PILLOW CHOCOLATE

For transman Jamie, a one-night stand is more than just sex, it’s a question of self-worth.

Director: Charlie Tidmas (page 23) Writer: Charlie Tidmas Producer: Hope Moon

Pole

Set in Watford, a lonely outsider who has just lost his job is driven to the periphery of society, where he undergoes a cathartic and bloody rebirth as a vigilante.

Director: Matt Hass Writer: Matt Hass Producer: Richard Parry

Pylon

A field. A gang. A gun. A frightened boy. His brave sister. Their determined mother. And a towering steel obelisk, overseeing it all.

Reasons

When a dinner party descends into a vicious argument between siblings Tom and Emily, their partners Jade and Norman can’t wait to escape. But clumsy revelations quickly expose that the one thing they have in common is a truly awkward secret.

Director: Barnaby Blackburn (page 8) Writer: Barnaby Blackburn

Producer: Jack Thomas O’Brien (page 22)

Director: Charlotte Peters Writer: Duncan Moore (page 16) Producer: Duncan Moore

Reflection

A convicted murderer travels back in time to prevent his younger self from being caught.

Director: David Anderson Writer: Aaron Diebelius

Producer: Pamela Drameh

Shoot Your Shot

An emotional stand-off takes flight as two immigrant teens come to terms with navigating that fuzzy feeling in their stomachs in a post-internet age.

Director: Mishaal Memon Writer: Mishaal Memon Producer: Gav Mukerji (page 16)

Small Hours

A disparate cohort of British-Ghanaian extended family members gather very early in the morning to partake in a tradition involving a suitcase in remembrance of a member who passed away a year ago.

Soft Facts

When Danny McCarthy is sent a video of his wife Maia, a humanitarian aid worker, apparently being kidnapped in the Middle East, he launches a digital investigation into an online world where nothing is as it seems.

Soulmate

When a lonely computer coder’s illicit romance with an AI is uncovered in her tech company’s simulation, she’s forced into a tense and desperate battle to save her precious relationship.

The Last Days

In a near-future world where you can discover your Death Day, an apolitical teacher learns that she has been given an incorrect date and determines to cement a legacy before her time runs out – that same day.

Director: Michael Mante Writer: Michael Mante

Producer: Ludovico Zanette, David Drake

Director: Paul Copeland Writer: Paul Copeland Producer: Jack Thomas O’Brien (page 22)

Director: Richard Fenwick Writer: Richard Fenwick

Producer: Joe Binks (page 8)

Director: Dipo Barruwa-Etti (page 7) Writer: Dipo Barruwa-Etti Producer: Katie Sinclair (page 18), Cheri Darbon (page 11), Gabi Carpenter (page 10)

The Licensed Fool

A travelling court jester, known as The Licensed Fool, begins to unravel when he learns of a sinister motive for him being hired for an upcoming performance.

The Smell Of Chicken

During Shabbat dinner with her family, an elegant granny transforms into a gluttonous beast when she gorges on roast chicken. Her grandchild follows her back in time through post WWII Lithuania to Israel, where she learns why Granny eats chicken like it’s the last day of her life.

Thursdays

78-year-old IVY falls headfirst for her cleaner and seizes her last chance to be a lover. Her 50-year-old cleaner SULMA, far from her native Venezuela and trapped in an abusive relationship, has her own intentions. In this bed of repression, need and power lies the most unconventional of love stories.

US & IN BETWEEN

In a busy care home, Agnes and Eddie, long-lost lovers in their 80’s set on a quest to have sex and circumvent the Open-Door policy.

Director: Gareth Bowen (page 29)

Writer: Gareth Bowen

Producer: Jamie MacDonald (page 30), Alexander Handschuh (page 26)

Wedad

A woman’s quiet rebellion against the patriarchal paradigm means she must walk out of her life and leave behind her young children.

Director: Sivan Raphaely (page 35) Writer: Sivan Raphaely

Producer: Nia Alavezos (page 34)

Director: Lorna Tucker (page 33)

Writer: Amy Baty (page 26)

Producer: Kingsley Hoskins (page 32), Samira Musa (page 35)

Director: Katia Shannon (page 18)

Writer: Katia Shannon

Producer: Amanda Dorsett, Gareth Brown (page 9)

Director: Elias Suhail (page 21)

Writer: Elias Suhail

Producer: Arij Al-Soltan (page 20)