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Accident
James Leech | drama | London | 10 min
published 18 Feb 05
       
 average rating from 39 members
A person lies dying in a London street. Can you help?
Annotate
Cameron Duguid | documentary | Scotland | 10 min
published 25 Jul 06
       
 average rating from 3 members
An animated journey through the different stages of energy production and consumption.
Arrive
Ed Holdsworth | experimental | London | 6 min
published 25 Nov 04
       
 average rating from 15 members
A Japanese odyssey communicating the explosion of the senses that intoxicates you on your arrival in Tokyo.
Back And Forth
Stéphan Talneau | music | London | 5 min
published 10 Oct 05
       
 average rating from 99 members
A man and a woman are devastated in the streets of London, a child is looking at them and the clock is ticking in reverse.
Borderline
Alex Chandon | experimental | London | 4 min
published 05 May 06
       
 average rating from 51 members
Strange buildings and visual illusions create a trippy and hypnotic short.
Brixton Beach
Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon | documentary | London | 16 min
published 20 Oct 08
       
 average rating from 2 members
Go for a surf, or just sit on the beach.
CaretStik
Tim Redfern | music | London | 3 min
published 16 Dec 05
       
 average rating from 10 members
Consumerism at its most haunting.
Cubs
Tom Harper | drama | London | 9 min
published 24 Oct 06
       
 average rating from 73 members
A gang of inner city kids have discovered a dark new sport...urban fox hunting.
Dialog
Stephen Irwin | animation | London | 6 min
published 22 Mar 05
       
 average rating from 21 members
Enter the animated world of miniature humans, mechanical men, and their creators...
Dragonfly
Kim Albright | drama | London | 5 min
published 10 Feb 09
       
 average rating from 6 members
A story of a young boy who sets himself free from his troubles at home.
Floating over Kolkata
Paramita Guha | documentary | London | 10 min
published 07 Sep 05
       
 average rating from 24 members
A journey into the mind of a young girl as she becomes one of the street kids of Kolkata, India.
Gash
RONG | comedy | South West | 3 min
published 11 Apr 06
       
 average rating from 48 members
This is social realism. This is Gash.
Highrise
Gabrielle Russell | drama | Yorkshire & Humber | 4 min
published 19 Jun 06
       
 average rating from 35 members
A woman, a baby, a sacrifice.
I Turn My Face To The Forest Floor
Thomas Hicks | music | London | 4 min
published 07 Nov 05
       
 average rating from 12 members
A film about a dark and twisted filmmaking community.
Just Passing Through
Ruth Nicklin | documentary | London | 7 min
published 16 Aug 05
       
 average rating from 85 members
Exploring the unique relationship between Waterloo Station and all who pass through it on their personal journeys.
Lard
Ornette Spenceley | drama | London | 6 min
published 04 Oct 05
       
 average rating from 29 members
Jake longs to play football with the bigger boys in the street.
Salaryman 6
Jake Knight | drama | London | 6 min
published 25 Nov 04
       
 average rating from 22 members
After losing his memory, Salaryman pieces together his mundane and repetitive life.
Seafood
Robin Baker | drama | London | 10 min
published 23 Feb 05
       
 average rating from 46 members
A modern metropolitan tale of love, lust and unbearable frustration.
Short
Waris Islam | comedy | Yorkshire & Humber | 9 min
published 07 Mar 05
       
 average rating from 37 members
A man, short changed on life and short in height, finds a woman short of love in a tall world.
Slippin'
Mike Forshaw | drama | London | 8 min
published 20 Apr 09
       
 average rating from 2 members
A young man feels estranged from his peers despite his best efforts to fit in. So he tries even harder...
The Fool Looks At The Finger That Points To The Sky
Aaron Bradbury | music | East Midlands | 7 min
published 12 Sep 06
       
 average rating from 16 members
The life of a simple wooden puppet is changed when he is drawn into a chaotic world played out on a mysterious stage.
The Train
Archie Ticktin | experimental | London | 2 min
published 01 Feb 06
       
 average rating from 52 members
A single moment on the tube and a short film in time.
Tiny Dancer
Stefan Georgiou | experimental | London | 4 min
published 17 Aug 05
       
 average rating from 47 members
How do you deal with not doing what you love? You do it.
Tube Mice
Dan Chambers | animation | London | 10 min
published 25 Nov 04
       
 average rating from 18 members
All is not right on the underground. But there is a dark vigilante on hand...
Unreal city
Peter Addington | animation | South East | 5 min
published 13 Jun 05
       
 average rating from 18 members
A contemporary fairy tale about urban isolation and the search for companionship.
Urban Animal
12Foot6 | experimental | London | 3 min
published 07 Jun 06
       
 average rating from 36 members
Pigeons and squirrels may not be the only urban animals prowling London streets.
What Goes Up (Must Come Down)
Adam Smith | music | London | 9 min
published 17 Jul 06
       
 average rating from 37 members
A Cockney rap-narrative revolving arond the successive passengers of a world-weary taxi driver.
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