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A tartan paint salesperson. A Bridge Salesperson. A connection nobody expected. Bowie Gingham is an ordinary bridge salesperson moonlighting as an actor, and Tansy Felton is a tartan paint salesperson who dreams to create more with paint than just sales. What happens when these two salacious salespeople accidentally pick up the the phone to each other, rekindling a long forgotten romance? Find out in Puppet Love. Directed by Hatter Tinpenny, Puppet Love follows Bowie Gingham (Anne Flavie Testelin) and Tansy Felton (Dezharney Beignet) as they navigate the struggles of working, staying true to your passions, and finding love in a world that needs a bit of light. Oh, and they're puppets. That sing.
Feb 2026
A non-binary person hates their body so much that they decapitate themself.
May 2024
Matthew is working his late shift at the newsagents, as always a blind man comes in to try his luck on a scratch card...
Aug 2010
A young girl plays a violent game after her sister is arrested for an unspeakable crime. Her stuffed toys find themselves plunged into lord-of-the-flies depravity.
Feb 2025
Two destructive transgender people meet in Liverpool, causing an apocalypse.
Feb 2024
After struggling with the expectations to ask somebody on a date, a young man reveals his crippling internal struggles with anxiety and paranoia which infest his thoughts.
May 2023
On the edge of the idyllic Lake Windemere, Richard runs a café. After a long past in the forces, he has had a dramatic shift in lifestyle, and has had to adjust to an immensely different environment. Shot in Ambleside in 2022, Good Living is an exploration of new paths and opportunities.
Dec 2022
A masked killer encounters his next victim. She’s not what he’s expecting. Bloodlust becomes blood-romance. They’re meant to be.