86 mins | Recommended 18+

A collection of shorts that untangle the ties that bind and explore complicated relationships with friends and family.

PROGRAMME

FINDLATER 
Dir. Allyn Quigley | 12 mins | Ireland 
In an apartment in Dublin City, two women meet in front of a microphone to discuss a shared past. 

THESE WALLS 
Dir. Jared Garfield | 13 mins | UK 
After a funeral, Tara and Jake sort through their mother’s possessions and have to decide if their fractured relationship is one worth fighting for. 

MAFIA 
Dir. James Cleave | 16 mins | UK 
Mafia is a comedy drama that follows a wine-fuelled family as they play a post-dinner round of Mafia, a playful game (supposedly), of murder and deceit that soon spirals out of control as embarrassing secrets are revealed and uncomfortable truths are exposed that could change the family dynamic forever. 

OVERFLOW 
Dir. Nahal Dashti | 18 mins | Iran 
A little girl pictures herself as a grown woman who is constantly forced to be a peacemaker in her own house, fixing problems in order to have a less miserable life. Soon this split from reality leads her to emotional numbness and although she’s in dire need of help, she decides to terminate her parents’ misery. 

MOLKOM-CORE 
Dir. Carl Axel Eduard | 16 mins | Sweden 
At a farewell camping trip, an intelligent but immature young man struggles to recapture his glory days with his two best friends, but they quickly grow tired of his antics. 

LEFT DOWN 
Dir. Morvarid Kashiyan | 12 mins | Iran 
A young woman who has breast cancer and teaches her child to live without herself.

VENUE: EXETER PHOENIX, Studio 74

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