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- In the privacy of his bathroom, away from his Mum, 26 year old Alexi takes a HIV test but he's not alone.
- Two girls conspire to escape from an authoritarian society where young people are kept in cages.
- In a world savaged by pollution, it would seem impossible to comprehend a day-to-day life, but somehow normality must continue on. We follow one man navigate his way through his daily shop.
- A quirky tale about a man ignoring his problems as he slowly and literally drowns in them. This is a unique animation exploring the themes of procrastination, loneliness, stubbornness and lethargy. Created as part of the BBC Arts Talent Development series called BBC New Creatives.
- In the Spring of 2001 in Wolverhampton, a father's adultery guilt sends him to try and explain his absence to his 5-year-old daughter. His daughter, now 23, acknowledges how she feels about being raised by the women in her life and how their struggle has empowered her.
- Created in partnership with the BBC and Rural Media, this is a striking adaptation of Damon Galgut's 'The Promise', directed by Christine Ubochi and starring David Jonsson.
- Street sweeper Joe Fallow is approached by the ailing Grim Reaper who offers to train him as his replacement, becoming the new 'face of death'. Elsewhere in town, an evil force threatens to merge the worlds of Hell and Earth into one. And only Joe, assisted by an enigmatic supernatural bounty-hunter, can stop it from happening.
- Overwhelmed by the stresses of lock down, neighbours Amy and Teresa find joy and solidarity in competing to peg out their washing in Western Standoff style
- Anna wants to be better, but within the impersonal and disposable industry of self-development, who decides what 'better' is?
- A film about identities and deafness in the Traveller community. A First Acts short in partnership with Rural Media.
- Orion, a young trans man is struck down by grief as his lover, Kiaan, is killed in front of him. He wonders if he's to blame. In an attempt to escape the pain, he changes Instagram filters to jump into an alternative reality. Intraverse examines the treatment of trans couples mis-identified as 'same sex' as they lose their 'hetero-privilege'. Kiran Dhoot is an award-winning film composer and writer.
- Created in partnership with the BBC and Rural Media, this is a contemporary adaptation of Nadifa Mohamed's novel 'The Fortune Men', directed by Yero Timi-Biu and starring Elmi Rashid Elmi.
- Part of the 2021 BookerPrize shortlist film series, created in partnership with the BBC and Rural Media. Liam Young's interpretation of Richard Powers' 'Bewilderment', starring Luke Norris.
- A gripping 20-minute film about a teenage couple, Jake and Ellie. Exploring the differences between healthy and unhealthy relationships, with a focus on domestic abuse in this vulnerable age group.
- The Willows highlights the challenges that victims of domestic abuse face living in a rural area. Rural life can be hard, but it shouldn't be this hard.
- What happens when your local playground becomes your local pub? Pie-eyed parents, lairy locals and awkward situations for a child in an adult world. Share a shandy with a pint-sized Pub Kid.
- Twenty of Shakespeare's best known love sonnets are weaved together to create an original story of modern love, told from the perspective of four narrators.
- The inhabitants of a North Herefordshire village prepare food for a feast to appease a devil in their midst.
- A First Acts short about post-traumatic stress disorder. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is most commonly associated with veterans of war, however, many diagnosed with PTSD are affected through other traumas. This short film explores the sensory experience of PTSD. Elle is a graduate from University of Worcester and has a degree in Digital Film Production and Screen Writing. This First Acts short was produced in partnership with Rural Media.
- The Travelling People is a celebration of the fifty year old radio program called 'The Ballad of the Travelling People', produced by the famous radio broadcaster, Charles Parker and folk singers, Peggy Seeger and Ewan McColl.
- Created by the students from the 2015-16 BFI Film Academy, Kindred tells the story of internal struggles with mental health, told through the eyes of a child.
- Experimental filmmaking exploring the complex relationships and interactions we yearn for through social media. Made with young artists from the mac Birmingham 'Future Curious' project.
- Detritus - A dismal voiceover documents detritus in artist Dion Kitson's hometown of Dudley.
- Disco balls and aggression take centre stage in this dance short from Jessica Walker. Through group choreography, she explores the subversiveness of women in the mood for a fight.
- The next generation of young girls are trained to break the glass ceiling Women elevate the next generation of young girls, and help train them to break the glass ceiling in this film from two young filmmakers from Shropshire striving for an highly stylized aesthetic, and currently focusing on telling stories of body and identity.
- A short documentary film, celebrating Herefordshire's passion for cider and it's unique community of cider makers.
- A tense study on internet activism and social media, as we watch a social activist begin a live video feed and discover a dark secret. Lewis is a passionate and creative filmmaker and recent graduate, specialising in high-concept narrative and striking cinematography.
- Young filmmaker Evelyn Privitera explores the feeling of dissociation.
- A rebellious gender fluid reflection on a cis-gendered society via the medium of dance FAG is a rebellious reflection on the cis-gendered society we exist in, with a quick wink and grin to political correctness. Danni Spooner is a feminist, a vegan, a being who is currently indulging itself in the practice of movement.
- A dating app in the near future promises to bring people together, but old habits die hard.
- The Frank Dale Collection is a unique and vast archive of cine film shot by local businessman Frank Dale over a relatively short period of five years in the 1950's. Working with the North Herefordshire Archive Film Group, Rural Media created a film from the archive, complete with a new score by Kim Humphrey and a poem by Philip Wells.
- First time filmmaker Campbell draws the similarities of pole-dancing to another equally gruelling form of dance: ballet. Ballet is known for pushing your body to its limits, as well as having a reputation for being harsh on its performers to behave and look a certain way.
- Masefield Matters' focus was connecting young people with the life and work of esteemed poet John Masefield. Researched, produced and filmed by local young people from Ledbury, Masefield's birthplace, the film creatively explores key moments in John Masefield's life that shaped him as a man and as a poet.
- A dark comedy about a young tired man trying to get up for work, told in the style of an Gothic poem. Sam is woken up by his alarm but struggles against the hypnotic allure of the snooze button. Again and again he succumbs to it, falling deeper and deeper into madness each time he does not get up.
- Sarah is leaving for University, it's a tricky time and she's scared, nervous but she can't let anyone know - but help and reassurance come from a most unusual place.
- Working with the community of Ledbury, Herefordshire and Ledbury Poetry Festival, Life Loves to Change followed the structure of John Masefield's classic rural poem Reynard the Fox to create a new narrative poem and digital artwork that explored the changing culture and identity of a rural market town in the 21st century.
- Internal struggles amount to the psyche being ripped apart: this is a Dirty Rebirth. As part of the human condition we are required to perpetually reinvent ourselves, to grow and evolve into new forms. The reality is these moments happen in the darkest of places, where directions have no meaning, and internal struggles amount to the psyche being ripped apart. This is a Dirty Rebirth. Joey Mottershead is a live interdisciplinary performance artist based in the East Midlands, whose work explores gender politics, the human condition and the empowerment of the self.
- A krump dancer explores race, class and gentrification in this short from Rural Media young filmmaker Michael Mante.
- A poetic look at technology's effect on social interaction from Tom Chimiak Tom Chimiak's Vocal Barriers is a poetic look at technology's effect on social interaction. Tom is an award winning conceptual filmmaker who has high-functioning autism and specialises in music based experimental short films.
- The Stranger is a horror/comedy short film which opens on a man waking up in an empty room. He has no idea who he is or how he got there. What happens next, is up to you.
- A suitably idiosyncratic adaption of Patricia Lockwood's 'No One Is Talking About This', directed by Liam Young, starring Fiona Button and produced by Rural Media in partnership with the BBC.
- Great Circle is directed by Christine Ubochi and starring Ria Zmitrowicz, taken from the novel by Maggie Shiptsead. Created in partnership with the BBC and produced by Rural Media.