When the path forward isn’t clear, what choice do we make?
This gripping programme explores characters caught at moral crossroads- facing impossible decisions that test their integrity, identity, and survival. From newlyweds trapped in an elevator confronting their relationship’s truth, to a teenager carrying the weight of a terrible accident, to a housekeeper plotting her quiet escape. These stories ask: what happens when doing the right thing conflicts with protecting yourself or those you love?
Spanning Mexico, the UK, Germany, South Korea, and South Africa, these powerful films reveal the courage it takes to face consequences, seek freedom, and choose truth over silence.
TRAPPED, 2024 (15 mins)
Director: María Mondragón
Ximena and Regina, a young married couple, have just exchanged vows. Right as they’re about to make their triumphant entrance to the reception, the brides take us on an emotional journey when they get trapped in an elevator.
SOLA, 2024 (11 mins)
Director: Clàudia Orriols
A quiet housewife who plots a discreet escape, a box of paintings that is nowhere to be found and a husband who thinks he is the master of the house. SOLA is the cautious desire for freedom against a ticking clock, the last bit of faith to find what one is looking for.
RELOAD, 2025 (12 mins)
Directors: Mckenzie Alexander & Dalila McFarlane-Martin
Dee—a grassroots London DJ—struggles to balance her survival job as a cleaner with her caring responsibilities to her Grandma, alongside pursuing what she’s most passionate about: working as a DJ. After facing casual sexism and setbacks during her set, she finds the confidence to return and finish what she started.
THE SECRET ASSISTANTS,2025 (20 mins)
Director: Katey Lee Carson
Sophie, an ambitious novice, walks a razor’s edge as her interview with titan of industry Henry Mann descends into a squalid power play.
HEAVY WEIGHT, 2024 (14 mins)
Director: Sea-Hoon Jeon
High school student SeeWoo was playing with his little sister, SeoYeon, at home when a water balloon thrown by SeoYeon accidentally fell out the window, resulting in the death of the child living upstairs. The only ones who know the truth are SeeWoo and his mother. SeeWoo hesitates out of fear, but his mother strongly opposes his desire to confess.
NEVER COME FETCH ME, 2025 (7 mins)
Director: Jessie Ayles
Never Come Fetch Me is an intimate exploration into the mechanisms within South Africa that create a cyclical system of violence, suffering and gangsterism. Told by Sherwin, this is not a story of weakness, but a call for survival.