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Live Action, Premiere

When Distress Is Mistaken for Defiance. ‘Unauthorised Absence’ Exposes an Education System That Fails Families

Why fiction, not documentary? Georgia Parris & Natalie Lauren on making us feel how school fines punish, isolate and push struggling families to collapse.

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Live Action, Premiere

What’s the Worst That Could Happen? Kendall Goldberg Finds Out in Her Hellish Birthday Party Comedy ‘Surprise’

Kendall Goldberg's social anxiety comedy magnifies the fears of every introvert who's ever accepted an invitation to a party with people they don't know.

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Live Action, Premiere

Sami Abusamra’s Soviet-Era Short ‘Tank’ Fires a Dry Comic Warning Shot About Weak Men Masquerading as Strong Ones

Shot in rural Bulgaria on black and white SD with a real tank, Sami Abusamra’s satirical adaptation asks what happens when power lands in the wrong lap.

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Live Action, Premiere

“No script. No money. No locations” – How Industry Frustrations Shaped Jared Hogan’s Latest Short ‘Dogbite’

Shot over 4 days with no script, director Jared Hogan joins us to discuss the instinctual process behind creating short film, 'Dogbite'.

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Live Action, Premiere

Émile Lavoie Delivers an Unabashedly Grizzly, Expectation Defying Horror Comedy With ‘Mean Ends’

Émile Lavoie twists horror expectations to bloody ends in his darkly humorous short film that shows what happens when you dare judge a book by its cover.

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Live Action, Premiere

Life Reflects Art in Émile V. Schlesser’s ‘Backstage’ Blending On-Stage Power Play With Real-Life Abuse

Émile V. Schlesser draws on personal experience for his absorbing drama about abuse and power dynamics between directors and actors in the theatre world.

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Live Action, Premiere

Who Gets Believed? Susan Wokoma Confronts the Adultification of Black Children in ‘Dark Skin Bruises Differently’

Drawing on her childhood, Susan Wokoma writes, directs and stars as a teacher torn between instinct and complicity in a staffroom deciding a girl’s fate.

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Live Action, Premiere

Robert Piel’s ‘The Lap’ Harvests the Unspoken Fears and Desires Behind a Teenage Struggle for Power

With only 4 days, expired 35mm stock and an apple harvest dictated schedule, Robert Piel learned to trust instinct over coverage for his coming of age drama.

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Documentary, Premiere

Sam Baron Unearths an Elegiac Reckoning Within a Decade of Doomsday Predictions in ‘Everything Will Be Totally Fine’

Ten years ago, Sam Baron asked loved ones to predict 2026. Now he confronts the messy, unscripted grief for his late mum hidden in the footage all along.

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Live Action, Premiere

Craig Bingham Demonstrates How “Restraint Breeds Creativity” with His Mythic Fantasy Sci-Fi Short ‘FARANOOKA’

Real sparks from an angle grinder, weeks of unnerving sonic experiments and a lead laid bare; Craig Bingham on forging a raw, rusty-bladed mythology.

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Live Action, Premiere

Sam Tricomo Asks Audiences to Find Empathy Without Forgiveness in His Darkly Transgressive Pilot ‘Puke Bitch’

How do you make audiences care about people who do terrible things? Sam Tricomo's dark pilot strips away backstory, letting silence and loneliness do the work.

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Live Action, Premiere

Subverting Stereotypes and Capturing the Authentic Drunken Perspective in Daniel Chisholm’s Dizzying ‘Don’t Puke’

Daniel Chisholm distils the disorientating, woozy sensation of being smashed into a comic odyssey that lets audiences experience the drunkest night ever.

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