MAN MADE

Fern Berresford

(Coy Communications) UK, 3m 38s

Two men strike a deal that reveals to be something altogether more sinister.

NOLAN’S CHEDDAR

John Nolan

(Streetlight Films UK Ltd)  UK, 1m 28s

Sniffels tries his luck…

THE MIDGE

Rory Lowe

(Once Were Farmers) UK, 10m 51s

A boy meets the girl of his dreams and nightmares, but it’s not her he should be scared of.

HEAT

Debbie Tucker Green

(Hillbilly Films Limited) UK, 12m 35s

Michael wants to know… and Donna is running out of excuses.

EXHALE

Remi Weekes

(Independent) UK, 14m

Joel, 17, decides he’d rather face HIV alone than with anyone else… to unexpected consequences.

CHRISTMAS WITH SKELETOR

Oliver Smyth

(Kog Industries)  UK, 1m 28s

The Universe’s most evil dictator wants to conquer Christmas.

THE PROGRESSION OF LOVE

Luke Rodgers

(Latent Talent) UK, 9m 3s

Ollie has difficulty getting a beautiful fellow-traveller’s attention.

BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES

Jonathan Stewart

(Defusion Films)  UK/United States, 12m

A reclusive blind man must test the limits of his abilities in presence of unwelcome guests.

TWO LADIES & A HILL

Federico Forcolini

(Well Fed Films) UK, 3m 46s

Two old friends rejoice in the finer offerings of the great outdoors.

BOVINE

William McGregor

(University for the Creative Arts) UK, 9m

A young boy has to come to terms with the harsh reality of farming life.

ASHENDEN

George Belfield

(Yepsen Films) UK, 3m 31s

A surreal doppelganger thriller. When a young man thinks he sees himself on a bus his sanity is stretched to breaking point.

TWO MEN AND A CAR PARK

Federico Forcolini

(Well Fed Films) UK, 3m 46s

Just another day staffing an underground car park. Two ordinary men share an extraordinary responsibility. It’s a tough job but someone’s got to do it.

YOUNG BLOOD

Ben Riddell

(Young Blood Productions) UK, 11m

Theo is forced out of his solitude to engage with the world around him.

JUNK FOOD

Gavin O’Grady

(Independent) UK, 2m 48s

A man gets far more than he bargained for when he dumps his rubbish in the local woods.

THE DROWNERS

Catherine Taylor

(Independent) UK, 12m

Intoxication of love, unique emotional connections, romance and sexual tensions within a microcosm.

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