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The Möbius Trip and A90

A90 (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Olivia J Middleton)

Annette lives a discontented life working in a road-side café, until Morgan enters one day and the pair become immediately transfixed by one another. They are inevitably drawn into a deeply intense romantic attraction they are fated never to fully realise.

The Barber (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Dhivya Kate Chetty)

Whilst waiting for her asylum claim to be assessed in Glasgow, a Kurdish refugee’s infatuation with a charismatic Turkish barber forces her to confront her past trauma in order to face the future in hope.

Close (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Tom Gentle)

While taking an old sofa down to the street to be picked up, a couple lock themselves out of the flat. They have no money, no phones, and one of them is in her pyjamas. Stranded in the limbo-land of the communal stairwell they have a rare, uninterrupted chance to re-assess.

The Möbius Trip (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Simone Smith; Writer: Simone Smith; Stars: Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Stephen McMillan, Mirren Mack)

A road trip pushes a dysfunctional family to the brink after their journey descends into a claustrophobic hallucinatory nightmare. The Möbius Trip is a raw and experiential portrayal of a family unit, void of connection, confined in a car and trapped in their fated familial roles.

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Who I Am Now (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Jack Goessens)

When Tariq’s older brother arrives from Egypt, he’s forced to confront the complicated feelings towards his family. Denise, his friend, a fellow trans refugee and teammate, shares her own story.