COMPETITION: Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (at Rich Mix)
14:30 Sun 13 Jan 2019
These characters face off against injustices both systemic and singular, buffering against structures of power and odds stacked against them. Mothers and daughters confront old family traditions, whilst young boys dare to dream beyond the confines of the world’s largest e-waste dump. Watch out for Anthony Welsh (Starred Up, Top Boy) and veteran Spitting Image comedian John Sessions in the latest from Lily Cole. 98’
LSFF UK Competition: Do Your Really Want to Hurt Me also screens at Curzon Soho, 6.30pm, 15th Jan
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E1 6LA
Access
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KOFI & LARTEY
Sasha Rainbow 20 mins (UK, 2018)
The story of a man who escaped one of the most toxic places in the world, and his fight to try and empower two young boys to do the same. -
BALLS
Lily Cole 13 mins (UK, 2018)
Two women discover whether or not the Foundling Hospital will take their babies. -
CIRCLE
Jayisha Patel 14 mins (UK, 2018)
Through the poignant and personal story of 13 year old Khushbu, Circle explores her gang-rape, emotional abuse at the hands of her grandmother, who orchestrated the rape, and her child marriage to a man she does not know. -
SEED
Josh Feder 12 mins (UK, 2018)
Young East Londoner Adel returns home to his local estate after being publicly humiliated and detained by police without charge triggering a battle for his soul between his strict, authoritative father and a charismatic Islamic preacher. -
THE THIRD SORROW
Myriam Raja 11 mins (UK, 2018)
Yejide is a single mother and preparing for her daughter's cutting ceremony. -
PICKING UP THE PIECES
Sebastian Feehan, Josh Bamford 7 mins (UK, 2018)
Exploring family, love and human resilience, we follow John and Quiandre as they rebuild their lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. -
COUNTY LINES
Henry Blake 21 mins (UK, 2017)
14 year old Tyler Hughes is sent from London to a small coastal town to sell Class A drugs.