NAILS & BEAUTY

Awkward teen Lucy escapes dull suburbia and archaic gender constraints when she’s thrown into the absurd world of the buff and brilliant builder Louisa at ‘Nails & Beauty’.

Director: Jesse Lewis Reece

Writer: Jesse Lewis Reece

Producer: Ike Newman

New Atlantis

While exploring an abandoned building, two teenagers discover a recording of a woman who claims to be the last citizen of a lost Utopia.

Director: Margo Roe (page 33) Writer: Ben Norris (page 27) Producer: Isabella de Rosario (page 30)

Not Dark Yet

At a rare family gathering, the depressed father disappears. His wayward son, reckoning with his own parental failures, goes out to search for him...

Director: Simon Smith (page 20) Writer: Temi Oh Producer: Ed Feilden, Helen Simmons

Director: Rhona Foster (page 12) Writer: Rhona Foster Producer: Tuli Litvak

Director: Matt Smith (page 19) Writer: Matt Smith Producer: Rhian Smith (page 19)

Director: Hermione Sylvester (page 29) Writer: Hermione Sylvester

Producer: Darta Vijgrieze (page 28)

Octopus

A disabled woman goes back to her hometown for the funeral of a close friend and confronts the feelings and friends she left behind…

Director: Ella Glendining (page 13)

Writer: Ella Glendining

Producer: Jessi Gutch (page 14)

Peregrine

When an emotionally mistreated boy is pushed by his father to steal a rare osprey’s egg, he finds the courage to stand up to him. With this experience comes his first sense of freedom.

Director: Aasaf Ainapore (page 6) Writer: Aasaf Ainapore Producer: Anu Anderson