Friday 27 March 2026
Doors: 6pm
Screening: 7.30pm - 10.00pm
ADULTS ONLY (18+)
Brixton Oval
Coldharbour Lane
London
SW2 1JG
RANDOM SHORTS
Back to back international short films.
BLOCK 1: Dreams, Defiance & Reality
7.30pm
A Passion's Night Bloom
(UK)
10 mins
Beatrice, a teenage girl from Brixton, wants to pursue a career in dance, but her traditionally-minded Ghanaian parents do not agree with her career choice.
Wr./Dir./Prod. Kwesi Awotwi
The Audition
(USA)
8 mins
Army Major Kim Johnson and her autistic, non-binary child, Ace, race to a prestigious music audition. What begins as a nervous school pickup quickly spirals into a frantic scramble through the academy to find the right room.
Wr./Dir./Prod. Brigid Maher
Wr./Dir./Prod. Vanessa Nicholson
Astroid Woman
(UK)
4 mins
A hypnotic exploration of femininity and defiance that shifts between grounded struggle and dreamlike dissociation. Through a mythic pole sequence and a frantic nighttime climax, the boundaries of identity dissolve.
No Black Dancers in Portland
(USA)
14 mins
No Black Dancers in Portland is an intimate look into the lives of Black and Brown strippers in one of the Whitest major metropolises in America: Portland.
Dir. Shareina Chandler
Prod. Lauren Hill Vaughn
Dir. Yamkela Bhokhwana
Wr. Prod. Mpho Makele
Little Lion
(South Africa)
6 mins | English/Xhosa (Subtitled)
A boy lives with courage when faced with day to day challenges within his township community. He dreams of getting the bad guys, but one lives at home.
Say It
(UK)
10 mins
When a headstrong student gets trapped in a school bathroom with his racist bully, he must force a confession out of him before they’re found, or his final chance at justice will be lost.
Wr./Dir. Farrel Ewanena
Prod. Matthew Ravenhill
Interval
BLOCK 2: Inner Worlds & Triumph
a film called black: King's Speech
(USA)
19 mins
A short film following the creation of a song, ‘King’s Speech’ centres on two parallel conversations: Black fathers defining what it means to be a king, and an exploration of Blackness itself—what it is and who gets to define it.
Dir./Prod. Cam Be
Prod. Neak
Wr./Dir. Imran Ciesay
Prod. India Demange
The Kankurang
(Gambia/France)
10 mins | English/Wolof (Subtitled)
After a family drama, Omar, a turbulent child, faces new responsibilities. He’ll have to meet 'the Kankurang' to become a man and embrace adulthood.
Wr./Dir. Exodia Demosthene
Prod. Isis Wells, Tré Hazelwood
HAIRDOO
(USA)
11 mins
The night before school photos, a spirited young girl, desperately attempts to recreate the perfect hairstyle. With the guidance of an otherworldly hairstylist, she embarks on a magical journey of self-acceptance.
Opening Night Panel
