Sunday 6 April 2025
Doors: 1.30pm
Screening: 2pm - 8pm
(PG)
Brixton Oval
Coldharbour Lane
London
SW2 1JG
Black Love Matters
A vibrant celebration of Black love in all its many shades, romance, family, friendship, community and more.
2pm
Surviving A Brain Haemorrhage (UK)
6 mins
A poetry film that delves into the fragile line between life and death of a near-fatal brain haemorrhage.
Dir. Rhiannon Barker
Wr. Maia Watkins
32
(USA)​
16 mins
A woman realises she’s the same age with the same ailment that her father had when he passed away and she finds herself trying to balance the ebb and flow of this bittersweet feeling and phase of her life.
Dir. Stewart Yost
Wr. Shakira Ja’nai Paye
Kiitan's Transit
(Nigeria)​
14 mins | Subtitled
A coming-of-age story about a curious 17-year-old girl who yearns to explore her interests in the arts but must reconcile her desires with her dying mother’s wishes for her to become a medical doctor.
Dir. Fiyin Gambo
Wr. Temitope Famakinwa
No Homecoming
(USA)
4 mins
A college student hits a mental roadblock on his journey. He remembers why he's here and uses his past as motivation to succeed.
Wr./Dir. Spencer Hawkins
Pedigree
(USA)
9 mins
A first-time protester sharing her emotional experience with being arrested and disrespected, Pedigree is a solo performance short film about personal acceptance and recovery from the inexplicit influences of racial hatred and violence.
Dir. Brittney S. Harris, Russ Fulmore
Wr. Brittney S. Harris
Fighting Giants
(USA)
9 mins
Based on true events, Abi has arrived in Sierra Leone to help her mother, Mama Amy, search for her missing sister in Freetown. When it's time for Abi to carry the weight of the two, both realise they are not on grief's journey alone.
Wr./Dir. Oluwaseun Babalola
Saturday
(USA)
15 mins
An introverted teenager, navigating his repressed anger about his parent’s divorce, spends the day with his father until an impromptu visit to his estranged grandfather gives him life-changing insight.
Wr./Dir. Razzaaq Boykin
Interval
3.30pm
Afterglow
(UK)
19 mins
A fifteen-year-old boy's first attempt at intimacy with his girlfriend spirals into chaos as the shadow of a dangerous secret consumes him.
Wr./Dir. Benjamin George Kobena Turner
Soul Tide
(UK)​
11 mins
Mya finds hope in Corey, but their passionate romance turns toxic, leaving her trapped. After a heartbreaking decision and years of rebuilding, a chance encounter threatens to unravel her new life, forcing her to confront the past.
Wr./Dir./Prod. Carmina Cordelia
Osoro
(UK)​
28 mins
When Alesha is reunited with her high-school sweetheart, she embarks on a perilous magical journey through space and time to rekindle what she lost.
Dir. Sheila Nortley
Wr. Sheila Nortley, TJ Kaluunga Jones
Interval
5pm
Prism
(Trinidad & Tobago)
20 mins
A suicidal man receives an unwelcome surprise visit from his past life that finally forces him to confront his demons.
Wr./Dir. Cecile George
Choke
(USA)​
12 mins
A grieving former ballerina, desperate to fulfill her late mother’s dream of college, takes a focus-enhancing drug to power through her applications—only to spiral into a night of delirium where reality blurs, paranoia takes hold, and she faces a chilling truth: she is her own worst enemy.
Dir. Tidiane Diallo
Wr. Camille Renata Wilson
Burns and Song
(Zimbabwe)​
21 mins
Simu, a devoted wife and mother, hides a dark past. When a vengeful spirit demands she repay a debt by her daughter’s 13th birthday, Simu must confront her secrets or risk losing everything she loves.
Wr./Dir. Tendayi Nyeke
What We Hide
(UK)
25 mins
Abdi fights for his father’s love, overshadowed by grief for his late brother. With support from his loyal friend Temi, he pushes forward, but a rash decision leads to devastating consequences.
Dir. Alexander Osman
Interval
6.45pm
The Genie
(France)
15 mins | French/Subtitled
Siblings Adam and Lina, always at odds, stumble upon a mysterious man named Seydou who offers to grant them each a wish, sparking an unexpected journey that challenges their relationship.
Dir. Enricka M.H
Fou
(USA)​
13 mins |English/French (Subtitled)
A hyper-religious Haitian grandmother cooking for her prayer night gets stuck watching a spunky preteen with an identity disorder.
Wr./Dir. Gabriyèl Barlatier
Cartman
(Saint Vincent & the Grenadines)​
21 mins
A young boy struggles to make ends meet after the death of his father. He takes up his father's old cart and journeys through the streets of Kingstown to make a quick dollar.
Wr./Dir. Grace Tendai Peters-Clarke
The Last Dance
(UK)
17 mins
The final farewell of Fox's famous LA bar in 1990s East London. A staple of the Caribbean
community, caught in the crossfire of a rapidly gentrifying city
Wr./Dir. Hayden Mclean
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