CHOKED UP
Environment Minister Fiona Lacey's career goes on a very public downward spiral after a live interview gets derailed by a tickly cough.
Dir: Jill Worsley | 2022 | UK | 12 mins | 15 WORLD PREMIERE
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THE SPRAYERA soldier in the sprayers army follows orders spraying poison on illegal plants. But one day he finds a seed.
Dir: Farnoosh Abedi | 2022 | Iran | 8 mins | 12 | Animation |
FINDING 'APPINESS
After 70 years of keeping his childhood trauma a secret, Allan Bradbury is on a journey to recovery. Can he find true ‘appiness in later life?
Dir: Natasha Hawthornthwaite | 2022 | UK | 11 mins | 15 | Documentary |
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RESILIENCE, 1631 HOLES
Artist Hannah Honeywill assembles a flat-pack chair to a soundtrack of personal stories of resilience during the pandemic.
Dir: Hannah Honeywill | 2021 | UK | 9 mins | 15 | Documentary |
DO NOT FEED THE PIGEONSTravellers in a bus station find the beauty hidden in daily life.
Dir: Antonin Niclass | 2021 | UK | 8 mins | 12 | Animation |
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SWIMTwo swimmers develop a friendship during their weekly sessions. Their relationship is tested outside the pool, when true identities are revealed.
Dir: Michael Gamarano Singleton | 2022 | UK | 10 mins | 12
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WHAT WOULD JULIE DO?
Dir: Grace Alwyn Ashworth | 2022 | UK | 7 mins | 12
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HELLO, MUSCLES
A young girl develops muscles, but finds a different kind of strength.
Dir: Marnie Baxter | 2022 | UK | 14 mins | 12 |
TANK FAIRYOnce upon a time, the magical Tank Fairy delivered gas (with plenty of sass) to the home of young Jojo, a lonely dreamer in need of a glittery godmother.
Dir: Erich Rettstadt | 2021 | Taiwan | 10 mins | 15 | | Mandarin with subtitles
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COST OF LIVINGCurated from more than half a century of archive footage, Cost of Living reflects on cycles of boom, bust and resistance.
Ed: Andy Burns | 2022 | UK | 15 mins | 12 | Documentary |
