UNITED KINGDOM

A Mistake With The Chairs
UK / Drama / 15 minutes
Director: Alistair Petrie
Writer: Dave Kajganich
Producer: AJ Quinn, Alistair Petrie
Cast: Yasmine Haller, Quelin Sepulveda
Six new teachers at a venerated English boarding school in the 1960s are drawn into a moral crisis regarding upsetting charges against their Headmaster’s son.


Absolution
UK / Drama / 14 minutes
Director/Writer: Duncan Christie
Producer: Al Eales
Cast: Elizabeth Bouckley, Raphael Zari
Norfolk. England. Eve, a young nun, leaves her convent for the day to collect Luca from prison. They attempt to re-piece their relationship following a traumatic incident in their past that still haunts both of them.
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Arena
UK / Drama / 13 minutes
Director/Writer: Mike Ogden
Producer: Naomi Ayres
Cast: Sophie Shallai, Ahmad Sakhi
In 1943 a German housewife discovers six Jewish children by the side of the road driving home from shopping. Erna drives them back to her country villa, feeds them a meal, then has to decide the best thing to do with them according to her beliefs.
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Denzel
UK / Drama / 9 minutes
Director/Writer: Michael Gamarano Singleton
Producer: Michael Gamarano Singleton, Chris Kyriacou
Cast: Karl Queensborough, Melissa Collier
Denzel follows the dating life of a young man on his journey to self-acceptance. He uses an alter ego to navigate through his social issues and self worth until finally reaching the perfect conclusion.
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Dirt
UK / Drama / 13 minutes
Director/Writer: Paul Preston
Producer: Holly Carrington
Cast: Eve Gordon, Lucas Jones
When promising young music student Aria suddenly finds her past coming back to haunt her in a very public way she must decide whether she wants to remain a victim, or take back control.
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Diseased And Disorderly
UK / Animation / 13 minutes
Director: Andrew Kötting
Writer: Andrew Kötting, Hattie Naylor
Producer: Rebecca Mark-Lawson
Cast: Eden Kötting
This film uses the paintings, drawings and collages of the neurodiverse artist Eden Kötting to make imagistic gold. Assisted by her father Andrew Kötting, the 2D animator Glenn Whiting and the 3D animator Isabel Skinner the collaboration takes us on a phantasmagorical journey into a world of Eden’s making and then beyond.


Door Salesman Dave
UK / Comedy / 7 minutes
Director/Writer: Ross Henson
Producer: Ross Henson, Ashley Harris
Cast: Ross Henson, Georgia Curtis
A prideful yet creepy Door Salesman, goes to great heights (literally) to close the sale. One couple are caught off guard and the situation becomes increasingly intense. He doesn't take no for an answer.


Guide Me Home
UK / Drama / 15 minutes
Director/Writer/Producer: Stefan Georgiou
Cast: Mat Laroche, Hannah Emanuel
David arrives in London with dreams of becoming a somebody, but when things don't go to plan he starts to slip between the cracks of the city he loves so much.


Hair Ties
UK / Comedy / 14 minutes
Director/Writer: Elinor Coleman
Producer: Sofia Stephanou
Cast: Lorna Laidlaw, Aimee Powell
A mixed race child grieves the recent loss of her father and with the help of her gregarious and outspoken imaginary friend reclaims aspects of her cultural identity that seemed to disappear with him.


Heaven Come In
UK / Drama / 13 minutes
Director: Rebekah Davis
Writer: Marie Clare Friar
Producer: Louise Sinclair
Cast: Claire Rafferty, Joshua McLees
A young boy who loses his best friend, his Grandfather, finds a unique way to deal with his grief.


Her Majesty
UK / Drama / 16 minutes
Director: Rebekah Fortune
Writer: Carmela Corbett
Producer: Carmela Corbett, Pete Townshend
Cast: Carmela Corbett, Barbara Marten
The future Queen of England stands alone in the English countryside, she must find a way to address her subjects. The year is 2020.
The audience will discover they are alive in the delusion of an old woman suffering from dementia and delusions, who believes she is the young Queen Elizabeth. Every day, she embarks on a fantastical journey; and every day, she is accompanied on that journey by Billy, her grandson, who often skips school in order to care for her.
