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Summer 2024 Shortlist
Four members of a queer martial art club “Bender Defenders” in East London get together to celebrate their existence through conversations about the beauty of anger, the importance of trans and non-binary people in sports and joy as the main tool of resistance.
A bashful local vicar is called upon to save a haunted nudist camp from the prudish poltergeist covering their privates.
A voice message triggers all sorts of anxieties in Andro, but will they be pressured into trying to change their ways?
Hot Mess offers an insight into the intrusion of emotional abuse and ADHD in a compact and creative way. It highlights the damage and anxiety caused by a well-meaning, but ultimately toxic, parent who uses the power of voice to belittle, flatten and manipulate.
Voiced by Nicola Walker (Last Tango In Halifax, The Split, Unforgotten).
On the set of her divisive film about right-wing indoctrination, a young filmmaker fights to maintain control as her all-male cast and crew are united by a common enemy of their own creation.
A seemingly innocent TV commercial for a family-friendly recycling bin becomes increasingly bizarre when the father decides to recycle more than just household waste.
The world is on fire, why not start a band?
First Timers is a diy punk festival where beginner musicians play for the first time in front of an audience.
Over the course of one night, we follow the newest punks brave enough to take the stage.
Trailer here: https://benjihuman.com/burning-world-documentary
Two friends: one with a broken heart, the other on the brink of marriage. Together they set out on a day's journey that leads them to confront their past amidst shared grief and hopes for a brighter future.
Set in the UK and centred around intimate friendships between men of colour, Farewell presents evolving expressions of brown masculinity.
In Friends on the Outside we hear from Jamie, an incarcerated man with a love for foraging and caring for birds, exploring how the non-human world can take care of us and offer moments of connection in the spaces of the state's neglect.
In the aftermath of sexual assault, a woman retreats into the garden of her mind. Searching for answers and struggling to do 'the right thing', she realises that she must regain her voice and find new paths to healing, before she and her garden are destroyed completely.
When teenage Siah sends a nude selfie to Stephen, she feels both exhilarated and mature. Upon discovering the photo has gone viral, her sexual agency all but evaporates before her. Facing humiliation and increasing dilemmas at school and an antagonistic mother, Siah attempts to regain her image and her power.
After a wild night on a mysterious party drug, Lyla must navigate a surreal aftermath where the lines between reality and her childhood fantasies become increasingly blurred.