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- A hypnotherapist is caught up in the pursuit of a serial killer.
- A short film in which a director's voice appears to be directing all the action on a busy London street.
- Hamlet (Tony Meyer) suspects his uncle, King Claudius (Barry Stanton) has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, Gertrude (Dame Helen Mirren), but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
- The film concerns an elderly couple played by Rosamund Greenwood and Roy Evans, who we later discover to be brother and sister, who accidentally run over and kill a young cyclist played by David Pugh on a lonely northern moor - but instead of reporting the incident to the police the woman decides to take the corpse home with them. There she dresses him in the clothes of a second brother, killed in the Second World War, shows him her photo-albums, and tries to engage him in conversation. Her brother, meanwhile, gathers wood to build a coffin. Greenwood has the only speaking part in the movie and largely carries it; she gives a subtle, heart-rending performance as a sister clinging to her past. Memories of the War hang heavily over the house - quite literally in the form of an aircraft propeller suspended from the ceiling that the woman booby-traps in order to prevent her brother burying the corpse.
- Nestor, a man with several obsessive-compulsive behaviours, lives in an unstable houseboat that never stops oscillating.
- Victor is stuck next to an intrusive stranger on a low-budget airliner. The crackling candy wrapper, the smacking of the lips, oh, just give him a break. No, he doesn't want your candy, thank you very much, Victor isn't hungry. There's no escape, thirty-five thousand feet in the air. So, just keep breathing.
- A young boy and his father live in a dull, lonely house with the shadow of mourning hanging over them both. The boy misses his mother but gets no comfort from his father's ascertains that she went peacefully. This tragedy is added to by the family dog which is looking increasingly unhealthy.
- A misguided orphan struggles to find a place for himself.
- Alternating Super-8, digital footage and the correspondence with her brother, the filmmaker evokes their deceased mother and the Portuguese revolution, which she only gets to know through these diffracted memories.
- During a seemingly normal day Ed discovers a secret room, a crazy old man and a conspiracy that sets him on course for a life changing decision.
- Hedi is experiencing strange things. While her granddaughter is visiting, she suddenly embarks on a hiking journey, to the deepest parts of the Alps, revealing the reason for her devoted attachment to her hiking shoes.
- A woman struggles with her grey hound, her partner struggles to understand.
- An experimental approach towards gas attacks and war trauma
- Water then food. Agriculture then industry. Old then new. Critical then extra. Simple to complex. Concrete to abstract. Dirt to clouds. Real to unreal.
- A serendipitous journey in which a lone fisher is united with a form of estranged matter.
- An investigative and exploratory hands--on gloves-off study into the practice of putting things 'off'. Sometimes the only way to get something done is to do two dozen other things first.
- Four grown wolves and a little one chase a sheep through the night. Little Wolf stops, captivated by the moon. He catches hold of it, and then the moon rises, with Little Wolf hanging on. The other wolves see him hanging there and try to rescue him, but their attempts are confounded by the playful sheep. As day breaks, the moon sets and Little Wolf comes close enough to earth to jump to terra firma. A celebration ensues.
- Albert Speer, Hitler's Architect and War Minister is sent to Spandau prison for 20 years.
- A snake monster is after a tribe of apes, when it manages to catch the weakest one. The ape has been infected by a strange insect that slowly takes over the body of the host. As as result the ape is getting black spots all over it's body without knowing the consequences.
- An intimate and insightful documentary unravelling the state of mind of the director's late alcoholic father through the poems he left behind.
- A documentary about mental health care in Victorian Britain detailing treatments such as clitoridectomy and genital massage. Not for the fainthearted. At a time when masturbation was thought to be seriously damaging to the health, patients diagnosed with hysteria were subjected to a brutal and physical 'cure' for the mental condition which produced symptoms such as fits or paroxysms. Several years later medical opinion changed, resulting in a more holistic and therapeutic form of treatment. Using cut-out and sand animation this film packs a curious chunk of medical history into a very small film.
- 'All You Can Eat' deals with the topic of the meat industry in the 21st century. Instead of animals, cartoon characters are being used as products of the modern society and the way it is being constructed. A tribe of cartoons are being taken by force from their natural habitat, only to fulfill the voracious intentions of humans.
- Dramatised documentary tracing the history of childbirth practices from the earliest times to the present day.
- On National Achievement Day, the lives of a detective, a shopkeeper, a garage attendant, a barmaid, a dog and two mice interconnect. Their conversation provokes self-reflection, stirring up memories that evoke longings and regrets.
- The bizarre rituals and disturbing characters found in Liverpool's Casablanca Nightclub.
- Women read biographical accounts of the lives, thoughts and aspirations of a prostitute and are, apparently, interviewed about similar subject matter.
- Alex tries to understand his brother Jamie, who has Down syndrome and several learning disabilities. Despite being close to nonverbal, he demonstrates a lot of charisma, a sharp sense of humor, and emotional sensitivity.
- A short film depicting a dad's influence on a young boy's life. His judgmental character mixed with the boys fondness for his dad prove to be a toxic mix that tears away at a world of opportunity and experiences.
- The owner of a hot-dogs van takes frequent excursions to the forest to meet his pet bear and have some fun with his lady friends. He feeds the bear with his wonderful hot-dogs, but the bear wants something meatier.
- A allegorical tale about how Society discards and segregates people who are different and treats them as a lesser form of humans and as if all were the same.
- A 12 year-old girl remembers a bedtime story her father told her.
- Long-haired Scottish terrier Archie gives us a dog's eye view as he goes for a haircut. Features in the BBC 10x10 Series of short films by first-time directors.
- A young boy is faced with guilt after thinking he had murdered his friend.
- A sensitive animated short depicting a daughter penning a letter to her deceased mother, detailing the day-to-day events and personalities of her life.
- Revelers mingle, drink, and dance at a street carnival.
- A man tells his child an unusual bedtime story.
- The true story of Nigel, the lonely gannet of Mana Island who hopelessly fell in love with a concrete statue.
- The fear of being overwhelmed by the outside world can almost literally make you lose your head.
- Moments of lost self-control.