Empiric
2021 - Ioana Turcan - Romania
In Romania’s 1986, a young woman working in a textile factory has to find a way to deal with the anti-abortion decree without putting her life in danger.
Debut Film / Drama / Female Filmmaker / Female Narratives / Female Protagonist / Human Rights / Live Action / Narrative Fiction / Political / Short Film / Social Issues / Women's Rights
Don vs Lightning
2021 - Johnny Burns & Pier Van Tijn - United Kingdom
All Don wants is a quiet life in the Scottish Highlands. Unfortunately the universe has other plans.
British Culture / Comedy / Dark Comedy / Drama / Live Action / Narrative Fiction / Outdoor / Short Film
Florence
2020 - Florian Thess - United Kingdom
A prototype therapy AI robot cracks under the pressure of meeting her inventor’s expectations and needs to decide to either help millions, or herself.
Drama / Female Narratives / Female Protagonist / Live Action / Mental Health / Narrative Fiction / Sci-Fi / Short Film / Student
ALL THESE MEN THAT I'VE DONE
2021 - Lorraine Nolan & Mark Daly - United Kingdom
Four women explore the constructs that have helped shape their sexual confidence.
Drama / Female Filmmaker / Female Narratives / Female Protagonist / Irish Filmmaker / Live Action / Narrative Fiction / Short Film / Women's Rights
Plot 9
2021 - Stacie duPerrouzel - United Kingdom
Alice discovers a stranger where she seeks solitude and must fight her prejudice to help him but is she also in need of help?
Drama / Female Filmmaker / Female Protagonist / Live Action / Mental Health / Narrative Fiction / Outdoor / Short Film / Social Issues / Urban
The Following Year
2021 - Miguel Campaña - Spain
The day of his anniversary, a widow farmer receives the clone of the woman he lost years ago under tragic circumstances.
Debut Film / Drama / Hispanic Filmmaker / Live Action / Narrative Fiction / Sci-Fi / Short Film / Thriller
Cuckoo
2021 - Vanessa Hehir - United Kingdom
A family in turmoil through a cheating husband, creates more skeletons and ghosts than meets the eye.
Children / Drama / Female Filmmaker / Female Protagonist / Live Action / Narrative Fiction / Short Film / Supernatural / Suspense / Youth
Rekonstruktio
2021 - Pia Andell - Finland
A man and a woman meet to reminisce about their school days fondly, until an old letter resurfaces very different memories of a school party in 1982.
Dance / Drama / Female Filmmaker / Female Narratives / Female Protagonist / Live Action / Narrative Fiction / Short Film
The Finding
2021 - Rebecca Tansley - New Zealand
A teenager’s efforts to reconnect with her estranged father forces them to confront a secret in their past.
Age / Drama / Female Filmmaker / Female Narratives / Female Protagonist / Live Action / Narrative Fiction / Short Film
One For The Road
2020 - Eileen Tracey - United Kingdom
When climate change forces them to abandon their seaside community, a daughter struggles to help her mother see a future for herself.
