89 mins | Recommended 18+

A collection of some of the best films from across the South West. From party drugs made of mold to exploited workers on a fruit picking farm, this tour de force of talent will take you on a journey through a region full of incredible filmmaking.

PROGRAMME

THE COMEDOWN  
Dir. Theo Watkins | 19 mins | UK 
After a wild night getting high on a strange, mold-derived party drug, Lyla must contend with increasingly surreal after-effects which threaten her grip on reality. 

FATHOM 
Dir. Holly Holdsworth | 6 mins | UK  
Desperate for work, an unemployed scuba diver must convince a burnt out recruiter to hire her for a dangerous job. 

EXCHANGE RATE 
Dir. Emma Stansfield | 8 mins | UK  
A mother struggling to make ends meet, details the incremental sacrifices she will make to give her daughter a brighter future. 

CRAVE  
Dir. Lois Norman | 5 mins | UK 
Late at night, her bed still warm from her lover leaving, a painter dips her brush into her own imperfect past & parts of her: a lost truth drips through… 

SPINES 
Dir. Joseph Inman | 10 mins | UK 
Deep in rural Cornwall, autistic Thomas loves to read. Retreating from a world he finds sensorily challenging, he spends all day buried in books, telling himself stories of heroes and epic quests. 

When a flying football starts a new friendship with sporty Agnes, Thomas initially finds it hard to relate and let her into his world.  

BLEUJYOWA (TO BLOOM) 
Dir.  Laura Canning | 12 mins | UK 
A grieving teenager in rural Cornwall takes up running following the death of her father and finds unexpected solace and solidarity in textile dyeing, alongside an artist negotiating her own loss. 

SALVAGE 
Dir. Jonny Dry | 14 mins | UK 
A scrap dealer navigates memory and grief as he prepares for a funeral. 

HOMEGROWN 
Dir.  Corinne Walker | 15 mins | UK 
On the hottest day of the year, Barbadian fruit pickers Nicole and Vincent endure exploitative conditions on a UK fruit farm. When the farm’s owner arrives, tensions reach boiling point. 

VENUE: EXETER PHOENIX, Studio 74

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