Teens Like Phil

Neil is a painter and graphic designer. On a morning just like any other morning his girlfriend Amanda leaves him and moves out of their house (don't worry, it's a rental.) That morning Neil tries to cope as best he knows how, but in a strange turn of events he ends up shooting back a glass of bleach. He wakes up to suicide watch and court appointed therapy as well as the empty void Amanda left. Now Neil has to decide what he can do to feel better about himself. Should he get Amanda back? Make his old friends like him again? Confront his estranged father? Eat a ton of Chinese food? Or maybe he should just finish his latest goddamned painting. Will he figure it out? Well you better hope so.

Part of the Wade on 8 collection 'Dreamland' is an arthouse, shot on video short film. Jack returns for university wanting to rekindle his secret romance with repressed Billy.

Tokyo. Kazu and Tatsu are two salary men in their thirties. One night, after work, they get drunk and decide to tell each other their deepest secrets to seal the friendship. Tatsu admits being still a virgin. Kazu reveals that every time he eats an egg sandwich, his body transforms, turning him into a woman. Tatsu doesn’t believe his friend and asks him to prove it...

Huw Stephens presents an exciting selection of short films from emerging artists and film-makers from across the UK. Topics are fresh, varied and thought-provoking, including a behind-the-scenes look at a zoo closing for the night, an honest account of farming the land, and a powerful love letter from a son to a mother who has cancer. Expect to be moved and challenged by these short dramas, observations and dance, made by a new generation of storytellers. Yew; Echdo; King of the Pit; Two B or Not Two B; Lucky House; Everything Is Fine; The Jacket; Cages; It's Always Been; Mary Lost Her Battle; Between the Dog and the Wolf; From His Perspective

The Bomb Boy

With not much to show for in his life, Andre takes his health to extreme measures by attempting an eating challenge at his local diner.

Roaming the streets of Ahmedabad on a festive Navaratri night, two young women may have the chance to fall for each other.

A coming of age tale. A young boy, on the outer of the outer, at the edge of the edge, in a nameless place, discovers the faster he goes, the closer he can get to outrunning his loneliness.

A gay teenager desperately attempts to hold on to the only companion he has left. A rough, dirty, and realistic take on the breaking point of a relationship between two boys living on the streets.

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

A fluorescent, action-packed romantic thriller where three undeniably remarkable friends move to San Francisco after meeting in protective custody. Despite being free, as a chosen family they find themselves locked in a prison of their own making.

A narrative short fiction film about a queer couple on a roadtrip shot on location during a cross country road trip in the summer of 2013.

After the death of their child, Thomas, Louis and Anna try to overcome this tragic event. While one of his father's friend try to help him, Louis begin to fall in madness by following instructions coming from a mysterious creature in his dream.

Sam, an aspiring stand-up comedian and au pair struggling with PTSD, weighs whether to join the search for Brooke, a missing teenage girl she used to nanny. As she fights to recover from her trauma and return to the stage, memories of her deep bond with Brooke rush back—making it impossible to ignore her disappearance.

Nu's friend often spends the night at her place. As Nu tries to figure out if her friend has a crush on her they become closer.

A retired hitman returns to rescue a kidnapped girl.

The OceanMaker is a 9-minute animated short film that takes place after Earth's oceans have disappeared. It tells the tale of one courageous pilot who fights against vicious sky pirates for control of the last remaining source of water: the clouds.

A series of precipitous events force the ensemble cast into a fateful intersection with justice and violence. Griot and the community struggle against the errors of terror so many make when it seems all is lost.

Short film written and directed by Lauren Miller.

Chance mingles the fate of a vet from Barcelona zoo, a skin head and a female orangutan about to give birth.