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It’s 2023 and Britain is in pieces. Brexit is an embarrassment and electricity bills are through the roof. For many, heading to a local music venue is a necessary escape from life’s bleakness. But what’s on the cards for small music venues of today, fighting to survive the trials and tribulations of late-stage capitalism? In the northeast city of Newcastle the non-profit, multifaceted safe space Cobalt has made its home. There, the local queer scene and its queens' party till late, and rising stars such as Alabaster DePlume grace the stage. Anyone who's been to Cobalt will tell you of its unrivaled hospitality and enchanting atmosphere. Yet even for a venue as unique as this one, existence is a fight for survival. Founders Mark, Kate, and son Jacob must commit to 70-hour weeks to navigate challenges such as threats from developers in their gentrifying neighborhood. Overheads rise and ticket sales dwindle as the disposable income of regulars is squeezed.

A travelogue. A reflection on studying abroad. An attempt to figure out where the pessimism and negativity were coming from.

The two films in this gallery face each other on opposite walls, presenting an identical structure that corresponds to complementary camera perspectives. The difficulty of watching the two sides at once deconstructs the idea that there is a single point of view of both camera and projection, and invites viewers to reconsider how their own bodies interact with the films they watch. A response to José Val del Omar's inquiries into a potential "other cinema" that exists in the intervals between frames, Trágame nube approaches the phenomenon of "persistence of vision" in combination with what Val del Omar called espejo aprojimante, both a technique in which film is projected onto a mirror to diffract images and a reference to cinema as a system that proposes awareness of a shared corporeality among its viewers.

Craig gets a call from his brother Alfie and brotherly love is pushed to the limit.

An experimental dance film exploring the tenuous, hidden place of non-binary and trans people in an alternate film history.

Pigs are animals that we think we know well, but our representations of them are sometimes far from the truth. Extremely intelligent and sensitive, they share many similarities with humans, not only genetic. Meet five piglets and follow their lives from birth to adulthood. A miniature domestic pig in California, a truffle pig in France’s Périgord, a feral pig returned to the wild in the United States, a wandering pig in a village in northern Laos, and a “tourist attraction” pig on a small island in the Bahamas. What part of their instincts do pigs keep despite their domestication? What type of interactions can they have with Man? Five pigs, five destinies, five realms. This touching wildlife documentary weaves together five compelling stories that reveal little-known secrets about pigs.

They may not be real brothers, but their cannoli are anything but fake.

In the spring of 2022, three music students stumble upon a treasure trove of old school recording equipment while helping to clear out a basement beneath the college they all attend. Inspired, they build a recording studio with their newly acquired hardware in a disused storage room on campus. The trio then plan to spend the next ten weeks cooped up in their claustrophobic studio in hopes of pioneering a new genre of music called 'Trout Jazz'.

Ghanti and Friends Return.

A middle-aged woman, who suffers from depression, is challenged by her demons after a phone call with her mother, while enclosed in the dark walls of her flat.

Since 2016, the Moroccan government has introduced a program to scrap old taxis. Kbir is one of the few drivers still attached to his old Mercedes 240.

An online food blogger and a robber cross paths in the most peculiar circumstances.

A short film that charts the story of EL Sam, a queer British Syrian Musician and poet who fled the Syrian war at the age of 15 alone. The documentary explores how societal/religious pressures and parental rejection affects the mental health of a young person who was wired from a young age to believe that being queer is a defect. It explores a personal duality from experiencing two acutely different cultures post-immigration.

A documentary about the self-exploration of a Chinese gay international student studying in the UK. Touching on the issues of intersectional identities and the disconnection to the mainstream LGBT community due to culturally specific reasons.

VHS, rituals and a bloodbath. Astaroth unleashes chaos among mortals.

A vulnerable Ukrainian mother and son arrive in the UK sponsored by a British couple who seem to have a nefarious agenda to profit from their 'charity' in more ways than one.

Ashkenazi, Mizrachi, ultra-Orthodox, Israeli Arabs... The different groups that make up Israeli society seem irreconcilable. Who are they? Can their complicated history explain the current situation in the country?

Mise à mort en été (Ou l'entre-film) is what remains of a medium-length film shot in June 2023 under a heatwave, in a town on the outskirts of Nice similar to these images on the outskirts of a ghost story. Presences wander within them, without however appearing to belong to them.

A schoolboy's fall from his chair unfolds in slow motion, evokes the floating state characteristic of second-generation migration.

A road movie that explores the synergy of hardcore music and dance, resonating with emotions of alienation and defiance.

An injured and disorientated climber regains consciousness in a mountain Bothy. With no memory of how he got there, first he must deal with his life-threatening injuries. Only then can he deal with who or what caused them.

Bobo, a vampire stuck on Earth with his vampiric buddy Bald, will give it all to try to stop Raspoutine from exterminating the vampire race during a solar eclipse.

Gooseville: a desolate village teetering on the edge. Inhabitants exploit and exhaust their resources, from geese to tadpoles. Homemade TV shows document their self-destruction, with ads and teleshopping revealing the village's tragic decline.

A pair of socks lose sight of each other during the spin cycle of the washing machine. Being suddenly alone gives rise to new encounters and puts the socks’ friendship to a tough test.

In a metropolis full of nosy and greedy audience, a celebrated actress is chosen to be filmed and visit a nameless society where people don’t talk nor eat and are reduced to almost no individualities.

On the balcony Nele is really close to the clouds, though it would be much nicer to take a balloon ride and be even closer. The plan isn’t easy to realise, as Nele’s mother has mobility problems. They need help with every activity and their daily life is co-organised by many other people. They are doing fine together, but a trip in a hot air balloon would be something else …

An examination of a mind as it begins to decay, using surreal imagery and a narrative of someone going down a path of self destruction.

Young and naive Olivia receives an offer from a friend to earn easy money: to go to a "girls-show" for a rich guy who is going to find a girl for various tasks and pay her. They go to his house, but they don't get what they expected.

Architects gaze out across oceans. Away from the land, their intentions grow focused. In the flurry of debate, the cities of the future emerge.

Camille writes a letter to her unborn child. Recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder, she does her best to prepare for life as a new mother.

The search for a "fabulous creature" said to exist in the waters of Lake Como leads us to meet Norma, a woman who represents a taboo in our society. In this way, it begins a journey of deconstruction of our desires, expectations, and prejudices, reflecting on the concept of femininity. Our imagination meets and dialogues with Norma's reality and memories: her past in Peru, the path to self-acceptance, and her transformation, which is still in progress.

An astronaut returns from a failed mission to Earth extinct from contamination. His condition of being the last of his kind torments him.

Collage, cut-out, stop-motion, digital and analogue techniques combine with tribal rhythms, chanting and dancing in a joyous love-letter to home.

Created and designed exclusively using A.I. Original music recorded live this summer at a party in the town of Prilep, in the Balkans (Macedonia) and performed by a gipsy orchestra.

She has a crooked back, strong hands, black nails. Gregoria lives bent down to the ground. Once a week she carries kilos of fruit and vegetables to feed the city. Her words echo the ancestral mischievousness of someone who needs very little: a piece of land, a few recycled plastic boxes and a friendly conversation at the end of the day. This film is for all the gregorias who manage to live as they please.