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The tale of a senior trans man and the Opening Doors befriending network.

Personal moments are lost in film cuttings or disappear into a coloured fog only to suddenly reappear in a new constellation. This is the visual richness of Highview: four, partially overlapping, 16mm images that fully coalesce into a colourful abstract painting, but also often create a narrative as an exploded montage.

From the landlords who house migrant workers like sardines, to the white van men who exploit them, who's benefiting from the underground jobs market and what are the tragic costs?

UK teenagers film themselves coming out to their parents. We follow their experiences of fear and anxiety before they make their announcements.

A short documentary about UK's LGBTQ conversion therapy.

When two inseparable friends venture out into the bright lights of London’s hedonistic gay scene for fun and excitement, little did they realize that they would not have to travel too far to find love – sometimes it’s staring you right in the face!

Layla fights daily against urges and compulsions, until challenged to face her darkest fears

The skin of an onion (Part One)

Lily is the nickname of lesbian girls and lesbian phenomenon in Chinese language. Lilies' Talk is a feature length documentary film that portrays the life and thoughts of young Chinese lesbian/bisexual girls living in three cities: Beijing, Chengdu and New York. Twelve girls aging from 19-29 opened their heart and showed their stories in front of our camera. It is not just about Chinese lesbian group, but also about youth and love. The lesbian/bisexual girls are actually no different from heterosexual girls in life except for the fact that they are attracted to the same sex.This film hopes to draw attention to this unique subculture and eliminate the myth and horror around it, as love is love after all.

Chris is a UK Mormon who 'suffers from same sex attraction'. He also describes himself as a gay sex addict and contracted HIV years ago. He is however still determined to find a wife and start a family. As an instrument of God, he sets an example for other Mormons struggling with their homosexuality and meets his followers in Salt Lake City.

Mark Smith (Russell Howard's Good News) returns to Edinburgh with a new show and Lord have mercy is he excited. Expect to hear him cram as many funny, stupid and potentially dangerous observations into the show as possible on topics as diverse as bowling, going bowling, and do you like bowling? There's also a couple of dick jokes. In a nutshell then, something for everyone.

The story of Oliver Cromwell's head is perhaps the most bizarre, yet least well known, of all tales from English history. From regal burial to exhumation and decapitation, this relic of our only non-royal ruler has travelled a most peculiar path. It has been a gruesome warning to traitors, a secret prize for a soldier, an attraction at an 18th-century peep show, and an object of veneration and derision until it was finally laid to rest in a secret ceremony. CROMWELL'S HEAD, is a one-hour documentary, telling the full story of this extraordinary artifact. CROMWELL'S HEAD unravels a mystery and brings to light a variety of strange tales. By looking at the passions, public and private, aroused by Cromwell and his head, it illuminates how British attitudes to monarchy, democracy and radicalism were formed - and how they have changed, since our civil war over 350 years ago

Ahmed, originally from Somalia, was born into violence, with civil war ravaging his country. He is now a refugee desperate to improve his life, and that of his family.

Below every surface is another world with its own rules, rulers and inhabitants all looking to find their way and to understand.

On the day of the wedding, Ben struggles with the London traffic while Chris has a moment of doubt. Or is he just hungover?

After the evacuation it's possible to go months without seeing another human being. So we turned to Pleasure Core ltd to keep us human - and being human has some dark surprises.

The word on everybody’s lips when it came to the Black Pencil winner was ‘beautiful’. An emotive and intelligent campaign, Mm-hmm united the judges almost unanimously when it came to choosing this as the winner. It was not only a great showcase of raw talent, it was produced brilliantly and with passion. You really feel like the students put everything into it.

Brian Palmer is hosting his late night talk show, when a mysterious stranger shows up and begins to make Brian suspicious.

An exploration of accident, chance, and improvisation. The drawings are made with the straight ahead animation technique, leading to unexpected movements and images. These are processed through a video feedback system, tethered to—and partially controlled by—a synthesiser patch, called the Krell Patch, which also produces the audio.

The final concert of Happninboy and Harmonica Mike Rasmussen

Frustrated at the outcome of a Dungeons and Dragons dice roll, Brian and his friends invite chaos by messing with the occult and hacking the government mainframe and must face off with a strange military cyborg - C.R.I.T.

Emmott & Rowland were sweethearts and their story is a sad and romantic tragedy which has captured the imaginations of people who read about it. Set in Eyam Village in 1666 Plague

A documentary that explores identities, human nature, and happiness. While the larger society tends to define a person’s life with wealth, property, stability and sex, protagonists of the film choose to abandon them all and reconsider their identities and lives. The film follows two Brits as their lives push for mainstream society to rethink the relationships between wealth, family, stability, sex, gender, and happiness.

An experimental film, shot on location in London, England. "People At Night" focuses on a troubled individual John as he descends into the London night in an attempt to prove to himself that he still has some kind of agency over his life. In doing so he is forced to confront his potential to cause harm to those around him.

It is a strange and bitter irony that the US naval bombardment which launched the Battle of Okinawa in 1945 was called the ‘typhoon of steel’, invoking the turbulent winds that annually buffet this small island. Okinawans sought shelter from the battle in natural features of the environment such as caves and within sugar cane fields, creating memories that reside in the sounds of these places today. This film, the result of a ten-year collaboration between a landscape artist, an acoustic scientist and an anthropologist attempts to listen in on and make sense of these sounds through the stories of individuals and the recordings of these sounds. Their words, solidified as text and witness to the history of the US occupation of the island and expressed through the mixing of images and sounds of natural elements, military machinery and ritual practices convey the experience of many Okinawan lives, suspended between the American wars of the past, present and future.

Set on the backdrop of rural Ghana, this philosophical documentary provides an introspective view into the trials and tribulations of an international film crew, as they create a film about false accusations of child witchcraft in West Africa.

A micro-short encouraging viewers to turn their phones off during film screenings.

An enthusiastic scientist explains the Fermi Paradox and the theories that surround its interesting argument. But as we start to learn more about the theory, there is a gradual realization that all is not as it seems.

Two teenagers go in search of an urban legend based around a century old witch. However, some urban legends turn out to be true.

Inspired by Láadan, the constructed ‘women’s language’, developed by Suzette Haden Elgin in her sci- fi trilogy ‘Native Tongue’ (1984-94).

Frustrated at the lack of representation of domestic abuse and rape within queer male relationships, I made an experimental diary film recounting my own experiences from the POV of my abuser and the people in my life at the time.

Expertly shot with high definition, 4K and slow motion cameras, this official souvenir Blu-ray is a superb way to re-live all the action from the Royal International Air Tattoo 2017. A series of spectacular flypasts and displays ensured the USAF's 70th anniversary was celebrated in style at the world famous airshow. The 2-hour main feature includes displays by the F-22 Raptor' and the USAF Thunderbirds plus a special formation flypast with the Red Arrows. You'll also enjoy the surprise appearance of a stealth B-2 Spirit. Highlights include the UK display debut of the French Air Force's Couteau Delta team flying two Mirage 2000D fighter aircraft; the Midnight Hawks team from Finland and the Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 'Flanker'. In-cockpit cameras give dramatic views of the action during many of the displays including the RAF Typhoon FGR.4, French Air Force Rafale Cand Turkish Air Force F-16C display 'Solo Turk'.

A friendship that's really a love story that's really a friendship.

A short documentary looking into the life of Newcastle based Drag Queen, Miss Rory, who hosts at the Boulevard Cabaret bar.

True Love Story is an art film written, shot and edited entirely on iphone. It concerns a relationship begun on a dating app and lived, in a blurred way, on and offline.

Blackout is a film about time: specifically, the loss of time as experienced by a recently sober, 23 year-old person. The anonymous narrator of the film discusses her history of experiencing blackouts through drinking; covering a five-year time period that culminated in an entire three-day time-loss, her last bender. She also discusses levels of sobriety and her desire to continue to explore various recreational drugs. The narrator declares her intention to live her life alcohol-free, while simultaneously not wanting her identity to be defined through her problematic relationship with alcohol. The narrative is open, stark and direct: a dark insight, flecked with humor. Visually, the work stutters through black moments, punctuated by originally recorded, hand-processed 16mm color film, deploying multiple exposure and other in-camera, experimental techniques.

A fisherman takes his boat out on the river. While he and his surroundings are in a constant flow, the viewer observes the passing of time, watching everything go through movement and change. In an ever-flowing cycle, things come to be, change, evolve, and pass on....

While working in her mother's aquarium shop, Milli dreams of sharks.

We're back in the USA for our first show in NEW YORK CITY, in association with WWN.

An improvised essay about improvisation. Shot in the Brazilian Amazon and Europe before Brexit, Trump and Bolsonaro, Gingerella (RockaFela) explores the meaning of freewill, dance and synchronization in the age of populism.

Meet Tia Anna, a drag queen with Asperger's Syndrome from Sheffield.

Here East is set in a new housing development in East London. Using a zoom lens and filmed undercover, the video observes this architectural space. As the sun fades and the lights go on, the camera witnesses both the empty order of the surrounding area and the activity within the flats.

"A puzzle for kids. A puzzled young father. It’s far more difficult and surreal than you may think".

Scottish comedian Scott Agnew's 'I've Snapped My Banjo String, Let's Just Talk' was a five star hit at 2016's Edinburgh Fringe. Recorded live at The Bloomsbury Theatre, London the show charts Agnew's personal journey tackling rolls and sausage, saunas and sex parties and plenty more in between.

This is the Queensbury Tunnel Society's vision for the 2020s: a network of shared paths linking Bradford, Halifax and Keighley, with a rejuvenated Queensbury Tunnel as its centrepiece. These paths would improve connectivity for commuters, tempt tourists to visit the many attractions within easy reach and, critically, deliver a social and economic uplift to the area. But without Queensbury Tunnel, a significant proportion of the potential benefits will be lost. We have to save this remarkable and historic structure before concrete suffocates it.

A man gets more than he bargained for in a nightclub when he attracts the attention of two female vampires.

Emile Ghessen follows western volunteers as they travel to Iraq and Syria to fight ISIS to find out what motivates them to pick up arms.

Quitting time it may be, but the commute home tonight has turned the surreal up to 11…or 12!

The New Cross Fire was a major tragedy in 1981 that claimed the lives of 13 young black people and was initially met with state, media and police indifference. Haunted by that history, and in the context of the recent rise of the far-right and the tragedy of Grenfell, Jay Bernard’s film Something Said, and their award winning poetry both undertake a queer exploration of black British history, starting with this particular moment in time and examining its ramifications at two scales: the larger social and political rupture that followed the fire, and the smaller, individual attempt to reconcile one's queer present and the black radical past.

A dark-comedy musical featuring Potty, the talking and singing potted plant. When a child goes missing on blood test day, it's up to Potty and the rest of the staff at Little BooBoo's children hospital to uncover the true identity of the mysterious Dr. Acula.

A moving portrait of one woman’s struggle to pursue her life-long passion of becoming a dancer. Born with cerebral palsy, and told as a child that she would never be able to study or work in the mainstream, Ashleigh refused to take ‘no’ for an answer and today is an inspiration to others.

Goodnight.

Do you ever wonder what is hidden behind a face? What passions lie behind a person you would otherwise pass by without a thought? In a time of division, a time of mistrust, confusion and anguish it’s time to start asking questions, to be curious and compassionate and discover the common nature that connects us all. Words. One cold, winters night in Leeds, England, we discovered Stan. We discovered love. We discovered anger. We discovered hidden talents. We discovered togetherness. We discovered poetry and passion. We discovered diversity. We discovered fish and chips. We discovered Stan's Fisheries. Extraordinary things exist in ordinary places. In a world of hope, a world of pain, a world of both tragedy and happiness, if you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way to connect with people, everyday people. In times of division we must remember that we are far more united than things which divide us. As the Jamaican national motto says "Out of many, one people".

A dream-like short that blends animation with reality on a late journey home.

Lip Service is a rumination on the tension between intimacy and alienation. Lip Service is about being too much in your head when you’re meant to be in another’s.

A documentary short exploring the world of Josh and Jay, two men coming to terms with their own childhood, who dedicate their lives to the unusual practice of paedophile hunting. They take the law into their own hands, posing as underage girls on social networking sites and meet and confront online child groomers leading to their arrest.

2048. A day in the life of some of Earth's inhabitants. It's the century of commercial use for Black Square, and "Vantawhite Pages" is the world's largest company. An almanac of human history has been created on Vantawhite Pages using ink from Vantablack.

After his mother loses her job, Marcus Redmond searches for a way to get money to go to university, even if it does mean going into dangerous business

A Man with a Room To let has a strange Girl Interested In renting it, but she turns out to be the Daughter of the Devil.

The simpleton identical twin brother of a filmmaker not only gets his hands on this brothers camera but he also gets his hands on his brothers girlfriend.