![Merry Christmas [Yang Kai, China, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_1801dc948c2d45de80f3757ad01d6829~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_1801dc948c2d45de80f3757ad01d6829~mv2.webp)
![Merry Christmas [Yang Kai, China, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_1801dc948c2d45de80f3757ad01d6829~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_177,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_1801dc948c2d45de80f3757ad01d6829~mv2.webp)
Merry Christmas [Yang Kai, China, 2019]
After leaving school or university, many young people dream of living it up in the big city.
Sally Roberts
Sep 21, 2020
![The Rise of Whore Betsy [Simon King, USA, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_764f059e87d54ed9898d193bcf1326f1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_764f059e87d54ed9898d193bcf1326f1~mv2.webp)
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The Rise of Whore Betsy [Simon King, USA, 2019]
A tale of wrongdoing and revenge with a mysterious twist, Simon King’s short does well to wrestle an out-dated genre into new territory.
Sally Roberts
Sep 21, 2020
![Pyramis [Liam Taylor, UK, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_9ae6506e545c457ea44e4af14b943292~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_445,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_9ae6506e545c457ea44e4af14b943292~mv2.webp)
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Pyramis [Liam Taylor, UK, 2019]
Since the raiding of Tutankhamun’s tomb in the early 1920s, pyramids have been a source of constant fascination for archaeologists, novelist
Sally Roberts
Sep 21, 2020
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Le Miroir [Leila Murton Poole, Australia, 2020]
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Sally Roberts
Sep 21, 2020
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Take 3 [Alex Igbanoi, UK, 2020]
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Sep 19, 2020
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The Orca [Diego Rossi, Brazil, 2020]
Stanley Schamlos is about to become the biggest cheese in the whole galaxy thanks to his invention of warp speed travelling.
Sally Roberts
Sep 17, 2020
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Foley [Ryan Wilson, USA, 2020]
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Sally Roberts
Sep 16, 2020
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The Choice [Abdelmoula El Hadi, Portugal, 2020]
The impact of death on the bereaved can never be underestimated and the psychological reverberations it can cause are impossible to truly me
Walt Eastfield
Sep 9, 2020
![Glance [Marko Pejović, Serbia, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_3303a2313587468f8f26c7f76a768b86~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_433,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_3303a2313587468f8f26c7f76a768b86~mv2.webp)
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Glance [Marko Pejović, Serbia, 2019]
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Sam Briggs
Sep 2, 2020
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![I Am Joseph [Tomisin Adepeju, UK, 2019]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b7dde_254082751559475ab7a6756224a7b4d1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_315,h_209,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/9b7dde_254082751559475ab7a6756224a7b4d1~mv2.webp)
I Am Joseph [Tomisin Adepeju, UK, 2019]
I Am Joseph follows a carpenter named Joseph whose fiancée, Mary, has revealed that she is pregnant and that the father is God. The film est
Vincent Dolan
Aug 7, 2020

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