Grace (Maiah Stewardson), a flamboyant and creative girl, witnesses the drowning of a local woman. While investigating the woman’s life and a possible second person involved in the incident, she finds Claudia (Markella Kavenagh), the unknown daughter of the dead woman. Claudia, after being sheltered and isolated with her mother…

Phil Connell’s feature debut, Jump, Darling, was inspired in part by his own conversations with his elderly grandmother. It’s not autobiographical per se, but the personal nature of the story captures a simplistic beauty and tenderness that feels authentic and vulnerable. As he approaches 30, Russell (Thomas Duplessie) must begin…

The club is a recurring motif in films. It’s a space, dark and suffocating, flooded with people and noise, struck with flashes of coloured lightning. It’s a place where characters go to lose themselves: consumed by drugs and alcohol, they stumble out of their lives and into the arms of…

They say: “don’t judge a book by its cover.” But is it okay to judge a film based on its stills? Every year during the London Film Festival, I flip through the programme and choose a film based purely on how interesting the still looks. These films aren’t the highlight…

Like the rest of the world, I have been appalled and horrified by the events that have been taking place since the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder. I have sat, completely in shock, watching the police attack peaceful protestors, the “president” demand a military state and more black lives being…