How do you keep faith with two lives that want opposite things?
Six films pull their characters between duty and desire, family and self. A recluse farmer in 1690s Guernsey must hide his bond with nature from a community haunted by witch trials. A new father works a club shift in Lisbon while his wife gives birth far away, and two dads share a fragile romance in a car park by night and family life by day. Meanwhile, a lonely creature craves connection, an old man learns he is being turned into a coffee shop, and Ant, who works two jobs, finds her little red egg needs more care than she can give.
Spanning the UK, Portugal, Belgium and the Netherlands, these films weigh what we owe others against what we owe ourselves.
Runtime: 75 mins
ALBERT, 2025 (18 mins)
Director: Joshua G. R. Fletcher
The Island of Guernsey, 1690. As echoes of the island’s witch trials linger, a recluse farmer must hide his connection to the forces of nature before it’s too late. The film is a psychological drama, a visual tone poem that explores isolation and conformity.
PRAYER, 2025 (14 mins)
Director: Sofia Geweiler
Abdul, a Muslim immigrant father from Ghana, works at a bustling club in Lisbon. Amid a busy night, his wife is giving birth to their child in their hometown, and Abdul must perform an Islamic call to prayer via video call.
MIDNIGHT BLOOM, 2026 (16 mins)
Director: Adam Fergler
When the friendship between two young fathers becomes a powerful, fragile romance, the men take refuge in a desolate car park night after night. As Aaron grapples with split loyalties, he wonders how, or indeed if, he can keep hold of it all.
EYE JAM, 2025 (3 mins)
Director: Julia Jolliffe
A lonely creature’s desperate struggle for connection in a desolate world, no matter the cost.
HE WOKE UP TO DEFLATING NEWS, 2026 (12 mins)
Director: Laura Spini & Laurence Brook
An elderly man’s life is turned upside down when he discovers he is to be transformed into a high-street coffee shop. Shore Scripts Grand Prize – Winner. LOCO London Comedy Film Festival – Best Short – Runner Up.
LITTLE STORY, 2025 (14 mins)
Director: Mirjam Plettinx
Ant is traveling in the rear of a city bus, holding a small red Egg. When Ant realizes that Egg needs more care and attention than she can possibly give, she has to make the most difficult decision of her life.