HOME's quarterly showcase of short films made by writers, directors or producers currently based in the North West.
From grassroots guerrilla filmmakers to established production companies, the film community is thriving in the North West.
Join us for an evening screening where you’ll discover a selection of short films that are being produced right here on your doorstep and chat to the filmmakers in the bar afterwards.
The entire programme is selected by a panel of audience members from open submissions.
Trigger warnings: Full list of trigger warning is at the bottom of this page.
Please note: We would like to highlight one of the film opens on a scene of suicide by hanging which could be triggering for some audience members. If you are concerned this would impair your experience of the screening, please get in touch with Isabelle on filmedup@homemcr.org to discuss the measures we can put in place for you to attend the screening in the most confortable environment possible.
PROGRAMME (in alphabetical order of titles)
- As For Me
Director Guen Murroni/ 2023/ United Kingdom/ 14 mins
An overworked game developer wrestles with a form of dissociative identity disorder that’s working to revive a repressed memory
- Christmas Afterparty
Director Charlie Black/ 2024/ Germany, UK/ 04 mins 20
Handheld super-8 recordings observe Christmas trees in their new stage of life as they are thrown out on the streets, putting into question the transient value bestowed onto them. By developing the film roll using foraged pine needles, the trees have their final words before disappearing.
- Clouded
Director Niamh Boorman / 2024/ United Kingdom/ 04 mins 10
When a mysterious moving light dashes by, a curious little star secretly leaves the comfort of his sheltering mother to investigate, alone. Faced with overwhelming new experiences, he must navigate the world without the guidance of his mother.
- Fade to Black
Director Samuel Mason/ 2024 / United Kingdom/ 05 mins
David, trapped in a cyclical reality, navigates through the past and the present under the watchful eye of Jenna, his ex-girlfriend.
- Gone Fishing
Director Christopher Deakin/ Writer Producer Paul Ludden/ United Kingdom / 11 mins 16
Men of a certain age will generally talk about anything other than their mental health. Ben and Pete are no different.. will their banter take a deeper turn on their first fishing trip since their friend Marko took his own life?
- Got Guts
Writer Director Georgia Leigh-Taylor/ Producers Georgia Leigh-Taylor, Luke Bather/ 2024/ United Kingdom/ 06:26
On the evening of a much anticipated first date, May is tormented by the symptoms of her IBS. As much as she soldiers on, her stomach is hell-bent on flushing her night down the toilet.
- Nostra Aetate
Director Olivia Berglund/ 2024/ UK/ 07 mins 24
Documentary. Sister Teresa Brittain Teresa recounts the transitions she and her fellow Sisters went through in order to liberate themselves from the institutional control of the Catholic Church and reclaim their faith as a collective of women.
- Paint
Director Corran Gourlay/ 2024/ United Kingdom / 09 mins 54
Paint tells the surreal story of an old man, wrapped in grief, who obsessively coats the walls of a room with layer after layer of paint, shrinking the space around him as he seeks solace from his pain. This poignant exploration of loss and the ritual of avoidance speaks to universal themes of memory and the difficulty of letting go. Shot in the dilapidated yet historically rich Queen’s Market in Morecambe, Paint symbolises both personal and communal cycles of transformation and reclamation.
- Rose Gold
Writer Director Simon Glyn Powell/ Producer Anthony Scott Crank, Vikas Shah/ 2024/ United Kingdom/ 20 mins
All Rose wanted to do was help her grandmother. A chance encounter immerses her into the music, dance and ecstasy of the 1990s Manchester scene.
- Streamer
Director Craig McLaughlin/ 2023/ UK/ 10 mins 00
Chaotic streamer; Dingbat6799 searches for elusive meaning, money and relevancy in the increasingly bewildering online world.
- The Other Side
Director Amy Wilson/ 2024/ United Kingdom/ 02 mins 20
Experimental documentary exploring the feelings of leaving home for the first time and getting used to big changes and new lives.
TRIGGER WARNINGS
Some of the films contain instances of:
- Depiction of suicide by hanging
- Suggestion of child abuse (no graphic depiction)
- Themes of grief over a loss one.
- Verbal mentions of coercive behaviour within a religious context..
- Flashing images
If you need more detailed information and timings relating to the trigger warnings, please don’t hesitate to contact filmedup@homemcr.org