London Breeze Festival Short Films

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Heart's Desire 

THU 24 OCT 14:30

Cinema in the Arches

Total run time: 88 min.

A selection of eight UK and international short fiction, docs and animations that consider different hearts' desires, whether a little boy's wish that his parents wouldn't fight, or a mother planning revenge for a terrible deed, or the search for a home where safety is a given and talents can flourish, the programme covers stories from a wide variety of perspectives that will be sure to move the audience. The titular film of the programme, ‘Heart’s Desire’ 

Heart’s Desire Dir. Loren Alleyne. UK 2023. 4 min. Language: English 

Lost Ones Dir. Andrew McVicar. UK 2024. 13 min. Language: English

What We Wished We Could Be Dir. Luke Shelley. UK 2024. 21 min. Language: English

Finding Home Dir. Lester Jones. Australia 2023. 11 min. Language: English

Tiff Dir. Sebastian Canning. UK 2024. 4 min. Language: No dialogue

Ladybug Dir. Daniela Schrier Kafshi. US 2024. 19 min. Language: English

Bunnyhood Dir. Mansi Maheshwari. UK 2024. 9 min. Language: English

Root Note Dir Guy Larsen. UK 2023. 7 min. Language: English

Herstory

THU 24 OCT 18:30

Cinema in the Arches

Total run time: 88 min.

From the only woman bull jumper in France to the drudgery of being two wives of the same husband on a small farm in Iran, or an exhausted and hungry policewoman trying to catch a break, these UK and international docs, fictions and animations recount women’s lives in a complex and inequitable world.

Under the Blue Dir. Linda Ludwig, James Curle. UK 2024. 15 min. Language: English

Blood Dir. Vathana Suganya Suppiah. Australia 2023. 10 min. Language: English, Tamil with English subtitles

Marion Dir. Joe Weiland, Finn Constantine. UK 2024. 13 min. Language: French with English subtitles

Mrs. Iran’s Husband Dir. Marjan Khosravi. Iran 2023. 27 min. Language: Persian with English subtitles

I’m Not So Sure About This Dir. Christy Sherrell. US 2024. 7 min. Language English

Hair Dir. Wendy Mateo. US 2023. 6 min. Language: English, Spanish with English subtitles

Lichtblick- Glimmer of Hope Dir. Sophia Tamaro. Germany 2023. 5 min. Language: Bulgarian, English, German, Persian, Romanian, Tigrinya, Ukrainian with English subtitles

Liminal Roots Dir. Aliyah Harfoot. UK 2024. 4 min. Language: No Dialogue

Labour of Love 

FRI 25 OCT 14:30

Cinema in the Arches

Total run time: 89 min.

The world of work is the setting for these seven UK and international short fictions, docs and animations, that take you on a breathless journey through delivery wards, artist's studios, shops and onto the bustling streets of towns and cities exploring birth, death, bullying, mental health and the end of the world. 

DELIVERY Dir. Ben Lankester. UK 2024. 25 min. Language: English

Paint Dir. Corran Gourlay. UK 2024. 10 min. Language: English

Collision Dir. Amirhossein Mohseni. Iran 2022. 15 min. Language: Persian with English subtitles

Moving Parts Dir. Hugo Docking. UK 2024. 3 min. Language: English

The Hanging Man Dir. Christian Søgaard. Norway 2024. 19 min. Language: Norwegian with English subtitles

How the World Is Going to End Dir. Vladislav Motorichev. UK 2024. 7 min. Language: English

How to Build a Life Dir. Matthew Reese. UK 2023. 10 min. Language: English

See Me

FRI 25 OCT 18:00

Cinema in the Arches

Total run time: 88 min.

Have you ever felt unseen? These six short UK and international fictions, documentaries and animations, tell stories of generational missteps, the paranormal, living vicariously through VR, and the regret of not seeing a friend’s despair. 

The Choice Dir. Paul Henry. UK 2023. 13 min. Language: English

Voyager Dir. Pablo Pagán. Spain 2023. 20 min. Language: Spanish with English subtitles

Blind Spot Dir. Soph Webberley. UK 2022. 13 min. Language: English

Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground Dir. César Oyarzabal. US 2024. 22 min. Language: English

That Night Dir. Emma Miranda Moore. UK 2024. 14 min. Language: English

For Isaak. Dir. Rebecca Lidwina Wilson Jacobs, Richard Graham Jacobs. UK 2023. 6 min. Language: English