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A Fitting Tribute
Daniel Cormack | comedy | London | 13 min
published 10 Feb 09
       
 average rating from 19 members
A novice local news reporter gets more than he bargains for from the grieving mother of a teenage boy.
A Love Supreme
Nilesh Patel | documentary | London | 10 min
published 25 Sep 06
       
 average rating from 17 members
A non-dialogue short that dissects the making of a humble samosa.
About A Girl
Brian Percival | drama | North West | 9 min
published 30 Jan 07
       
 average rating from 47 members
As a girl relates stories about her ordinary teenage life, there is an uncomfortable sense of sadness underlying her easygoing tales.
Ashes
Corinna Faith | drama | London | 10 min
published 02 Dec 05
       
 average rating from 52 members
An estranged father takes his young son up to Liverpool to perform a family duty.
Ashes In The Sand
Anthony Laverty | drama | North East | 8 min
published 06 Jan 05
       
 average rating from 11 members
A mother attempts to bridge lost connections with her children on a day out at the beach.
Berocca
Martin Taylor | drama | North West | 13 min
published 17 Feb 05
       
 average rating from 10 members
A disabled salesman and his autistic son travel the backroads of Northern England.
Cannon Fodder
Stephen Crilly | drama | Northern Ireland | 10 min
published 30 Jan 06
       
 average rating from 18 members
A case of mistaken identity plunges a young couple into a frantic race against time to survive.
Care
Corinna Faith | drama | London | 19 min
published 07 Feb 07
       
 average rating from 22 members
Mali, a home help, gives good care... but Archie, a cantankerous old bigot, is reluctant to accept it.
Cheese Makes You Dream
Kara Miller | drama | London | 5 min
published 04 Apr 06
       
 average rating from 39 members
A day in the life of Jim O’Connor – an acutely lonely pensioner with high hopes and a subscription to a Golden Oldie dating service.
Christmas Merry
Robin Baker | drama | South West | 3 min
published 16 Dec 05
       
 average rating from 36 members
Julia and Jim are dreaming of a white Christmas...
Cregan
Steve North | drama | South East | 10 min
published 11 Nov 08
       
 average rating from 19 members
"Watch and learn."
Dad's Dead
Chris Shepherd | experimental | London | 7 min
published 09 Feb 06
       
 average rating from 49 members
Through a series of ghostly reminiscences a young man tries to piece together fragmented moments from the past.
Elephant Palm Tree
Kara Miller | drama | London | 10 min
published 23 Feb 06
       
 average rating from 14 members
When a menopausal Miss Jamaica is shat on by an elephant, she decides to ask her cheating husband for a divorce.
Everything Was Life
Ellie Land | documentary | North East | 4 min
published 28 Feb 07
       
 average rating from 16 members
A film exploring the practice of Female Genital Mutilation.
Family Portrait
Rob Brown | drama | Yorkshire & Humber | 4 min
published 25 Jan 06
       
 average rating from 22 members
A terrified mother calls emergency services when her estranged husband turns up on their driveway with a gun.
Feeder
Camille Griffin | drama | London | 10 min
published 28 Feb 06
       
 average rating from 41 members
Pam likes to help her sick father eat his dinner. Or does she?
Gone
Matthew Thompson | drama | South East | 9 min
published 22 Dec 04
       
 average rating from 18 members
Whilst in a druken stupor at a teenage party, a boy is witness to a horrific event.
Guy 101
Ian W Gouldstone | animation | London | 8 min
published 30 Jan 07
       
 average rating from 30 members
A man hears a story about a hitchhiker from the other side of the internet.
Half Naked
Michael Keillor | drama | London | 5 min
published 20 Jan 05
       
 average rating from 19 members
A racist discovers that colour is only skin deep.
Highrise
Gabrielle Russell | drama | Yorkshire & Humber | 4 min
published 19 Jun 06
       
 average rating from 35 members
A woman, a baby, a sacrifice.
Jane Lloyd
Happy | experimental | London | 5 min
published 07 Dec 05
       
 average rating from 34 members
The life of a young girl, Jane Lloyd, is examined in a series of snapshot images set to a musical backdrop.
Journey Man
Dictynna Hood | drama | Wales | 13 min
published 02 Nov 05
       
 average rating from 16 members
A stowaway refugee from war torn Sierra Leone arrives in Wales at Christmas time.
Lap
Meloni Poole | drama | Yorkshire & Humber | 14 min
published 02 Aug 06
       
 average rating from 23 members
A tender modern love story set in the world of lap-dancing which brings a new spin to the saying 'love is blind.'
Laters
Jillian Li-Sue | drama | London | 10 min
published 01 Jun 05
       
 average rating from 27 members
The harrowing story of Macy, a teenage girl leading an all too adult life.
Milk
Peter Mackie Burns | drama | Scotland | 10 min
published 18 Jan 07
       
 average rating from 19 members
Bath time fun turns serious for Nan and reluctant granddaughter.
Nits
Harry Wootliff | drama | Yorkshire & Humber | 10 min
published 18 Jul 06
       
 average rating from 37 members
Seven-year-old James has nits and wants his mum to check his head, but his mum has other things on her mind.
No Man's Land
Clara Glynn | drama | Scotland | 9 min
published 20 Oct 06
       
 average rating from 8 members
When parents go to war children suffer collateral damage.
Orders of Love
Jes Benstock | documentary | London | 10 min
published 21 Mar 05
       
 average rating from 43 members
An examination of the hidden influences that past generations exert on our personality. Heart of Darkness meets Steptoe and Son - in Weymouth!
Our Father Who Art In Heaven
Jeremy Williams | documentary | South East | 14 min
published 01 Oct 08
       
 average rating from 18 members
Two brothers return home following the death of their violent father to clear out his possessions and his remains left on the living room carpet.
Poppy
Esther May Campbell | drama | South West | 7 min
published 10 Nov 06
       
 average rating from 16 members
A tale of love and loss from the poppy fields of India.
Romance
Sean Spencer | drama | West Midlands | 10 min
published 27 Jan 09
       
 average rating from 1 member
Romance is about the hope, fragility and darkness in modern human relationships. We follow Julie Walker on a first date as she tries to re-engage with the possibility of love, after leaving a violent relationship.
Silence is Golden
Chris Shepherd | drama | South East | 14 min
published 30 Oct 06
       
 average rating from 40 members
My neighbour’s a right loony. He's always banging our wall down. I'm used to it. I think other people's houses are well weird. There's no knocking - right
Slap
Uriel Emil | drama | London | 3 min
published 29 Aug 07
       
 average rating from 12 members
Slap: And then silence, threatening silence. The roasted poultry, my wife and the dog, all in shock, examining me... digesting.
Small Dark Places
Susie Watson | drama | London | 24 min
published 19 Dec 08
       
 average rating from 8 members
A dark tale of fear, love and betrayal.
Spin
Cath Le Couteur | drama | London | 10 min
published 24 Oct 05
       
 average rating from 27 members
Polysexual tension and intrigue are uncorked during a game of spin-the-bottle at a teenage party.
Stripes
Sean Spencer | drama | West Midlands | 10 min
published 23 Dec 04
       
 average rating from 20 members
Fifteen years on, a school bully finds himself a victim in his own home.
Taken Out
David Whitney | drama | North West | 12 min
published 02 Dec 05
       
 average rating from 16 members
Two lifelong friend's relationship is tested when one of them commits a brutal crime.
Telling Mark
Guy Ducker | drama | London | 10 min
published 27 Jun 06
       
 average rating from 45 members
To dispel a strange tension at work Mark invites his colleagues to dinner unaware of the secret they carry.
The End And Back Again
Lee Jane | drama | West Midlands | 10 min
published 27 Apr 05
       
 average rating from 19 members
The blurring of boundaries between childhood games and adult fantasies.
The Undertaker
Joe Penhall | drama | London | 14 min
published 07 Oct 05
       
 average rating from 36 members
An undertaker’s desire to impress a young woman goes horribly wrong.
Turn
Joseph White | drama | South East | 8 min
published 21 Dec 04
       
 average rating from 12 members
Induced by an eerie sense of déjà vu, an alcoholic is forced to confront his past.
Waiting
Lucy Lee | animation | Wales | 3 min
published 02 Aug 05
       
 average rating from 25 members
The dreams and delusions of a small girl as she waits for her father to return.
Waving At Cars
David Beauchamp | drama | North West | 6 min
published 05 May 09
       
 average rating from 5 members
An outwardly 'normal' couple go supermarket shopping, but when Tory and Isaak's relationship starts to unravel, it exposes a secret too terrible to contemplate...
What We've Found Out About Stem Cells
Richard Fenwick | documentary | North East | 13 min
published 21 Dec 06
       
 average rating from 16 members
An attempt to demystify the complicated world of stem cells through a series of simple and colourful animations.
Who Do You Love?
Jim McRoberts | drama | Scotland | 10 min
published 08 Dec 04
       
 average rating from 29 members
Heather loves her mum, but does her mum really know what love is?
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