Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor

Mango

Zadie is an independent florist, privately suffering from fibroids, but determined to take her career to the next level. When a dream job arrives, Zadie searches for help in order to control her morphing body but the unwanted growths threaten to take over.

Foraging

A bored gay couple go cruising for the first time, but when they get lost in the woods, the cracks of their relationship become chasms.

Held

A teenage boy struggles to accept that he is the victim of a brutal and humiliating attack.

Pram Snatcher

A heavily pregnant criminal and her partner-in-crime head to a remote service station off the A90 for one last job.

The Ride

When their car breaks down on the way back to London, a young couple hitch a ride with a lorry driver. The journey reveals the cracks in their relationship as three worlds collide in unexpected ways.

Boxing Day

Melvin, a British author living in America, returns home to London for Christmas to introduce his American fiancée Lisa to his eccentric British-Caribbean family. Their relationship is put to the test as she discovers the world her fiancé has left behind.

The Rev

Once, Neil Marlow's life was a spontaneous festival of frivolity, friends and funk music. Now, it's one of OAPs, weekly bingo and ready-meals. Neil Marlow (aka The Rev) has chosen a life of the cloth above a life of liberalism. Like so many before him, he is convinced that his sexuality and extroverted personality are incompatible with his religious beliefs. This is the story of that struggle. The struggle of repression and rejection, of the vain attempt to leave a part of himself behind in the belief that he will somehow be happier if he inhibits his true self.

Blue Story

Blue Story is a tragic tale of a friendship between Timmy and Marco, two young boys from opposing postcodes. Timmy, a shy, smart, naive and timid young boy from Deptford, goes to school in Peckham where he strikes up a friendship with Marco, a charismatic, streetwise kid from the local area. Although from warring postcodes, the two quickly form a firm friendship until it is tested and they wind up on rival sides of a street war. Blue Story depicts elements of Rapman's own personal experiences and aspects of his childhood.

Haircut

A middle-aged barber has to calm the situation when a desperate teenage drug dealer holds up the barbershop at gunpoint.

The Arrival

A young Jamaican woman arrives to Britain in 1962 to start a new life with her husband, but she carries a secret that could jeopardize everything.

MLE

MLE ('My Little Eye') is based on a true story - Julie Robert, (nope, not Julia Roberts, as she corrects on a daily basis) is a broke actor who just lost her only gig. Stranded in a new country with her trouble-making friend Camila, and struggling to find a sane new agent, Julie finds herself taking on spy work from a strange family. What seems fun at first turns life belly-up for Julie (spy name, Emily) - the awkward, amateur spy.

Animol

Described as a “poignant coming-of-age story” based on life within the confines of a Young Offenders’ institution.

Red Crayon

An innocent child narrowly escapes destruction and death in Syria. What she leaves behind can never truly be left behind.