Victor Fraga
THE FLOUR TEST
Victor Fraga • 20 mins • Brazil • 2022
A London journalist returns to his birth nation Brazil in order to face one of the demons of his adolescence: the Flour Test. This ludicrous experiment was conducted during the military dictatorship in order to determine whether army conscriptees were homosexual. It consisted of males being made to sit butt-naked on flour in order to measure the girth of their anus and the integrity of their morals. Sadly, this procedure is not confined to the past. Bolsonaro's ultra-homophobic government has attempted to introduce legislation akin to the infamous Test.
Maevia Griffiths
THE KINGFISHER
Maevia Griffiths • 20 mins • UK • 2022
Joe, Queer Shamanic Witch, takes us on a magical journey through his spiritual understandings as a queer urban-witch in London all the way to Glastonbury where he trained as a Pagan priest. His story foregrounds intimate, yet universal questions about the sense of belonging and the quest for shared identity. Perhaps, we are all looking for the kingfisher inside of us?
Alison Grasso
HOPE YOU FAIL
Alison Grasso • 20 mins • UK/USA • 2022
What is… a sprinkle? For Rich Myers, they’re more than colorful, edible, fun pellets — they’re a hill worth dying on. When Rich’s recently rebooted Leeds dessert shop Get Baked gets busted by Trading Standards for the use of illegal American sprinkles, it’s an opportunity for him to leverage his loyal social media following and make a grab for viral fame. But while the story gets global attention and propels the business forward, Rich continues to live in the shadow of his previous defeats. Hope You Fail takes a deeper look at a fluffy viral moment by examining the real person behind a small business, what compels their obsession with rainbow sprinkles, and the anxieties resulting from prior failures that inevitably color their future.
Hasina Fahim Delzada
HOME
Hasina Fahim Delzada • 16 mins • UK/Finland • 2022
Home is a short film about a family torn between the place they fled and the country they now call home.
Isabel Guayasamin Fabrara
NATHAN AND ISA
Isabel Guayasamin Fabrara • 18 mins • UK • 2022
An inspiring portrait of a young British man’s self discovery through an intimate friendship. His search for purpose leads him to escape London and find healing in nature. The narrative weaves in a mirror reflection from the filmmaker on growth and human connection.
Mori Sayaka
GOOD FRIENDS
Mori Sayaka • 21 mins • UK • 2022
Queenie runs a small Chinese takeaway restaurant after smuggling to the UK in the 1990s. The restaurant becomes a gathering place for their fellows nearby, especially illegal labor Jie. However after the Chinese New Year celebration, Queenie's restaurant has complained by their neighbors...
Baha' AbuShanab
TAHLILA - تهليلة
[A LULLABY]
Baha’ AbuShanab • UK/Palestine • 20 mins • 2022
A portrayal of a mother and daughter negotiating their shifting relationship. Amal must care for her daughter Rawan, who is balancing leaving from under her mother’s wing and challenging the social norms in Palestine.
Fein Xia
BEFORE I CONFESS
Fein Xia • 20 mins • UK • 2022
In this documentary, I confess for the first time a secret I have never opened up, and in the process, I have come into contact with some Chinese people who are also hiding this secret and who are currently living in the UK. It was a candid shoot and I hope the documentary will encourage some people.
Aijun Wang
JOURNEY TO YOU
Aijun Wang • 21 mins • UK/Turkey • 2022
After six-months online relationship, I finally made the decision to meet him in person. During the one month journey with him in Turkey, a series of triviality and struggle in the relationship came out. All the questions and unsettled emotions in the past six months reemerged inside me, it was time to resolve all of them. Gradually, I released the shackles in my mind and grew out of the anxiety brought by my family and social norms. At the end of the journey, I started to be honest to myself, felt free to be imperfect and free to love.
Kaley Hanson
DEBBIE
Kaley Hanson • UK/Canada • 20 mins • 2022
A mother and daughter embark on a journey back in time to uncover generational trauma from WW2. A bond between the two grows as the stories from Debbie’s (mother) past come to light. From growing up in poverty with her 15 siblings, coping with parental abuse and overcoming pain and suffering, Debbie finds Buddhism as a gateway to freedom.
Ben Ellis-Rees
WHERE I WAS AND AM
Ben Ellis-Rees • UK • 20 mins • 2022
An imagined bus-tour of the filmmaker's life, 'Where I Was and Am' is a psycho-geographical exploration of the relationship between the self and the spaces we inhabit.
Zubeda Mir
AS GOD WILLS
Zubeda Mir • 20 mins • Pakistan • 2022
This short film takes a subtle dive into the daily life and hardships of displaced persons living in makeshift dwellings on the outskirts of Peshawar. It offers an intimate look and feel by tracing the stories of Fazal and Khawas. Through them this film also portrays the human condition and how transitory life is.
Austin Graff
THE OBSERVER EFFECT
Austin Graff • 20 mins • UK • 2022
The Observer Effect blends visual metaphor, archive and interview to examine the UK's unique relationship with CCTV and surveillance technology, and it's ramifications for the health of British democracy.
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