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Short film about improving improving mental health through running.

Bound

Jack is an audience - posing stooge in a magic show run by his long-time friends, Declan and Seamus. Jack wants a fresh start away from their reckless behaviour and Declan’s constant abuse on stage for laughs. Held back by loyalty and calculated persuasion from Seamus, Jack stays, but as the tension between the men grows Declan’s demeanour worsens. He spikes Jack with a hallucinogenic before a performance in yet another attempt to humiliate, which poses a risk during one of their riskier sword tricks.

See the Animal

The short is about a connection to a time, food and a person who serves it. It revolves around fleeting connections and tiny interactions, that become a part of our nostalgic past.

Falafel Sundays

Savoury snack addict Dave must resort to extreme measures in order to satisfy his salty cravings

Divination Dave

When an old man goes golfing and loses his only club, he must find a creative way to keep his game going.

This movie captures the motivations of an animal rights activist. Through his eyes, we explore the paradoxes in our society --- of being an animal lover and yet consuming some of them --- stemming from social conditioning and cognitive dissonance. The protagonist describes his personal journey and his motives and beliefs. He discusses some facts that the general population is sometimes not aware of. Through this film, he tells us the real story behind the happy façade of our food choices and the difficulty and incessant obstruction faced by activists to stand against the unjust and powerful system. He discusses how important it is for the activists to show the compassionate side of the story that contradicts the society-approved normal and our age-old beliefs. This film encourages others to open their eyes, to try and understand such activists, and to question practices that are deemed normal and necessary.

Connection

After a brutal robbery, a Shopkeeper sets out to get back what was stolen from him: his pride. Featuring a unique blend of fiction and reality.

Night Shift

Imagine if your fears, anxieties and compulsions manifested themselves as living creatures in the real world, creatures which stalked your every movement. Welcome to the life of Norman Loafsby - a thirty year old, flamingo obsessed artist, whose life is a constant battle with these creatures. We follow him over a few days as he struggles to overcome these manifestations in attempts to hold down his job at the shoe factory. Through a turn of events Norman discovers something dark within his past which is the root cause to everything he's been experiencing.

Norman Loafsby

A young girl has developed a new type of mutation which is deteriorating her body. As her condition gets worse, she discusses with a former surgeon the nature of her disease and how to deal with it.

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