Tyneside Cinema

Two strangers bump into each other on the street, triggering a series of events which lead to a jarring confrontation with reality.

In a world where water has become a scarce commodity, a young scavenger finds a source to satisfy her thirst.

Distant memories of the past are recalled as fleeting fragments by a man in his eighties.

Musician James Edwin Lane explores his personal battle with agoraphobia through the creation of a new genre: the folkloric film ballad. Working with non-professional actors in the mythic landscape of his native county Durham, James builds a film narrative around his original composition, The Heron Man.

When did you last rest? When did you float weightlessly, your aching muscles soothed by lapping water?