Johann Insanally

Cleopatra: Mother, Mistress, Murderer, Queen

Cleopatra, the last Egyptian queen and one of the most legendary women in history. A beautiful seductress who used her sex appeal in order to manipulate the most powerful men in the Roman Empire. This film reveals the truth behind the legend.

The Veteran

Soldier Robert Miller returns home from Afghanistan unable to fit back into society. Living on a violent council estate and finding work in undercover surveillance, he becomes obsessed with taking down a group of local gangsters who are intrinsically tied to a suspected terrorist cell. Taking the situation into his own hands, Robert embarks on a brutal quest for justice, with devastating consequences.

Vacuum

A man struggles to clear a room full of litter

Scooter Mum

A single mother has to radically change her ways in order to keep the custody of her two children. Nicola, a modette, loves to drink and party on the weekends with her mod friends until the girlfriend of her children's father hands her a court summons to try and take her kids away from her. Nicola had a week in which to prove she can be a fit mother. With the help of her sister, Lawyer, and her kids, she sets out to change her ways, even if it means selling her beloved scooter.

Strip

Strip, a young painter and decorator feels lost by the lack of challenge in his work. As he scrapes away yet another layer of wallpaper he is lead to a startling discovery. It becomes his secret and his life takes a bizarre turn.

Yellow Fever

Monty, a gay Chinese guy living in London, makes it a habit to date only white boys. When his handsome East Asian neighbor invites him over for dinner, Monty has to decide if he's an Anglophile or simply prejudiced.

Red

In 1977, young Xiao Mei leaves China for the UK to enter into an arranged marriage. Speaking no English and feeling distant from her Elvis-obsessed new husband and his stern mother, Xiao Mei dreams of reuniting with her long-lost parents and brother.

What Destroyed the Hindenburg?

Short Documentary by Nic Young

Home Away from Home

To ease her homesickness Miriam recreates an aspect of home in her suburban British garden. Cultural memory exerts a healing power, combatting cultural appropriation, hostility towards migrants and the rift between Miriam and her Nigerian-British children.