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After his 2023/24 sell-out smash tour Gobsmacked, this marvellous Manc is back with his best show yet. A TV favourite, and now an aspiring doctor’s wife, Josh Jones is now knee deep into his 30’s and nothing thrills him more than a Greggs Sausage Roll and an M&S food shop. Living a more sedate life isn’t without its challenges though – he’s still trying to earn his cat’s respect! Josh is hitting the road with a show packed full of laughs and he’s keeping it light – nothing super political, nothing controversial and it’s definitely not going to change your life, but you can be sure of a fab night out filled to the brim with jokes about history, cats, his love of wrestling and much more.
A couple’s getaway takes a strange and violent turn when a terrifying encounter shatters their idyllic beach house retreat.
A leaked police dossier. Recovered footage reveals the final moments of a pest controller called to a London property with a reported rodent infestation. Inside, something else is waiting. This is compiled evidence from an active investigation.
When two pranksters sneak in to their friend's apartment, the joke spirals into blood-soaked chaos and they uncover a deadly secret.
A devout Christian refuses to fulfill his dead son's last wish – to scatter his ashes over the Volga. He is going through a crisis of faith that causes him to question it.
You had to be there to witness this historic match
An undocumented immigrant explores his and his family's immigration trauma while grasping hope through a voicemail.
Upcoming horror short film from director Jode Lupercio. Based on a concept by Alondra Miguel.
After receiving some tough news from her upset mother, Ellie gains a mentor in the midst of trouble.
Erica Schreiner short.
The gradual transformation of copper through oxidation reflects the spirit of deconstruction, turning material change into a metaphor.
Following the changing seasons of the Mountain West, The Climate Change Volumes: Fall ponders fall’s delay as warmer summers extend and keep this transitory season from occurring during its normal time on our calendars.
In an attempt to escape the mundane, a group of friends try something that's a little more on the dangerous side.
A collaborative botanicollage film poem by participants in the festival workshop, Dreaming Ecosystems, led by poet Mita Mahato and filmmaker Caryn Cline.
Need help? Crashouts, manifestation influencers and injury lawyers collide in this breakneck ride through the Midwest. 50 years after attorney ads were first legalized in the United States, their ubiquitous self-portraits (allegedly) invoke a churn-and-burn economy of volume, velocity, fears, and veneers.
A Doctor prescribes patients struggling with dietary issues fast food, and is confronted by his ultimate enemy.
A man comes in from the smoke, and sets the world into a chaotic, psychotic state.
On the streets of New York City’s Diamond District in the near future; Two best friends depend on each other to survive the winter, knowing that alone they wouldn’t last, and together might not be enough.
Alexis Taylor (of Hot Chip) braves a strange world of eerie escalators, singing mannequins, and digital nightmares in the experimental music video shot entirely on the iPhone 16.
