Anastasiya Gribanova
THERE CAME A HUNTER
Anastasiya Gribanova • 20 mins • Ukraine • 2024
In war-torn Ukraine, three young widows give birth and raise their children alone after losing their husbands to the conflict with the Russian army. 'There Came a Hunter' is an emotional tale of love, loss, and hope for new life amidst the brutal realities of war.
Ruby Lee
JACK
Ruby Lee • 20 mins • UK • 2024
In 2015 I was 17 and growing up in Hackney, East London. This film is about that experience and my group of friends, but specifically about my friend Jack Susianta. His story is remembered through the testimonies of those who loved him, with a focus on Hackney Marshes and how the significance of this space has changed throughout my life.
Pete Ropek Hewson
BIRCHWOOD
Pete Ropek Hewson • 20 mins • UK • 2024
This film follows the lives of 3 individuals inside Birchwood's residential rehabilitation centre in Merseyside, exploring the substances that have brought them there, the reality of struggling with addiction and how the rehab programme works to rehabilitate them.
Maria Koutsorevythi
CHERRIES RED LIKE BLOOD
Maria Koutsorevythi • 20 mins • Greece • 2024
This is a short documentary that explores one of Greece’s darkest periods and the journey that for some, once was, of no return. It is a “love letter” to the filmmaker’s family and a personal journey of finding out the truth while also shedding light on this forgotten time.
Natalia Sergheev
THE CALIBANS
Natalia Sergheev • 20 mins • UK • 2024
The rediscovery of a long-lost working class literary masterpiece enables Jack Chadwick to pursue his dreams of writing and helps the author of the film find compassion for the struggles of her late father.
Be Zilberman
OVER THE RAINBOWS
Be Zilberman • 20 mins • UK • 2024
"Over the Rainbows" is a documentary about autistic trans experiences, exploring the challenges and joys faced by individuals at this intersection, and revealing their unique world within the "double rainbow". Meet Robin, a transmasculine researcher from the UK; Rie, a transfeminine activist from India; and Be, a non-binary filmmaker and drag queer from Brazil, as they share their neurodivergent journeys.
Mai Elkamhawi
THE ROAD TO PARADISE
Mai Elkamhawi • 20 mins • Egypt • 2024
What makes a 16 years old boy takes a decision to go on a poorly prepared boat and risk his own life to flee his country?
The Road to Paradise is about the filmmaker’s personal journey back to her family home village “Mit Suhail” in Egypt, in search for answers why her cousin made this decision 16 years ago.
Through intimate interviews, the film explores the collective grief in the village where most of the boys take on this fatal journey to Italy, and tells the story from the perceptive of those who are left behind.
Samuel Marsden
HOW TO DO ART
Samuel Marsden • 20 mins • UK • 2024
How to Do Art follows a group of young people within Sandwell Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) as they collaborate with professional artists to transform the space through the power of art.
Ulyana Toporovskaya
8:59AM FOREVER
Ulyana Toporovskaya • 20 mins • UK • 2024
Every 6 months Jon and Joelle get the call that determines whether they have more time together.
Suzie Beckley
LA PLACITA
Suzie Beckley • 20 mins • UK • 2024
In a pocket of South East London you will find La Placita, a lively mall and food court home to a collective of Latin American businesses. This film takes us on a journey with the people who work there, as they recount their stories of migration to the UK and their hopes and dreams for the future. It paints a portrait of a community space and shows us a unique cross-section of London's Latin American community.
Danijar Biró
SONGS FROM PEOPLES’ ISLAND
Danijar Biró • 20 mins • Hungary • 2024
The skeletal remains of factories on People’s Island today serve only as mementos of a time when this landscape was considered a prime industrial area of Budapest and the Danube. The rust belt is dynamically transforming, taking on a new face each year. Change is inevitable, but in whose interest is the island being transformed? And what impact does this transformation have on the people living on the island? 'Songs from People’s Island’ is a visual study and musical panorama with elements of absurdist tragicomedy, exploring the changes occurring on the island from the perspective of a homeless islander.
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