Circle of Life
Friday 19th September 15:00pm (60m)
The joys and heartbreaks of raising the next generation.
Content Guidance: abortion/miscarriage/loss of a child
BARE ROOTS
In the depth of winter, an estranged mother and daughter plant a bare root hedge, unearthing the loss and heartbreak they have each buried, and exposing their needs for home, and each other.
Director: Ellen McDougall
Writer: Ellen McDougall
Producer: Lucy Mainstone
BIOLOGY
One night on holiday with Jess’ family, Liz freaks out in their Airbnb bedroom after she discovers that Jess asked her brother Simon to be their sperm donor.
Director: Oz Arshad
Writer: Lynsey Cullen
Producer: Guy Lindley
DANCE, THEN
Iris has been ignoring the death of her mother for too long. She hasn’t collected her ashes and the crematorium keeps leaving her pass-agg voicemails. When she finally embarks on the journey from London to Bradford she has no idea that crossing the threshold of the M11 will take her on the ride of her life.
Director: Philippine Velge
Writer: Kate Newman
Producer: Daisy Bryant
DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
Confronted by an old acquaintance, Lee is taken aback by the question, “Do you have kids?” It’s a friendly, casual question but for Lee it has a complex and difficult answer. How to encapsulate the world within her, another dimension where the traumatic and beautiful exist side by side? Exploring and enduring this place, Lee finds the strength she needs to answer.
Director: Tom Gentle
Writer: Samantha Brain
Producer: Isabella Bassett, Karen Kelly
DRESSED TO THE NINES
Luke goes on a journey of self-discovery in his mum's bedroom. Trying on dresses, perfume and make-up he dances away, losing himself to the connection. Ron, his unsuspecting dad, catches him and tensions in the house reach boiling point. In that moment, Luke and Ron connect in their shared grief.
Director: Madeleine Shenai, Ivana Mazza-Coates
Writer: Madeleine Shenai, Ivana Mazza-Coates
Producer: Yasmin Rais, Sophie Stacey
POMEGRANATE
A mother comes to terms with her Post-Natal Depression.
Director: Livvy Seabrook-Williams
PUMP OFF
Fresh new mum JOSIE comes up against reigning champion, the titanic triplet-bearing COOL NEW MUM in an all-out breast pumping tournament. Whose milk will prevail in this mammalian melee? This battle of the breasts? This fight womano a womano?… as we watch them… PUMP OFF!
Director: Ronit Meranda
Writer: Ronit Meranda
Producer: Fern Scott
PUSH
Being 9 months pregnant is not a beautiful fucking miracle - at least not to Mags, who’s exactly that. Lonely, she seeks advice from a visitor, but instead is prodded out of self-pity and pushed towards the acceptance of what is about to become her new normal.
Director: Elly Condron
Writer: Elly Condron
Producer: Jack Thomas-O’Brien, Naomi Rachel Smith
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