SHORTS DIRECTORY INDEX

Director: Precious Wura Alabi

Writer: Precious Wura Alabi

Producer: Victoria Wijeratne, Dami Adeyeye (page 6)

After meeting for an illegal date in an East London laundrette, Zekiel has as long as it takes for the countdown of one full wash cycle to convince Izzy that they’re perfect for each other.

Asa

Dancing with delivery robots helps a single father connect with his highly autistic son.

Director: Samuel Dore (page 11) Writer: Michael Hallett

Producer: Davin Jeayes (page 14)

Baked Beans

Nik, a British Asian actor, auditions for a radical retelling of the 70s classic East is East. Disillusioned and uneasy, he begins to wonder if everyone around him is also stuck in the past.

Bingo Queens

Amid the spit and the slurs of a transphobic attack, a young gay musician and a transgender ballet dancer are flung into each other’s orbit.

Director: Matt Ayleigh Writer: Sid Sagar

Producer: Ewan Black

Burnings

Burnings is a film about a queer young man’s struggle to save his family after the recent loss of his carpenter dad.

Canned Laughter

Retired comedian Deirdre Gossamer has knitted herself an appreciative audience in lieu of performing to a real one. But when one of her home-made punters comes to life and destroys her career memorabilia, she’s forced to reevaluate her attachment to the ‘glory days’ and face the once unthinkable prospect of moving on.

Director: Nick Finegan Writer: Nick Finegan Producer: Tuli Litvak

Director: Joseph Chalmers

Writer: Joseph Chalmers

Producer: Vankshita Mishra

Director: Chris Brake

Writer: Chris Brake

Producer: Ryan Bennett

Cuppa Chai

After the passing of her Nani Ji, a young woman looks to recreate the perfect cup of tea.

Director: Amit Kaur

Writer: Radha Bhandari

Producer: Radha Bhandari (page 7), Kelly Wong (page 23)

Daylight Rules

Sasha, a teenage woman, possesses an unstable cosmic power that reveals itself once she’s exposed to the sun. With her mother, Jenn, she lives in a secluded forest commune where she learns to use her power and prove she is strong enough to live without the protection of her mother.

Departure Point

When her identical twin is eaten alive by a shark, Juliet attempts to process her sister Jackie's unconventional death via unconventional means. Gabriel, Jackie's fiancé, is both a hindrance and a help.

Dream Big

After being passed over for a big promotion at work, Miranda discovers that she can control the world via her model railway. A bittersweet comedy about a derailed woman, trying to mould herself to the institution but ultimately finding the power within to create her own.

Essex Girls

When a racial incident shunts her into the orbit of the only other Black girl at her school, “Essex Girl” Bisola journeys to discover a new side of herself. Will she find the balance between these two worlds? Or in doing so will she push away her white best friends?

Director: Alex Browning (page 9) Writer: Alex Browning Producer: Thomasina Gibson

Girl At Party

A grim reaper in the form of a teenage girl realises the limits of her power when sent to dispatch a 17 year-old boy.

Director: Christina Raisea Murphy (page 17) Writer: Christina Raisea Murphy Producer: Steve Lennon (page 15)

Director: Pip Swallow (page 21) Writer: Pip Swallow Producer: Georgina French (page 13)

Director: Yero Timi-Biu Writer: Busayo Ige

Producer: Angela Moneke, Simon Hatton

Director: Jess O’Kane

Writer: Jess O’Kane

Producer: Chloe Culpin (page 10)

Girl On Girl

On move-in day, a lesbian couple are forced to acknowledge that the problems between them don’t just exist in the bedroom.

Grown In The Dark

Joan discovers a strange makeshift shelter in one of the overgrown lots. Scared for her daughter’s safety she tears down the hazardous structure only to realise that, to something or someone, this was home.

Hormonal

Young trans man Gary joins an all trans heist team to rob a bodybuilder gangster of his clandestine testosterone supply.