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An auditory hallucination, or paracusia, is a form of hallucination that involves perceiving sounds without auditory stimulus.

NASA images of Martian bedrock and night-cam footage from wildlife preservation organisations, showing endangered leopards near the Caucasus Mountains and Lake Urumieh. Once the largest lake in the Middle East, Urumieh is now mostly desert due to corrupt dam-building practices.

A group of friends are tormented by a masked killer during one night, but hidden things will be revealed. There are 4 versions of this short, each edited by a team member. This version is edited by Nicollas Truffa.

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A subaquatic exploration of light and shadow.

Hugh’s playing days are long gone - in fact Hugh’s long gone - but an upset wee girl, with a burst football, makes him suddenly feel so alive again.

A reclusive prepper, who’s scared of where the world’s headed, moves out into the woods to live as an Anglo-Saxon. He’s taken aback by his first visitor, Zoe. She asks too many questions. She’s nosy and presumptive and opinionated. Saxon Boy isn’t used to company. He’s grumpy and shy and a little scared. Then he finds a hagstone - a stone with a hole through the middle - to add to his collection of trinkets and treasures. They say good fortune will find you through a hag stone…

Lights, Camera, Economics is a short documentary on the growing economic challenges faced by independent filmmakers wrapped in a love letter to the world of UK independent film. Based on research by Alma Economics, commissioned by the British Film Institute (BFI).

A young photographer gets into an elevator and his journey is full of strange occurrences and dark twists.

How famous department store Selfridges celebrates the festive season. We discover the secrets behind the famous Christmas windows and unveil this year's creation, a theatrical extravaganza dubbed 'showtime!'.

50 people, children and adults, talk about their fears and doubts. What are you scared of?

The mother accompanies her son to school, but she can't stop worrying about him.

Outdoors enthusiast Charlie shows remarkable strength and optimism during her recovery from a car accident with the help of her biggest supporter - her fiancé, Liam.

Abbie is fed up with her boyfriend, Damian, who has the superpower to change anything with a POP! But Damian isn't ready to give up on this relationship yet.

A group of high school graduates re-unites ten years later.

On the 31st of January, 1953, the worst natural disaster to strike Britain in modern times overwhelmed the country. Across a day of destruction, a massive storm and its huge tidal surge flooded 250 square miles of land.

Wales, 2064. Health and safety has everyone in its grip - apart from Calum's grandad, who insists he can still drive all sorts of dangerous vehicles on his old driving licence.

A coming of age short animated film, based on what it means to grow up in Cumbria if you are not white.

Two childhood friends part ways for the very last time. But saying goodbye is never easy.

The Animal Thing charts the struggles of Andrew Linzey, a cantankerous and unwilling subject for his son Adam. This is the story of a man who spoke out as a progressive voice in the Anglican Church, a polarizing force at the University of Oxford, and as a tireless campaigner for animal rights, on a range of issues from fox hunting and seal clubbing, to vivisection. Today, Andrew considers himself a failure. But despite the immense price he has paid for confronting the cruelty of animal exploitation, Andrew has also had an enormous and, until now, largely unheralded impact on the modern animal movement.

It’s 5 years since Laura’s critically acclaimed show 'Trying', her searingly honest, achingly funny experience of depression and trying for a baby. Since then she’s written another hit show, published two books, conquered TV comedy, created two hit podcasts, oh, and gained zero babies (unless you count the dog, which no one does). In this brand new show Laura explores life in the continuation of being childless; trying to be body positive about a body you loathe and trying not to get too attached to pigeons.

Reunited, two friends drink until the night brings out an unexpected conversation... What do you want done with your body when you die?

A journey into the historical and tactile entanglements between sheep’s wool, migrant plant seeds and the River Tweed.

A relationship is broken apart through a mobile game addiction.

The dramatic account of the catastrophic Windsor Castle fire of 1992, with eyewitness accounts from firefighters who risked all to save the world's oldest inhabited castle.

Discover the interesting and sometimes gruesome past of one of Britain's most infamous hospitals: Broadmoor. Join narrator Viar Murad on this whistle-stop journey as you uncover the very start up to the present day of the hospital.

The world is coming to an end terror fills my bones I'm supposed to be an adult but on the inside I'm just a scared boy crying for his mum to come save him from this inevitable destruction.

An investigator decides to research the legends of a Cornish fishing town.

Fern Britton, Ore Oduba and Sunetra Sarker visit the UK's best places to live.

A recording of the rock band’s live performance at Knebworth in 2003.

Follow Violet in this coming of age story where she battles todays societies views on LGBTQ+ stigmas.

In a candid retrospective of his nearly 50-year-career, trailblazer Sir Lenny Henry goes on a journey from the Midlands to Middle Earth as he looks back on his time in the entertainment spotlight.

This story begins with an obedient child who grows up under the traditional education concept, she is taught by the adults to plant flowers while instilling their educational ideas and perceptions of the world. The child must obey what the parents said. As a result, the child grew up rebelliously, and adults regard this as wrong and correct the child by remoulding her towards the goal of "perfect", so the child is sent to the ‘human perfection project’ by adults, trying to remove the filth from the child.

Catrin Nye investigates a life coaching company that takes over your life. As the story hots up, they fight back, and there’s a surreal final showdown.

Four desperate revolutionaries, after a failed insurgency against a corrupt government, rendezvous in an abandoned basement. Disillusioned, they question the purpose of their mission and struggle.

Breaking boundaries, demystifying stereotypes and highlighting the lesser-known facts around the fetish community through the intimate story told by Dutch Pup Momo.

A stop motion story about friendship, based on real events.

From her South London upbringing, formative clubbing years at Nottingham University and running nights at the legendary Stealth nightclub and her international DJ success across the globe, Kitty Amor’s remarkable rise through the ranks of the UK scene and unwavering dedication to flying the flag for Africa’s Electronic Music is told like never before in documentary short.

An experimental poem-short exploring a woman’s painful journey with body image and dysmorphia, through the lens of Renaissance women’s forms.

Journalist Daisy Maskell goes deep into the world of Virginity Auctions - investigating the murky reality of ‘first-time sex for sale’ by putting her own body up for bidding. What do so-called ‘virginity products’ really do to our bodies; are the bidders looking to buy more than just sex; who are the women putting themselves up for auction to boost their bank account?

Donnie Prince finds himself in an abandoned theatre in the middle of a storm and ends up attending the night's special screening...

A shocking exploration of the stories of the Black and Brown people brought to Victorian Britain - and exploited for popular entertainment and scientific experimentation.

A fish gets washed up onto the beach where a group of hungry seagulls await...

The film follows the FDWA, an organisation dedicated to assisting Filipino victims of modern slavery in the UK, which was founded by and composed of a group of women who are survivors of trafficking themselves.

Bluetits is the documentary short and directing debut from celebrated Cornish photographer Katie Burdon. The film follows founder Sian Richardson and early members of the beloved swimming group BlueTits, a now 100,000 strong organisation. A journey of self discovery and pure joie de vivre, Bluetits is a heartwarming and honest celebration of older women and the community that brings them together.

It’s been six years since Michelle and Deja fell in love and things appear to be going from strength to strength. They’re newly engaged, remain obsessed with each other and still have mind-blowing sex.

three fractured letters written to a stranger, each lost in their demise.

In the near future, the drug of choice is memories, or MEMS. Groomed to deal people’s memories, Mel pushes back against her almost-like-family dealer, Hippo, who pressures her to sell the last good mems she has of her absent mother. And as she travels to the deal, memories of her mother invade her thoughts, confronting her with the very real possibility of losing her mum for good.

Our perception gets a refreshing reboot in this brief and whirling piece by filmmaker Dionysios Tanteles who takes us on a fun ride to, um, outer space? Maybe. You have to see it for yourself: Spinning Sun, a short film inspired by literary theory. Think ‘defamiliarization’ or, as Anais Nin wrote in her 1968 The Future of the Novel, “It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see.”

In May, Field Music’s David Brewis brought a ten-piece band to the Howard Assembly Room to perform his new album The Soft Struggles. All-acoustic and jazz-inflected, The Soft Struggles takes one step away from Field Music’s eclectic palette and instead leans into the luminous spontaneity of Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks and the breathy, string-laden chamber pop of Colin Blunstone’s One Year, with several tracks built around a single day of live recording at Field Music’s studio in Sunderland. The ensemble featured Admiral Fallow’s Sarah Hayes on flute and piano, leading lights of North East jazz, Faye MacCalman and John Pope, on saxophone/clarinet and double bass, strings from regular collaborators The Crude Tarmac Quartet, Alan Hull, award-winning singer Eve Cole and David’s brother Peter on drums.

While navigating through an arduous journey with lupus, Kate Appleby continually engages and wholeheartedly immerses herself in outdoor adventures. Spreading awareness of hidden illnesses, Kate has become a powerfully inspiring woman in the outdoor community. This documentary examines the psychological and physical benefits yielded through thoughtful and respectful engagement with one’s environment and explores the human connection to nature.

Suicide is the biggest cause of death of men under 50. The North East has the highest suicide rates in the UK. Grounding this crisis in a history of industrial decline, A Man’s Man focuses on seven working-class men who meet in a community hall to talk about their mental health – unearthing the common bonds that bring them together, the struggles that have been tearing them apart, and the processes that are leading to their healing.

Observing the everyday life, obstacles and creativity of one woman from St Helens, Merseyside; we follow Cath as she reaches 50 and takes stock of her journey in negotiating the balance between life and art. Having arrived at a point of now-or-never she revisits her alter-ego Kitty O'Shea in a final attempt to shift the balance from occasional maker to practising artist.

Two exiled beings trade stories of kin, loss, folklore, and queer intimacy as they prepare for reincarnation in a forest. Jazz guides the journey as ghostly connections between Chinese, West African, and Caribbean migrant experiences are revealed and explored.

A sheep writes a letter to his sister whilst being prepared for a ritual.

A comparison between animation and continuous motion, Spinning uses various filming speeds in relation to the performing body, and with reference to a memory of Wonder Woman. One continuous physical rotation at the rate of 8fps motion equals one second of time and yields 8 separate film frames. Stop motion is then applied, such that the figure does not spin but rather is repositioned across eight, then four, and finally two poses. Upon projection, the film reconstitutes the impression of a continuous action, while the multiple simultaneous perspectives evoke Cubism.

I think every Aussie in London was lost last night because we found their meeting place; O2 Forum Kentish Town, where Lime Cordiale concluded their UK tour. Lime Cordiale are a seriously impressive unit. A wholly captivating band that sit just as nicely on stage as they do on your car sound system on a long sunny drive. The Aussies flocked to their home comfort band for a reason.

James has been spending the last six months mourning a failed relationship. Although initially tentative, James is beginning to work towards putting himself out there again and perhaps embracing the possibility of a new connection with Simon.