June 2025 Programme

Blackpool

He’s a man who has had enough.

After 30 years of too many downs and not enough ups on life’s rollercoaster, Billy embarks on a final lost weekend in the funfair of a town that is Blackpool. The place he loved as a kid seemed as good as anywhere to end it all. Well, at least try to. Unfortunately, like so many other things in his chaotic world, it doesn’t quite go how he had hoped. In a hilarious, drink and drug-fuelled romp, Billy staggers from one failed attempt to another, but then suddenly finds a reason to live in all the madness.

His redemption arrives in the shape of a grown man dressed as a parrot. Forgetting his problems for a second, Billy instinctively saves the suicidal parrot from ending it all in the Irish sea and in dong so, Billy finds a reason to live.

Collateral Damage

"Collateral Damage" is a heart-wrenching tribute to the countless children who have fallen victim to the horrors of war—both past, present, and future. This work stands as a powerful reminder of the lives lost, the innocence destroyed, and the moral consequences that ripple across the world. Every war, in its most tragic sense, is a war against children. By reflecting on their suffering, we collectively mourn the devastating impact of conflict on the most vulnerable members of our society.

Death Drive

A surreal western noir about a woman who confronts Death. Death is a stalker– a man who idles in a sinister black car across the street, forever. A psychological car chase, a moment of near violence, and finally, a face.

DuPhomf's Passing

Existential horror comes from outside and within for the drifter Jacques DuPhomf, lost in the vastness of the American West. In this super8mm tall tale.

Inflicting Good

Leah lives in a family with total control and overprotection. The only guide to the world of normal youth is Lena's friend. Leah secretly loves Lena's boyfriend, Vanya, and can't share this experience with anyone. One day at Lena's birthday party, Vanya, under the pretext of helping to wash the wine spilled on Leah, leads her by the hand into the bathroom. One of the friends captures this moment on video and puts it on a social network. In the bathroom, Vanya rapes Leah and the girl's life is divided into before and after.

Unable to stand the shame, Leah's father leaves home, and her mother, having learned that the rapist is the son of a rich and influential man, rubs into her daughter's confidence under the pretext of "solving everything and always being there."

Taking Leah's dress with Vanya's dna as evidence of the crime, the mother blackmails the guy's father that she will leak everything to the police and the media if Ivan is not with Leah.

Leah, who is used to sitting on social networks from anonymous accounts, finally creates her own page and posts a longrid with photos of her naked and mutilated body, noting Vanya in the photos.

Love language

Tasha, an enthusiastic secondary school student is deeply infatuated with her older boyfriend, Jamie. She finds herself trapped in a tumultuous web of love and manipulation. Jamie's indifference drives Tasha to desperate lengths to win his affection, ultimately leading her to become entangled in a dangerous plot against a rival gang.

My Algorithm

One day, while scrolling through his Instagram feed, Ben encounters his algorithm, a giant cat in neon colors. A pure reverberation of his behavior, the algorithm is a golden prison, reinforcing his beliefs and ultimately depriving him of his freedom to think.

My Algorithm is a contemporary fable in the form of a psychedelic odyssey into the virtual space of social networks.

On The Ropes

A young boxer must navigate the complexities of his relationship with his father and the challenges of carving out his own identity in the demanding world of the sport.

Pomegranate

A mother comes to terms with her Post-Natal Depression.

Prison of the Muse

A young artist, The Muse, is trapped in a stark room where every finished artwork vanishes, triggering a blinding red light and resetting her reality. Caught in a loop of creation and erasure, she tries resisting the urge to complete her pieces—but even unfinished, they disappear. Frustration builds as silence replaces meaning. Still, she creates, unable to stop. Her art is never meant to last—yet she continues, haunted by the compulsion to express.

Shot of You (You waste me up)

This music video is especially close to my heart. Even though it’s only my fourth project, I poured all my creativity into it as much as my budget allowed. I’m grateful that I had complete creative freedom over the script and visuals, and I was able to fully execute the project the way I envisioned it. And also i had great team beside me whom im grateful very much, because this wouldn't be executed without them.

Since The Dogs Came

Tormented by 'the dogs', a scientist has isolated herself from the rest of the world. A hybrid film combining the craft of oral storytelling with that of filmmaking.

Sub Rosa

"Sub Rosa" follows the story of two sisters, Sarah and Elizabeth. Through the eyes of the younger sister, Sarah, we witness Elizabeth abruptly being sent away. She returns months later, deeply troubled by an unspoken tragedy, Sarah discovers a hidden photograph among her sister’s belongings, creating a rift between them. Eight years later, the sisters reunite in their family home, Sarah now married and pregnant. Still haunted by unresolved feelings and the dark secrets that linger between them.

Taylor's Version

Two Indian men grapple with their love lives by posing to understand Taylor Swift.

The Man by The Sea

Young teenage boy who's trying to bury his pain, denying the reality that his father is dying in the hospital. He refused to see his father, he immersed himself in a painting, a man, a mysterious nightmare.

Transit of Venus

Calling All Earthlings! In celebration of Gustav Holst's 150th birthday and the Holst Victorian House Museum's 50th anniversary, "Holst Spaceship Earth - Transit of Venus" offers a surreal, immersive video experience. This multi-sensory journey, hand crafted in VR by artist Lorna Inman, blending mind-melting abstract visuals, new electronic music inspired by the original musical starman, and a focus on the 1800s "Transit of Venus" interplanetary events.

Exploring cosmic themes of interconnectedness, peace, and creativity, leveraging Holst's iconic "The Planets." It features Mileece's original music, cybernetic family voice cloning of Holst. A collaborative effort by diverse innovators, this "PlayLa.bZ" co-creation highlights Holst's enduring global popular culture influence, bridging classical music with contemporary arts and technology to emphasize the message, "We Are All One."

Twenny Sumn

Being in your 20s is a lot like dating; it's exciting and exuberant in the beginning, but as time moves forward, insecurities and anxieties rear their head in this homage to the Date-A-Max videos of yesteryear.

Ukrainian Voices: Bud'mo

Ukrainian Voices: Bud’mo takes three women from different generations and explores what their lives have been like in the UK in the years since the war began.

This is an honest, moving and at times uplifting portrayal of three ordinary women who have had to cope in extraordinary conditions.