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Cakey Heaven
AdventureAnimation
On the morning of her childhood dog’s 13th birthday, Florrie is hard at work in the kitchen, preparing the perfect surprise for her senior terrier, Coco Merrytail - one final, wordless celebration of a bond that’s nearing its soft, inevitable fade.
Angels Pull Your Hair
Angels Pull Your Hair is a narrative short about Danielle, a young Black woman grappling with the lasting impact of being raised by a mother with untreated mental illness. As Danielle struggles to make sense of her past, she’s haunted by the fear that she’s inherited her mother’s condition — a fear that takes form in the figure of a faceless sleep paralysis demon
Finding Your Laughter
In this deeply personal documentary, Arlieta has gone against all popular advice and quit her day job to care for her father, Milton. She has to learn how to laugh in the midst of a disease that is not very funny, using improv to affirm and validate his experiences. Inspired by her father’s own artistic career, Arlieta turns to comedy to process her emotions. It’s challenging for her and her “bonus mom” Charmaine to watch Milton decline, but they support each other and find healing through laughter.
The Wind, One Brilliant Day
Drama
“The wind, one brilliant day, called to my soul with an odor of jasmine.” Last autumn, actress Tang Wei softly recited these lines in English while sitting beside director Ben Rivers on a fallen tree trunk in the outskirts of London. Together, they carefully searched for the poem's rhythm, as the wind rustled through the trees.
Authors of the Estate
In North West London, two estates take their story into their own hands, asking what if a council house can become a publishing house in this tale of ownership, creativity, and the power of community.
Hero's Handbook
ActionAdventure
On his way home from work, Agnus's life is turned upside down when the bus he's on is robbed. In the midst of the chaos, a mysterious masked heroine appears and hands him a book: The Hero's Handbook. With this strange guide in hand, Agnus is thrown into a hidden underworld, fragmented between heroes, villains and The Omitteds. The villains are about to join forces with The Omitteds in a rarely seen deal, as, equipped with dangerous bubble technology, they are now able to drain the virtue from almost anyone, even the heroes. With the villains' power growing, the world is on the brink of collapse. Now, Agnus will need to use the skills he acquired from the Hero's Handbook and discover that being a hero is not about power, but about wanting to.
Grief Room
Estranged sisters are reunited at their mother’s deathbed
YEG: A Turkic Folktale
HorrorFantasy
A desperate father prays to Tengri to save his sick son. When a mysterious stranger arrives with dark tales of ancient Turkic dragons, fear, madness, and curses consume the family, leading them toward a bloody and tragic fate.
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky
Documentary
A portrait of blacklisted writer-director Abraham Polonsky.
