Anna thinks Ava is the best actress in her class.

Ava From My Class

Unable to honestly verbalize his problems, Michael (Himesh Patel) is searching for a way out of his spiraling depression. Retreating further and further into his own shell, his girlfriend Katie (Maddy Hill) repeatedly implores him to adopt a more positive mindset to no avail. It’s not until his fractious relationship with a student, Archibald (Tom Sweet), comes to a head that he’s finally able to see a reason to hope.

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Progressive muscle relaxation, Lycra, spoken word. As Michael (Himesh Patel) seeks novel ways to halt his spiraling depression, a moment of hope arrives via an unexpected source.

In Brazil, where a trans person is murdered every three days, Marilene searches for her daughter Roberta, a trans woman who went missing. While running out of time, she discovers a hope for the future.

Unliveable

Marilene searches for her daughter Roberta, a trans woman who went missing.

Jonathan is out of place in his middle-class London drama school. Pigeonholed for a role as a Black hoodlum in a classmate’s play and coaxed by his teacher to take the typecast part, Jonathan decides to demonstrate to his peers their prejudices, during a class role play exercise. Play it Safe is a story about implicit bias: unconscious racism by those who think of themselves as above prejudice, but whose conditioned racism is just as impactful as those who wear their intolerance proudly. Jonathan’s realisation that he is not in a liberal safe-space, but that his seemingly well-intended classmates hold entrenched stereotypes, reflects the real stories of countless drama students across the UK.

Play It Safe

Coaxed into playing a racial typecast in a student’s play, drama student Jonathan is faced with a decision: challenge prejudice, or play it safe.

Roya is a young girl with a yellow spot on her face. One day she feels the signs of a real giraffe in her life. And her normal life is slowly changing.

Spotted Yellow

Speaking only his native language, a Guatemalan teenager begins his new life in rural Colorado.

Chuj Boys of Summer

Speaking only his native language, a Guatemalan teenager begins his new life in rural Colorado.

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