A promising musical duo tries to avoid a meltdown before the biggest show of their career.
Mahalia, a timid 9-year-old black girl, feels different from the other girls in her ballet class. Hoping to boost her confidence, her mother brings her to a hair salon to get her hair straightened for the very first time.
Based on a short story by Dave Eggers, Johnna's dad talks too much, and Johnna herself lives inside her head. 'Your Mother and I' looks at the small moments that belie the larger tensions between families and generations, whilst Johnna's dad recounts all the ways he and his wife changed the world. Or so he says.
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On the edge of adolescence, Dexter visits the big city, and his sister, for the first time. Together they explore the big city, trying to understand how to relate to one another again.
A young boy's dream of becoming a doctor is challenged when war forces him and his mother to flee their village and start a new life in New York City.
"The films that end up in the programme selection are the survivors of a very bloody battle" - Manchester Animation Festival's Steve Henderson is the latest interviewee in our Meet the Gatekeepers series.
With the majority of his short film work now online, we finally take a look at the filmography of inspirational Dutch filmmaker Rosto, in this dedicated retrospective.
The Brothers Lynch join us to discuss writing their first feature 'Final Score' and why short film has been so important in their filmmaking
