The Visit

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.

The Bomb Boy

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

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.

Joseph is mentally deviated. He is a prisoner of his own flat and always in permanent war with his own mind.

Nadine's existence changes dramatically when her husband leaves her after 15 years. With the help of her seventeen-year-old teenage son Rémi, who is paternal and protective, she goes back to work.

On a humid summer night in the middle of monsoon season, a drug-addicted woman sits alone in a dark room and injects herself with a syringe. A sudden crash of thunder startles her, and the syringe slips from her hand. As she reaches down to retrieve it, she happens to glance toward the apartment building across the way. There, a figure stands watching.

A short film from Barbara Bialowąs.

A story about a few days during the defense of Kiev at the beginning of WWII.

Haru returns home in denial after a tsunami, where he must learn to deal with his loss through an encounter with a magical see Spirit.

A road movie on a bicycle. Jasper leaves an alley cat race and goes on a physical and spiritual journey on her bike, through Chicago's nighttime streets, to a destination that holds an emotional secret.

The motif in this animation is the memories of my dog which lived 17 years.

This animation was based on a scene I dreamt, where white smoke was rising from a bed. I was influenced by one of Zhuangzi’s thought, The butterfly dream, and visualized the contrast between dream and reality. While I was creating this piece, I was never aware of whom the man sleeping in the movie was, but somehow, he ended up looking just like my grandfather.

Animation film based on fieldwork in Bali, Indonesia, and rituals filmed there. Of the hundreds of rituals known to exist in Bali as 'Sangyan', the film takes as its motif the beautiful ritual 'Sangyan Dudari', which is said to be the most effective in exorcising demons.

Three bailiffs draw lots to decide who to perform tomorrow's execution. Quei-wu gets the mission but his wife just gets pregnant. He asks Hsin-chuen to fill in for him to avoid bad luck. Hsin-chuen, however, struggles to say yes.

A look at 18th-century France, when the depravity of the authorities contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.

A mother searches for her lost son, who after four days still has not returned from a party at a friend's house a day's drive away.

When five ragtag freshman first meet in detention, it seems they have nothing in common. But, through music, they form an unbreakable bond and discover they have the makings of the greatest high school garage band in history! In the face of incredible odds, Olivia, Stella, Wen, Mohini and Charlie find they can make a real difference when they learn to lean on each other and let go of everything holding back their dreams.

After discovering a box of old love letters sent to her mother by a mysterious stranger, Anna, a young radio deejay, begins a torrid affair with a married man. Burning attraction brings them together, but the reality does not come close to the passion expressed in the letters.

A story about a young man who has an argument with his friend so chooses to take a walk to clear his deteriorating mind.