University for the Creative Arts

An incredibly insightful animation provides a personal telling of a very important story from an often unheard perspective of the refugee crisis.

After witnessing a traumatising road safety film, Peter, an extremely anxious young man late for an important date, struggles to leave his home due to being plagued by visions of past traumas he seems to have forgotten.

A survivor of sexual abuse as a child, Aaron adjusts to a life where the physical demon of his trauma is with him everywhere he goes. When a police investigation is launched into his abuser, he must choose between carrying on socially imprisoned by this monster or confronting his demon head on.

An animated interview piece with Lo-Fi Pop pioneer Martin Newell of The Cleaners From Venus. Martin discusses his ethos, the music industry and the anachronist nature of his work, taking on the guise of a time traveller traversing his 40+ year career.

A sky-high story about the upwards adventure of a young boy.

The story of the contrasting roles looted Benin Art plays across cultural divides of the West versus the people of Benin. Told through the lens of Prof Peju Layiwola, a descendant of Oba Ovaramwen Nogbaisi, who ruled over Benin during the British Punitive Expedition of 1897. It chronicles the pains of mass murder, the theft of items of cultural heritage, and the agitations of Orientalism.

The journey of a dying fish's last moments. A film about life and accepting change.

Sensory is an animated short about sensory memories. It is about how your body remembers what your mind can’t, what your mind doesn’t want to, and in ways your mind can’t.

Ice Ceiling is about the direct manifestations of an unwell mind, producing auditory hallucinations that manipulate the protagonist.

A farmer tends to his cattle on a particularly foggy morning, but something is slightly strange about his herd today.

Heart of Brass is a surreal account of events surrounding a determined passion for brass music when your teeth are standing in the way. This autobiographical film reflects the bitter-sweet love of finding joy from an outside perspective.

An interview with two people on their experience of Shibari, and what it means to them.

An audiovisual interpretation of communication between humans and trees.

Red and The Kingdom Of Sound visualises the symphony orchestra as a fantastical realm comprising fifteen different architectural districts deriving from the different musical instruments of the orchestra.

Short story about a fox, sentenced to death for killing his rabbit lover and accepting his fate.