Against The Tide and The Deepest Breath
Against The Tide
(Country: India; Year: 2023; Director: Sarvnik Kaur)
The threats facing India's Koli fishing community are explored through the story of two friends with very different approaches to their tradition.
UK premiere
Anhell69
(Country: Colombia, Romania, France, Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Theo Montoya; Writer: Theo Montoya; Stars: Camilo Najar, Sergio Pérez, Juan Pérez, Alejandro Hincapié, Julian David Moncada, Camilo Machado, Víctor Gaviria, Alejandro Mendigana)
A funeral car cruises the streets of Medellin, while a young director tells the story of his past in this violent and conservative city.
UK premiere
The Deepest Breath
(Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Laura McGann; Writer: Laura McGann)
A champion freediver and expert safety diver seemed destined for one another despite the different paths they took to meet at the pinnacle of the freediving world. A look at the thrilling rewards — and inescapable risks — of chasing dreams through the depths of the ocean.
UK premiere
The Hearing (Anhörung)
(Country: Switzerland; Year: 2023; Director: Lisa Gerig)
Consideration of applications for asylum and the Swiss approach to them.
UK premiere
Is There Anybody Out There?
(Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Ella Glendining)
While navigating daily discrimination, a filmmaker who inhabits and loves her unusual body searches the world for another person like her, and explores what it takes to love oneself fiercely despite the pervasiveness of ableism.
UK premiere
Tokyo Uber Blues and Anhell69
Long Distance Swimmer
(Country: UK, Germany; Year: 2023; Director: Charly Wai Feldman)
The Syrian swimmer who pulled the boat that carried her and another 18 refugees to Greece now copes with the consequences of becoming a famous activist.
World premiere
My Friend Lanre
(Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Leo Regan)
A portrait of photographer Lanre Fehintola.
UK premiere
Tokyo Uber Blues
(Country: Japan; Year: 2022; Director: Taku Aoyagi)
Documentarian records his work as an Uber delivery guy in the pandemic.
UK premiere
Transition
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Jordan Bryon, Monica Villamizar)
Follows Australian filmmaker Jordan Bryon as he undergoes transition while embedded with Taliban forces.
International premiere
