A mysterious door-to-door salesman, a teenage girl in a harrowing predicament, a child caught between real and imaginary friends, a young girl on a family holiday, two strangers brought together by a car accident and a repressed sweet-natured guy who starts to flirt with his dark side: an eclectic ensemble of stories by turns intriguing and touching, charming and imaginative, which will grab your attention and stir your emotions.

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The Happiness Salesman

• Krishnendu Majumdar /
• UK /
• 2009 /
• 15 mins

A mysterious salesman offers a young mother a second chance to fulfil her dreams.

Director: Krishnendu Majumdar
Producer: Arif Hussein
Scriptwriter: Steve Gomez
Editor: Chris Gill
DoP: Jan Pester
Production Designer: Stuart Mackay
Sound Production: Tom Sayers
Music: Vik Sharma

Jade

• Daniel Elliott /
• UK /
• 2009 /
• 15 mins

Caught in an emotional dilemma, young Jade is struggling to choose the right path.

Director: Daniel Elliott
Producers: Samm Haillay, Duane Hopkins
Exec Producers: Helen Ross, Rebecca Mark-Lawson
Scriptwriter: Daniel Elliott
Editor: Edd Maggs
DoP: Lol Crawley
Production Designer: Joy Sanders
Sound Production: Susan Pennington

Love Hate

• Blake & Dylan Ritson /
• UK /
• 2009 /
• 20 mins

The story of the affair between a sweetnatured young charity worker and a woman who turns out to be the physical embodiment of his hatred.

Director: Blake & Dylan Ritson
Producer: Scott Jacobson
Exec Producers: David Thompson, Ed Rubin, Beth Pattinson, Jack Arbuthnott, Rebecca Mark-Lawson
Scriptwriter: Blake and Dylan Ritson
Editor: Rich Orrick
DoP: John Lynch
Production Designer: Dan Betteridge
Sound Production: Chris Sheedy
Music: Chris Branch & Tom Haines

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Transgress

• Leanne Welham /
• UK /
• 2008 /
• 12 mins

A woman runs over a stranger with her car. When the badly wounded man refuses medical assistance, she drives him back to his flat to find her initial shock gives way to unexpected sexual tension.

Director: Leanne Welham
Producer: Rebecca Frankel
Scriptwriter: Leanne Welham
Editor: Kant Pan
DoP: Jake Corbett
Production Designer: Sophie Wyatt
Sound Production: Joe Kelly

An Act of Love

• Edward Dick /
• UK /
• 2010 /
• 15 mins

Director: Edward Dick
Producers: Annalise Davis, Chris Simon
Scriptwriter: Ash Ditta
Editor: Phil Hookway
DoP: Suzie Lavelle
Sound Production: Sacha Walker

Defoe

• Ross Neil /
• UK /
• 2010 /
• 9 mins

Director: Ross Neil
Producers: Simon Monhemius, James Lethem, Claire Neate James
Exec Producer: Nicola Doring
Scriptwriter: Ross Neil
Editor: Sam Jones
DoP: Michael Wood
Production Designer: Doon Ram
Sound Production: Sam Robson, Anthony Moore
Music: Peter Diggens

Electric Light Wonderland

• Susanna Wallin /
• UK /
• 2009 /
• 12 mins

Director: Susanna Wallin
Producer: Nik Weston
Exec Producer: Marilyn Michalowicz
Scriptwriter: Susanna Wallin
Editor: Susanna Wallin
DoP: Andre De Souza
Sound Production: Mikkel H. Eriksen
Music: Mikkel H. Eriksen

Five Miles Out

• Andrew Haigh /
• UK /
• 2008 /
• 18 mins

Cass is sent on a camping trip with her cousins, away from problems back home. Beneath the cliffs and among the rockpools, she finds someone to talk to: a boy with a dangerous plan.

Director: Andrew Haigh
Producer: Tristan Goligher
Exec Producer: Jo McLellan
Scriptwriter: Andrew Haigh
Editor: Lea Morement
DoP: Matyas Erdely
Production Designer: Sarah Finlay
Sound Production: Tim Barker
Music: James Edward Barker

Monsters & Rabbits

• Nicky Lianos /
• UK /
• 2008 /
• 11 mins

The friendship between young Michael and a girl at school threatens the very existence of Michael’s imaginary best friend: a monster.

Director: Nicky Lianos
Producers: Nicky Moss, Donna Mabey
Scriptwriter: David Lemon
Editor: Rachel Tunnard
DoP: Annemarie Lean-Vercoe
Production Designer: Cara Brower
Sound Production: Roland Heap
Music: Tom Marsh