New Shorts: Pulp Fictions
Friday, 21 January 2022
Image: Feral, Bojana Babić, 2021
Feel the adrenaline coursing through your veins with this programme of edge-of-cinema-seat shorts. Joyriding and black market organ donors, wannabe drug dealers and a trio of murderous women stalking their prey. Moving from Iran to Ghana to the streets of London’s estates, these filmmakers are always chasing a thrill, always seeking out the next buzz. Watch out for Adam Deacon (Kidulthood, Shank).
Ajotin
Muhammed Seyyid Yildiz
19'
2021
Switzerland
An illegal Kurdish refugee borrows the car of his dreams for a joyride around London. Freedom starts to get blurry when a series of misfortunes comes his way, leading him to make a fateful decision.
The Void Inside
Julian Dieterich
18'
2021
Germany
After getting caught in a fight, Vahid needs to sell one of his kidneys to avoid a prison sentence of many years. While waiting for the liberating call from a buyer, a wish for a better life starts to grow within him.
Locked-In
Stephanie Boateng
11'
2021
United Kingdom
Two friends Mike and Kwesi take a journey to Ghana to seek pastures new.
While en-route to complete a lucrative land deal, they encounter an array of issues.
We're Too Good For This
Missy Malek
11'
2021
United Kingdom
Stereotypes are overturned in this story of physical disability, where a group of friends on a council estate find a way to assert their independence using the gifts others see as flaws.
Face Down In The Back Of A Car
Sion Thomas
8'
2021
United Kingdom
Three aspiring criminals grab a local troublemaker who owes them money, throw him into the back of a car and speed off into the night. Their journey gradually descends into chaos as the macho facade crumbles, and reality sets in for the long, awkward drive to an unknown, ever-changing destination.
Feral
Bojana Babić
16'
2021
Serbia
In order to break the everyday monotony, three village women secretly go on a trip together to hunt wild boars. After a series of unexpected events, they discover their passion for a different kind of prey.