18 min · English · Drama
Richard Prendergast's beautifully made English drama: a family road trip in a beloved car called Sylvia, with games, songs and ice cream, and a goodbye waiting at the end of the road.
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12 min · English · Drama
Matthew Saville's New Zealand drama follows a teenager hitchhiking in search of his birth mother. An intimidating stranger with a tattooed face changes what family means to him.
18 min · English · Comedy
A father's final demand makes grieving unusually difficult. Watch this dark comedy for a strange family inheritance and the feelings money cannot settle.
12 min · English · Comedy · Romance
A London pub, a break-up that won't happen and a compulsory game of chess. This sharp English comedy turns every move on the board into a move in the relationship.
15 min · English · Drama · Thriller · Comedy
A parlour game becomes a test of belonging. Watch this dark comedy-mystery for sharp class satire and a family whose polished manners hide something troubling.
9 min · English · Drama · Romance
Uli Meyer's elegant English ghost story, written with Michael Marshall Smith: an amateur artist keeps sketching the same woman in a churchyard and decides she must be a ghost. Eight quietly romantic minutes.
23 min · English · Thriller
An Irish thriller from Martina McGlynn and Gar O'Brien: a surgeon is told her secret will be auctioned unless she buys it back first. Twenty-two tense minutes in a sinister underground trade.
15 min · English · Drama
A warm Passover visit turns serious when a granddaughter confronts her grandmother with a secret that touches on Anne Frank's history. A fourteen-minute English drama about memory and truth.
13 min · English · Drama
Justin Carlton's English drama about a singer-songwriter stuck in a creative block, until a chance meeting in a park brings the music back. Twelve warm minutes for anyone who has ever stalled.
12 min · English · Science fiction · Comedy · Drama
A recliner that turns back time sounds convenient—until ordinary responsibilities catch up. A pick for science fiction that begins right at home.
13 min · English · Drama · Comedy
Making amends is harder than arranging a meeting. Watch for a sister-to-sister conversation about anger, love and the work of rebuilding trust.
10 min · English · Drama
A search for a missing daughter turns into a confrontation that changes a family's understanding of itself. Try this for a tense, tightly focused drama.
9 min · No dialogue · Animation
A wordless animation: a shepherd turns wool into rain clouds that keep his valley green. When he dies, his loyal dog must carry on the work. Nine minutes that will move dog lovers.
18 min · English · Drama · Comedy
A connection with a young neighbor gives Ernie a reason to look outward again. Watch for a fable about loneliness and the kindness people can offer each other.
10 min · English · Comedy · Drama
Ben Brand's adaptation of Andy Weir's story The Egg: a man killed in a traffic accident finds himself talking to God, who has an answer to the biggest question of all.
13 min · English · Drama
Nancy comes in for a haircut and finds someone willing to listen. Watch for a dark short about the gap between keeping up appearances and finding a way forward.
11 min · No dialogue · Animation · Comedy
A wordless Australian animation about road rage on the Nullarbor Plain, the longest straight road in the world: a brash young driver picks a fight with a surprisingly intrepid old-timer.
16 min · English · Romance · Comedy
An arranged date is a meeting of expectations as much as people. Try this if you enjoy stories about belonging, family and finding a connection.
15 min · English · Comedy
A big Italian-American family keeps Sunday pasta night alive after their parents' passing, until Don announces he's gone vegan. Fourteen loud, loving, very funny minutes.
17 min · English · Drama
An English drama about a teenager who wakes up to find everyone has vanished. Martha wanders the empty world, replaying her mother's last answering-machine message, until she meets one other person.
22 min · English · Romance · Comedy
Joe Gillette's English romantic dramedy: a melancholy best man escapes the wedding crowd and meets Jessie. A sweet, witty twenty-two minutes about how strangers really connect.
16 min · English · Science fiction · Thriller · Drama
An English sci-fi thriller: two estranged brothers caught in a repeating chain of events try to stop a tragedy. Fifteen tense, emotional minutes.
11 min · English · Drama
Pull up a chair for “No More Wings”, a warm, bittersweet two-hander in which childhood friends Isaac and Jude catch up over fried chicken as their lives drift in different directions.
13 min · English · Drama
Sit with “Presentation”, a perceptive, empathetic teen drama about Holly, who has to stand up in front of her class while self-doubt and anxiety close in around her.
20 min · English · Science fiction · Thriller
A selfish executive is trapped in a restroom time loop and has to face other versions of himself to get out. Twenty minutes of clever, funny sci-fi.
23 min · English · Drama · Thriller
A college student who feels threatened seeks shooting lessons and a sense of control from a survivalist. A twenty-two-minute English drama about fear and power.
17 min · English · Drama · Science fiction
During a lethal epidemic, a quarantined father faces an impossible choice when his daughter falls ill. A sixteen-minute English sci-fi drama that lands close to home.
14 min · English · Drama · Thriller
An ordinary school day becomes a child's fight for safety. Watch for a restrained, emotionally difficult perspective on the people at the centre of gun violence.
19 min · English · Drama
One night, a teenager with nowhere to sleep and a deafblind man waiting for his bus find their way to each other. Settle in for a warm, quietly moving drama about empathy.
16 min · English · Drama
A young girl makes her home on a beach, and a chance connection begins to change what that life looks like. Choose Jada for a tender, quietly moving drama about resilience and being seen.
20 min · English · Drama
Spend an unhurried evening with “Stealing Silver”, in which Maisie Williams’s guarded Leonie, asked to watch over her forgetful elderly neighbour Udo, slowly lets her own buried grief surface.