uses text, along with variable shutter speeds, a camera unexpectedly alternating between fixed and unfettered positions, time dilation and compression, and editing patterns in dialectic with the rhythms of the music, to create an uncanny synesthesia both metaphoric and concrete, a visual poem for the forest produced by sound.
Jack's erasure poem, "Such Complexity," extracted from "The Secret Wisdom of Nature," by Peter Wohlleben," adds another dimension to our experimental music video, "Air & Wood," inspired by "Luft und Holz II," a new music composition by Ezzat Nashashibi, performed by the Ensemble New Babylon (Chloe L'Abbé, flute, and Martin Abendroth, clarinet), suggesting that forest ecosystems (and ecosystems in general) are so complex and interrelated that our best understanding should tell us, not to try to master and fix them, but to leave them untouched as much as possible.
A short mockumentary about the Welsh seagulls.
At a young age, Artie Moore is witness to the traumatic loss of his best friend, while pushing a tin-can telephone to its limits.
10 years later, we find Artie and his father ending a long day at the Mill. William heads home, but Artie stays behind to spend the evening with his wireless equipment. Here, he is witness to the chatter of nearby ships, and an unexpected SOS.
A girl struggles to move on with her life, while a voice from her past fears his time is running out.
Robin is a recluse who prefers nature and solitude to the comforts and companionship of civilization. Her lifestyle reflects her resourcefulness: stolen food, a shelter crafted from salvaged materials, decorated with found treasures. One winter day, a logging operation launches nearby, and the forest that was her salvation is threatened by the encroachment of civilization. To avoid discovery, Robin must flee home with only the bare essentials, trading her painstakingly earned contentment for the uncertainty of displacement.
Uprooted centers on one individual who has chosen to opt out of society. Through focus upon the small details of her life, we find a character whose challenges reflect larger societal issues. Robin’s journey speaks to the near impossibility of escaping societal expectation, and the unseen casualties of careless modern civilization.
Struggling to deal with the loss of his mother, an isolated man revisits her home to sell her old possessions. When the buyer arrives, the two end up discussing death and losing loved ones.
A young nurse lies his way into the home of a vulnerable patient.
Heritage railway lines in the UK have grown primarily through volunteers and legacies driven by nostalgia of a time gone by. We go behind the scenes of Britain’s oldest full gauge preservation line, with Forge Photography's presenter Becky, to take a look at some of the important roles on the railway and meet those who selflessly give up their time to work there.
A young and successful lawyer from Chicago is questioning if what he does is meaningful enough. He decides to follow his internal call and try to become a priest. Only then he discovers what his true purpose in this world is.
A documentary exploring the revival of a Welsh folk song, 'Ble Rwyt ti'n Myned?' ('Where are you going?'). A group of musicians come together to create a contemporary rendition of the song, which is visualised through a music video.
Two boys were playing in the wild woods. They saw a strange woman in a red coat. They followed her only to discover that things are more complicated than they thought. When the woman followed them back, an evil idea emerges in their heart.
"Wytch Craft" is a supernatural, dark comedy in the vein of "Baby Driver" meets "The Craft" via "Ingrid Goes West."
Amanda, a fed up and angsty 'keyboard warrior' Millennial, resorts to witchcraft in an attempt to rid the earth of her 'evil, annoying' co-worker, the all too perfect Epiphany. However, Amanda's efforts are thwarted by an act of God, allergies and sheer, plain forgetfulness.
After a final, desperate attempt to correct the last mishap to casting her spell, Amanda speeds back to her protective salt circle in the forest, racing against the rising of the sun and the possibility of missing the Witching Hour, only to be confronted by an army of early morning Nordic Walkers.
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