![Clown [Shane O'Neill, Republic of Ireland/UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_925f480c96d9463fb9e8bd98edd0c0ff~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_301,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_925f480c96d9463fb9e8bd98edd0c0ff~mv2.webp)
![Clown [Shane O'Neill, Republic of Ireland/UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_925f480c96d9463fb9e8bd98edd0c0ff~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_262,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_925f480c96d9463fb9e8bd98edd0c0ff~mv2.webp)
Clown [Shane O'Neill, Republic of Ireland/UK, 2021]
The American film critic and theoretician, Bill Nichols, once said that non-fiction stories could be about almost anything.
Natalia Brammen
Mar 17, 2021
![Whitewater [Tom Hamilton, UK, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_bf8ba3d48861436c85ba5c62b880dc20~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_bf8ba3d48861436c85ba5c62b880dc20~mv2.webp)
![Whitewater [Tom Hamilton, UK, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_bf8ba3d48861436c85ba5c62b880dc20~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_bf8ba3d48861436c85ba5c62b880dc20~mv2.webp)
Whitewater [Tom Hamilton, UK, 2020]
A mystical woman, a redhead full of curls, walks out of the sea onto the shore with waves patting her legs...
Melody Chan
Mar 16, 2021
![Library [Kaveh Kanani, Islamic Republic of Iran, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_6f379a84fe71478a8708bb6b1dcdca84~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_6f379a84fe71478a8708bb6b1dcdca84~mv2.webp)
![Library [Kaveh Kanani, Islamic Republic of Iran, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_6f379a84fe71478a8708bb6b1dcdca84~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_6f379a84fe71478a8708bb6b1dcdca84~mv2.webp)
Library [Kaveh Kanani, Islamic Republic of Iran, 2020]
Library (Fingils) is a short, sweet, and simple animation from the Islamic Republic of Iran. Set in a world inhabited by animals...
Adam Donald
Mar 16, 2021
![Close Away [Miguel Ángel Cardona, Spain, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_6f1e2019de0a4994bde99b3b07f840a5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_6f1e2019de0a4994bde99b3b07f840a5~mv2.webp)
![Close Away [Miguel Ángel Cardona, Spain, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_6f1e2019de0a4994bde99b3b07f840a5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_6f1e2019de0a4994bde99b3b07f840a5~mv2.webp)
Close Away [Miguel Ángel Cardona, Spain, 2020]
Close Away (Cerca de Lejos) illustrates the evolving nature of human sexual interactions; highly topical in an age of physical isolation...
Sharleen Opia
Mar 16, 2021
![Bobby [Natalie Gavin, United Kingdom, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_8dabeed5eae24f1381ddf921763212b7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_8dabeed5eae24f1381ddf921763212b7~mv2.webp)
![Bobby [Natalie Gavin, United Kingdom, 2020]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_8dabeed5eae24f1381ddf921763212b7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_8dabeed5eae24f1381ddf921763212b7~mv2.webp)
Bobby [Natalie Gavin, United Kingdom, 2020]
Natalie Gavin’s emotional debut film Bobby portrays an exhausted construction worker undergoing a mental crisis.
Rron Bekteshi
Mar 15, 2021
![Caged Bird [Dana Dajani/Rami Kanso, Jordan, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ef7bc1a0ec2d4eb38e21f80c38e006b4~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_ef7bc1a0ec2d4eb38e21f80c38e006b4~mv2.webp)
![Caged Bird [Dana Dajani/Rami Kanso, Jordan, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_ef7bc1a0ec2d4eb38e21f80c38e006b4~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_ef7bc1a0ec2d4eb38e21f80c38e006b4~mv2.webp)
Caged Bird [Dana Dajani/Rami Kanso, Jordan, 2021]
In Caged Bird, an animated music video written and directed by Dana Dajani, a woman takes a stand against her lover’s possessive behaviour,
Jordon Briggs
Mar 14, 2021
![Zhwan [Kaveh Jahed, Iran, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_0f0b88fcc6274288ad728c6d64d5398f~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_375,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_0f0b88fcc6274288ad728c6d64d5398f~mv2.webp)
![Zhwan [Kaveh Jahed, Iran, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_0f0b88fcc6274288ad728c6d64d5398f~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_210,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_0f0b88fcc6274288ad728c6d64d5398f~mv2.webp)
Zhwan [Kaveh Jahed, Iran, 2019]
Kaved Jahed’s Zhwan is a subtle but scathing social commentary on gender inequality, sexism, and regressive patriarchal mores...
Sarthak Kaul
Mar 13, 2021
![Fish Legend [Toni Silvennoinen, Finland, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_a23bdc55b47b4584baf08c160c1c3d1a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_442,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_a23bdc55b47b4584baf08c160c1c3d1a~mv2.webp)
![Fish Legend [Toni Silvennoinen, Finland, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_a23bdc55b47b4584baf08c160c1c3d1a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_178,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_a23bdc55b47b4584baf08c160c1c3d1a~mv2.webp)
Fish Legend [Toni Silvennoinen, Finland, 2019]
As Fish Legend opens, we are immediately struck by Silvennoinen’s use of colour. The drab environment of the man’s building is...
Will Whitehead
Mar 13, 2021
![Redman [Harry Oddie, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_7d2b57342f514d56ab110857eee8dae5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_334,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_7d2b57342f514d56ab110857eee8dae5~mv2.webp)
![Redman [Harry Oddie, UK, 2021]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_7d2b57342f514d56ab110857eee8dae5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_315,h_236,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_7d2b57342f514d56ab110857eee8dae5~mv2.webp)
Redman [Harry Oddie, UK, 2021]
Harry Oddie’s Redman reimagines a very particular hero identity. Perhaps as a subversion of the superheroes that have crept up in film...
Fung Ying Cheng
Mar 13, 2021
![Rut [James Henson, UK, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_528787837b6e4ffab915c1d73eb7100f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_528787837b6e4ffab915c1d73eb7100f~mv2.webp)
![Rut [James Henson, UK, 2017]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_528787837b6e4ffab915c1d73eb7100f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_528787837b6e4ffab915c1d73eb7100f~mv2.webp)
Rut [James Henson, UK, 2017]
James Henson’s Rut reimagines Tales of the Unexpected for the oppressive world of 21st-century finance.
Will Whitehead
Mar 12, 2021