University for the Creative Arts

Let the Right One In, a novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, tells the story of Oskar, a lonely and bullied 12-year-old boy living in a suburban Swedish town in the early 1980s. Oskar befriends Eli, a mysterious girl who moves into his apartment complex. Eli is revealed to be a vampire, appearing youthful but carrying the burden of centuries of life and experience.

An audiovisual interpretation of communication between humans and trees.

Per Person Per Month is a social realism film, inspired by verbatim. The film follows the reality of what it is to be a young adult, in a uni house-share, during the cost of living crisis.

A survivor of sexual abuse as a child, Aaron adjusts to a life where the physical demon of his trauma is with him everywhere he goes. When a police investigation is launched into his abuser, he must choose between carrying on socially imprisoned by this monster or confronting his demon head on.

An animated interview piece with Lo-Fi Pop pioneer Martin Newell of The Cleaners From Venus. Martin discusses his ethos, the music industry and the anachronist nature of his work, taking on the guise of a time traveller traversing his 40+ year career.

After witnessing a traumatising road safety film, Peter, an extremely anxious young man late for an important date, struggles to leave his home due to being plagued by visions of past traumas he seems to have forgotten.

Red and The Kingdom Of Sound visualises the symphony orchestra as a fantastical realm comprising fifteen different architectural districts deriving from the different musical instruments of the orchestra.

An incredibly insightful animation provides a personal telling of a very important story from an often unheard perspective of the refugee crisis.

The journey of a dying fish's last moments. A film about life and accepting change.

Heart of Brass is a surreal account of events surrounding a determined passion for brass music when your teeth are standing in the way. This autobiographical film reflects the bitter-sweet love of finding joy from an outside perspective.

A sky-high story about the upwards adventure of a young boy.

A farmer tends to his cattle on a particularly foggy morning, but something is slightly strange about his herd today.

The story of the contrasting roles looted Benin Art plays across cultural divides of the West versus the people of Benin. Told through the lens of Prof Peju Layiwola, a descendant of Oba Ovaramwen Nogbaisi, who ruled over Benin during the British Punitive Expedition of 1897. It chronicles the pains of mass murder, the theft of items of cultural heritage, and the agitations of Orientalism.

Sensory is an animated short about sensory memories. It is about how your body remembers what your mind can’t, what your mind doesn’t want to, and in ways your mind can’t.

Ice Ceiling is about the direct manifestations of an unwell mind, producing auditory hallucinations that manipulate the protagonist.

An interview with two people on their experience of Shibari, and what it means to them.

Short story about a fox, sentenced to death for killing his rabbit lover and accepting his fate.