Ascent is a short film exploring the marks we leave on each other's lives, and the desire to access something out of reach. The narrative follows the intertwining stories of characters Adam, a young man feeling the pressures of his work; Laura, an artist struggling to formulate her ideas onto the page; and Emma, a postgraduate undergoing counseling.
Angus Thomson
Adam
Anna Goodmaker
Emma
Julia Martine Vredenberg
Laura
Lauren Ewer
Beth
Sian Ostler
Lily
Ascent is a short film exploring the marks we leave on each other's lives, and the desire to access something out of reach. The narrative follows the intertwining stories of characters Adam, a young man feeling the pressures of his work; Laura, an artist struggling to formulate her ideas onto the page; and Emma, a postgraduate undergoing counseling.
West Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his brother and sister have their own issues with ambition.
The story of two brothers, Tom and Jake, and their problematic relationship.
Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.
A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.
Early morning silence is broken by screeching tires as a helicopter bears down on a speeding vehicle. Taking a quick corner, the team tumbles out into the woods as their car pulls away. Now they must make their way through the thick of nature and thick gunfire to accomplish their mission. Not a single word of dialogue is spoken throughout the entire film. Instead, the music, sounds, images and deeply truthful acting turn a simple plot into an intense experience. Passion and intrigue keep building to the very end.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems and has his friendships tested by racism.
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.