2021
Bag Your Face
Keith Eyrich
"Taking the after-school special format and crashing it at high speed head-on with a whirligig of 90's VHS/video game/Nickelodeon trash imagery, Keith Eyrich's short Bag Your Face is pure Nuclear Nostalgia - The highly questionable neighborhood traveling amusement park ride you can't get off of." - Film Maudit 2.0
Avant-Garde
USA
The Record Cafe
0:20:08
JUMP
Rosa Crompton
Abandoned by his parents, a boy takes care of his younger brother Mattie as they fend for themselves in a council house in Sheffield. When the authorities come to take Mattie away, a desperation to retain control forces the boy to take Mattie and go on the run.
Narrative
UK
Boar & Fable
0:27:51
Parting Frenzy
Ry Williams
On an impromptu tour of boyfriend, Lee's, newly inherited warehouse and would-be photography studio, Cate makes a confession of infidelity. But it plunges her into a desperate fight for her life when Lee tells her he already knew...and the doors locked.
Local, Narrative
UK
The Mill TV
0:12:05
Stoney Creation - "Repair"
Skyler Vander Molen
Life is filled with duality. High and low. Joy and sorrow. Happy and sad. Light can’t exist without darkness and people are an ever changing mix of both. Repair features Stoney Creation's journey through her shadows to integrate her various selves and learn who she truly is when she accepts all of her complexity.
Music Videos
USA
The Record Cafe
0:03:00
The Game
Roman Hodel
A whistle. The stands of the stadium get loud. The players protest angrily. The presenters follow the action on the field. In the middle of it, the referee. The whole stadium watches him. Now he has to decide and direct the energy of an entire stadium.
Docs
Switzerland
Boar & Fable
0:17:09
The Walk
Michael Jung
It’s early morning in the Frankfurt. A white horse appears, ambling towards the tram tracks – the tram stops and the driver gets out, talks affectionately to the horse, which ambles away slowly, the driver remounts and the tram – and rush hour, carries on. The horse has a card attached to its halter that reads: “My name is Jenny, I am not a runaway. I am just taking a walk. Thank you.”
Docs
UK
The Mill TV
0:12:18
Ain't No Time For Women
Sarra El Abed
Tunis, November 2019. A group of women is gathered at Saïda’s, the hairdresser, on the eve of the presidential election. The salon is transformed into a town square, mirroring the internal turmoil of the country. In this female sanctuary, we get an intimate look at the county’s teenage democracy.
Docs
Canada
Bradford Cathedral
0:19:04
Laura Denver
Joao Iglesias, Antonia Cattan
Laura worked, studied, passed, succeeded. She has everything, but every day in the morning she gives up two minutes of living. Laura has been trying to fit in, and now that she has, something is not right. A constant feeling of discouragement and detachment. One day she decides to change her appearance, wants to be another Laura, but it doesn’t change much. From then on, strange things start to happen to her body.
Narrative
Brazil
The Record Cafe
0:12:43
Snowy
Kaitlyn Schwalje , Alexander Lewis
Every November, co-Directors Alex Wolf Lewis and Kaitlyn Schwalje eat Thanksgiving dinner at Alex's Aunt and Uncle’s house just outside of Philadelphia. And every November, they marvel at the fact that the family’s 4-inch-long pet turtle, Snowy, is still alive. Snowy has lived an isolated life in the family basement for the past 10+ years with minimal sunlight and no companionship other than that of his primary caretaker, Uncle Larry. In an effort to improve Snowy's life we ask: Is Snowy happy? And is Snowy even capable of experiencing happiness?
Docs
USA
The Mill TV
0:12:11
Support Group
Tim Walker
When support worker, Sally fails to turn up to run the weekly meeting, the role is left to the hapless Mandy. But is Mandy strong enough to calm the rising tensions in the group? And is she prepared for the real explanation for Sally's absence?
Local, Narrative
UK
Nightrain
0:14:21
"Are You Okay?"
Ryan Cannon
"Are You Okay?" is a short film produced by Wonder Media in collaboration with the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center Foundation to bring awareness to the effect of cyber-bullying among teens. This bystander story is told through the perspective of a 15-year old girl, Raquelle, who witnesses her classmate Noah being bullied. When doing the right thing transforms Raquelle from bystander to victim, she finds herself trapped in the same emotional quicksand of her peers. At an age when social acceptance weighs heavy and the stress of social media follows you home, Raquelle and Noah learn that no one can make it through alone. "Are You Okay?" explores the impact that reaching out can have on someone in crisis.
Animation
USA
The Mill TV
0:08:45
The Tooth Fairy
Chris Boylan
Dave has to care for daughter Gemma when his wife walks out. He's becoming a liability at his temporary council job despite old school friend Francesca's support. Can he keep it together to pay the bills, Gemma's school trip and now the tooth fairy?
Local, Narrative
UK
Nightrain
0:22:16