Miscellaneous short films from around the world.
New Cross and The Human Factor
25km² (Twenty Five Square Kilometres)
(Country: Slovakia; Year: 2011; Director: Jana Minarikova; Writer: Jana Minarikova)
An alchemist draws on the power of lightning to create splendid jewels.
Ben And Lump
(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: MJ Delaney; Writer: Tom Wells; Stars: Lewis Reeves, Thomas Turgoose, Georgie Glen)
One Christmas, two friends are forced to acknowledge that their lives are going in very different directions.
Cake And Steak
(Country: US; Year: 2004; Director: Abigail Child)
A questioning of the American dream and archetypal American nuclear family. Part one of The Suburban Trilogy.
Camouflage
(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Robert McKillop; Writer: Lydia Adetunji ; Stars: Lara Pulver, Ashley Walters)
A make-up artist who specialises in helping patients conceal scars finds herself helping to hide a bigger secret.
Colour
(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Lynsey Miller; Writer: Vivienne Franzmann; Stars: Leah Nathan, Michael Ajao, and MyAnna Buring )
A young carer's life is brightened by a friendship with an immigrant kid, but there's trouble ahead.
Mediterraneans and Dad, Lenin And Freddy
Dad, Lenin And Freddy (O Babas Mou, O Lenin Kai O Freddy)
(Country: Greece; Year: 2011; Director: Rinio Dragasaki; Writer: Rinio Dragasaki; Stars: Avra Vordonaraki, Foteini Kontoudaki, Thanasis Dovris, Andreas Marianos, Kleio Papatzanaki-Hrysovergi, Yannis Tsortekis)
Daddy is often away from home. Is it Vladimir Lenin's fault, or Freddy Krueger's?
Death In A Nut
(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Tom P Chick; Writer: Tom P Chick; Stars: James Anthony Pearson, Tam Dean Burn, Holly Gilchrist, Holly Howden Gilchrist, Kathryn Howden, Anne Lacey)
Jack battles to stop death from stealing his mother.
Easter Eggs (Uskrsnja Jaja)
(Country: Croatia; Year: 2010; Director: Slobodan Karajlovic; Writer: Slobodan Karajlovic, Jelena Svilar; Stars: Nikola Crcek, Jelena Kordic, Ana Ljubicic, Frano Maskovic)
A mother and her children enjoy a spectacular Easter celebration in the shadow of Communism.
The Future Is Behind You
(Country: Germany, US; Year: 2004; Director: Abigail Child)
Found footage is used in a fictional story exploring the development of gender identity. Part two of The Suburban Trilogy.
Postcode Lottery and Death In A Nut
God's Got His Head In The Clouds
(Country: Italy, Lithuania; Year: 2012; Director: Gianluca Sodaro; Writer: Gianluca Sodaro; Stars: Franco Pistoni, Silvia Sodaro)
A small girl challenges God over what she considers to be His dishonest behaviour.
The Human Factor (Le Facteur Humain)
(Country: France; Year: 2011; Director: Thibault Le Texier; Stars: Todd Sells, Kate Moran)
Correspondence intermingled with manual notes explores themes of work, productivity and integrity.
If We Dead Awaken
(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Luke McManus; Writer: James Phillips; Stars: Branko Djuric, Ingaborga Dapkunaite, Phoebe Fox, Stanley Townsend)
A former KGB agent seeks out the ballerina he loved, but he cannot escape the past.
Jerry And Me
(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Mehrnaz Saeedvafa; Stars: Mehrnaz Saeedvafa, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin)
Autobiographical musings on history, gender, ethnicity and cultural identity as understood through the director's connection with comedian Jerry Lewis.
Letter Tape
(Country: Australia; Year: 2011; Director: Rowena Crowe)
Old tape recorded messages of love are resurrected to provide a glimpse back in time.
Camouflage and Ben And Lump
Mediterraneans (Méditerranées)
(Year: 2011; Director: Olivier Py)
A documentary portrait of an Algerian family settling in France, made using old Super 8 films.
The Metamorphosis
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2012; Director: Yun Ki-nam)
An exploration of the mythology around the story of Nosferatu.
Mr And Mrs Gunya
(Country: Netherlands, Hungary; Year: 2012; Director: Astrid Bussink)
Both sight and memory are called into question in this documentary short.
New Cross
(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: David Stoddart; Writer: Laura Neal; Stars: Alex Lanipekun, Alice Sanders, Georgia Brown, Jordan Long, Russell Tovey)
A troubling tale of forbidden love.
The Ollaparo (O Olláparo)
(Country: Spain, US; Year: 2011; Director: Sonia Albert Sobrino, Miriam Albert Sobrino; Writer: Sonia Albert Sobrino, Miriam Albert Sobrino; Stars: Antonio Mourelos, Francisco Sobrino Ares, Julio Sobrino Barja)
Two Galician villagers use ancient rituals to challenge the will of a monster.
Revolutionary Memories Of Bahman Who Loved Leila and The Ollaparo
Postcode Lottery
(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Tom Marshall; Writer: Laurence Wilson; Stars: Con O'Neill, Jo Hartley, Debra Stephenson, Jody Comer)
Unable to access cancer treatment, Jed resorts to desperate measures.
Spoof Or Die
(Country: UK; Year: 2012; Director: Prasanna Puwanarajah; Writer: Stacey Gregg; Stars: Ryan McParland, Yasmin Paige, Michael Smiley, Monica Dolan)
A troubled Belfast boy befriends an English kid, with disturbing results.
Surf And Turf (Surf + Turf)
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Abigail Child)
The story of Syrian Orthodox Jews living on the coast of New Jersey. Part three of The Suburban Trilogy.