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Blackout (2024)

Written and Directed by
Chris Urch
Produced by
Solomon Golding
Executive Producers
Nadia Attia
Starring
Mawaan Rizwan, Jordan Mifsúd, Joe Simms + Scarlett Brookes

Commissioned by
BFI Network

Screenings to date
London Short Film Festival, 2025
In a shoebox flat on the seventeenth floor of a tower block, Reuben prepares a birthday party for his partner Harry. However, when Reuben starts hearing violent noises from the couple living next door, his morbid curiosity takes over.



Leaving Ikorodu in 1999 (2024)

Written and Directed by
Rashida Seriki
Produced by
Tobi Kyeremateng
Executive Producers
Aoife Hayes, Amy O'Hara
Starring
Motunrayo Abiola-Oloke, Tomi Oojo, Tobi Bakre, Sheila Atim

Commissioned by
BFI / Film4

Screenings to date
S16 Film Festival, Lagos, 2024

In Ikorodu, 10-year-old Momo has been sent for by her mother who migrated to London ahead of her. As she embarks on a road-trip to the airport with her aunt Fade and uncle Mahmoud, uncertainty drives them all to question whether Momo’s departure from Nigeria is truly for the best.

The Medallion (2024) (trailer)

Written and Directed by
Ruth Hunduma
Produced by
Tolu Stedford and Lily Usher for Story Compound
Executive Producers
Tolu Stedford and Charlotte Knowles / BFI and The Doc Society
Distribution
The New Yorker

Awards:
- Golden Gate Award for Best Documentary, San Francisco Film Festival
- International Student Prize, Clermont-Ferrand 2024
- Hypatia Golden Award, Alexandria Film Festival

Nominated:
- IDA Award for best Short Documentary
- Grand Jury Prize, AFI Fest
- Grand Prix Award, Clermont-Ferrand
- One World Media Award
- Best Short Film, Melbourne International Film Festival
- One World Media Award for Best Documentary
- Cinema Eye Award, Best Short Documentary

Selected Screenings
Doc NYC, 2023
True/False Documentary Festival, 2024
London Short Film Festival, 2024
Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, 2024

Ruth was barely a teenager when her mother passed down a Medallion, etched with the golden portrait of Nefertiti. Together, they go back to Ethiopia and explore her mother’s story as a survivor of the Red Terror genocide. Amidst a new civil war, the two revisit a country bursting with history and culture.  The Medallion is a story of hope, strength, and resistance.

The Extraordinary Miss Flower (2024) (trailer)

Written and Directed by
Ian Forsyth and Jane Pollard
Produced by
Zoe Flower
Executive Producers
Sam Dyson
Beth Earl
Anna Hildur Hildibrandsdottir
Ben Wheatley
Starring
Emilíana Torrini
Caroline Catz as Miss Flower

The Band:
Simon Byrt
Mara Carlyle
Liam Hutton
Ian Kellett
Lovìsa Sigrúnardóttir

Carpel – Kate Coyne
Sepal – Saeed Esmali
Stamen – Niall Murphy
Petal – Viva Seifert

Richard Ayoade
Siggi Baldursson
Sophie Ellis-Bextor (Voice)
Nick Cave
Alice Lowe
Mark Monroe
Angus Sampson

Commissioned by
Distiller Records

Screenings to date
BFI London Film Festival, 2024
Part film, part theatre, part fever dream — The Extraordinary Miss Flower takes the form of a series of specially designed performances by Emilíana and her band, combined with dramatic scenes and readings from letters by well-known actors and musicians. It’s ultimately a heartfelt love letter to the enduring power of creativity and friendship.



Bathsheba (2023) (Trailer)

Written and Directed by
Myah Asha Jeffers
Produced by
Victoria Bavister, Two Birds Entertainment
Executive Producers
Intermission Film / WePresent
Starring
Cecilia Noble, Tumi Fani Kayode, Taheen Modak


Screenings to date
London Short Film Festival, 2025
Inside Out, Toronto, CA 2024
S.O.U.L London, 2024
Bolton Bolton, 2024
Out on Film Atlanta, USA 2024
Seattle Queer Film Seattle, USA 2024
New York Shorts International, NY, USA 2024 
Leeds Film Festival, 2024
Norwich Film Festival, 2024

Living as a precarious property guardian and facing eviction, a grieving widow is forced to live with a younger woman. Little does she know, the new tenant holds the key for her to move on.
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