Song Sparrow
Writer, director & producer – Farzaneh Omidvarnia
Writer – Mehdi Rostampour
Denmark/Iran
12 mins
People of different colour and race and culture, old and young, embark on journey, eager to find some place they can call home, or just some place they can live in. Many brave perils more formidable than the ones they ran for in the first place. They dream of better lives while in reality having little choice.
Plunge
Directors, writers & producers – David James Holloway & Samuel Lawrence
UK
5 mins
A boy reminisces about his first love.
Not for money, not for love, not for nothing
Writer & director – John Robert Lee
Animator – Ola Szmida
Producer – Christine Patterson
UK
15 mins
Using animation for anonymity, real questions are deliberated by women, sharing their stories. The film follows Paula, who came to Newport on a spiritual mission to help women who have become trapped by abusive relationships and beaten by those who pay for the privilege.
