Wakey Wakey
Teen Josie tries to make sense of a frightening world in which a sleep condition blurs her dreams into waking life, and comes under the sway of her sister Samantha, whose dark web of secrets she must unravel.
The Truth Will Out + Trashart Shorts
Thomas Laboss the host of Hard Streets Uk, hits the road interviewing families and different culture across the UK, uncovering the truth and being his usual exploitive self, but there’s something a little bit more sinister about this particular family, and he may not get out of this one alive. A british docu-horror inspired by the #metoo movement.
Last of the Manson Girls
Convinced there's more to the Manson murders than meets
the public eye, counterculture journalist Paul Krassner embarks on an LSD tinged investigation of the last of Manson's disciples: Brenda McCann, Sandra Good and Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme. What he finds could change how the world sees the 60s ... if he lives long enough to tell the story.
About the director: Loonie Martin’s first feature length film, Women’s Studies, was distributed nationally by R2 Films. In 2018, he completed his second feature film, The Last of the Manson Girls which went on to win Best of Fest at the South Carolina Underground Film Festival. The film also garnered him a Best Director award at the Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival as well as awards for Production Design and Best Supporting Actress. That same year, Martin's feature length screenplay Maynard Came Back made it the second round of the Austin Film Festival Dramatic Screenplay Competition.
His short film work has screened at the Fantasia International Film Festival, Temecula Valley Film Festival, Eerie Horror Film Festival, and West Chester Shorts Film Festival among others. For over ten years, Martin worked in Washington, D.C. and environs as an independent filmmaker on a variety of different projects; from short films and web series to corporate and government training videos, commercials, and narrative features. In 2016, he produced, wrote and directed a series of sexual harassment training videos for the U.S. Army. Currently, Martin is employed as an Instructor of Theatre & Film at Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, WV while also in development on his third feature length film.
Hackney Studio
Non-linear dark comedy about Wes, a body pierce from London, trying to get away with murder. Packed with X-rated humour and immersed in underground subcultures. Rope meets Clerks meets Sweeney Todd.
BURKINABÉ RISING: the art of resistance in Burkina Faso
A small landlocked country in West Africa, Burkina Faso is home to a vibrant community of artists, musicians, engaged citizens who carry on the revolutionary spirit of Thomas Sankara, killed in a coup d'état led by his best friend and advisor Blaise Compaoré, who then ruled the country as an autocrat for 27 years, until a massive popular insurrection led to his removal. Today, the spirit of resistance and political change is mightier than ever and it permeates every aspect of the Burkinabè life. It is an inspiration, not only to Africa, but to the rest of the world.
When Lambs Become Lions
For the vast majority scratching out an existence on the plains of Africa, life really is a matter of basic survival. With his powerful feature debut, Emmy-winning short filmmaker Jon Kasbe (Heartbeats Of Fiji) documents how this daily struggle binds together the inhabitants of Northern Kenya, both man and beast, and through the stories of ivory trader "X" and nature reserve ranger Asan, explores how questions of morality and mortality become increasingly complicated in such a savage landscape.
Vibrations
This film traces the steps of a Kuwaiti multimedia artist and social entrepreneur, Zahed Sultan, who's grassroots approach to work in social causes and music are the inspiration for a recording project that takes him to uncharted territory - Jamaica.
Militia Man + Q&A
Despite spending millions, the International Criminal Court utterly failed to bring justice to either the Congolese victims of a massacre - or the warlord accused of perpetrating the crime.
Unquiet Graves
Powerful film detailing how members of the RUC and UDR were centrally involved in the murder of over 120 innocent civilians during “the Troubles”. It details how members worked hand in hand with known sectarian murderers in the targeted assassinations of farmers, shopkeepers, publicans and other civilians in a campaign aimed at terrorising the most vulnerable in society. Now known as the Glenanne Gang, the group of killers rampaged through Counties Tyrone and Armagh and across into the Irish Republic in a campaign that lasted from July 1972 to the end of 1978.
Seán Murray is an award winning filmmaker from Belfast. His recent film, 'Fractured City' won a Royal Television Society Award at the BFI in London's South Bank.
He is also director of Relapse Pictures; a Belfast based Production Company specializing in a range of work including political documentary and drama.
He has directed a number of testimony-based documentaries dealing with legacy issues pertaining to the recent conflict in Northern Ireland and his recent film ‘Unquiet Graves’ has been screened at film festivals around the world
Comic Book Kingdom
Comic Book Kingdom is a documentary examining the joys and hardships of creating comic books by some the most talented Comic book creators working across the UK today. Featuring Laurence Campbell - Artist of Wolverine, Punisher and B.P.R.D, Kev Hopgood - Co-creator of Marvel's War Machine, Ian Sharman - Editor in Chief of Markosia Enterprises, Nigel Twumasi, Myfanwy Tristram, Zara Slattery, Inko, Chie Kutsuwada, Matt Hardy and Edward Bentley.
Jonathan Barnbrook – Activist Graphic Design
A session with graphic designer Jonathan Barnbrook, whose stated ambition is to use “design as a weapon for social change.” Barnbrook, who worked extensively with David Bowie, is also known for his collaboration with Adbusters, a graphically-designed magazine devoted to political and social causes that aims to “advance the new social activist movement of the information age.”
Not My Country
If you think you have a difficult job, then think again. A post as the unofficial public relations representative for one of the world’s most repressive regimes is about as demanding as it gets. Being denounced on international news, shamed in national tabloids and slandered on social media is all just part of the job description for Dermot Hudson, Official Delegate and Chairman of the Korean Friendship Association in the United Kingdom.
White Right: Meeting the Enemy
With a US president propagating anti-muslim propaganda and the far-right gaining ground in western democracies, filmmaker and journalist Deeyah Khan sits face-to-face with fascists, racists and the proponents of “alt-right” ideologies to find out why.
Local Control: Karl Hess in the World of Ideas
Documentary about the political spectrum focused on the biography of Karl Hess. A former corporate consultant and speechwriter for Barry Goldwater, Hess later joined the ranks of Students for a Democratic Society, later becoming a founding figure amongst Libertarians and survivalists.
Geoff Dyer - Where Eagles Dare + Q&A
Documentary about the classic war film narrated by award-winning critic and novelist Geoff Dyer.