DRAMA
Chuck Chuck Baby
Helen lives with her ex-husband, his 20-year-old girlfriend, their new baby and his dying mother. Her dreary life is interrupted when her schoolgirl crush arrives back in town.
Written/Directed by Janis Pugh
Produced by Anne Beresford, Adam Partridge, Andrew Gillman, Peggy Cafferty
Supported by BFI/BBC Film/Ffilm Cymru Wales
BAFTA Cymru 2024 Best Feature Film and Breakthrough Award
Edinburgh Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Deliverance
Kemi, a mother torn between love, tradition and the modern world seeks a cure for her deaf daughter, risking family bonds in the process.
Directed by Bim Ajadi
Produced by Anne Beresford and Andrew Gillman for BFI Network & Film4: Future Takes
Dinard Festival of British & Irish Film
Aesthetica Film Festival
Bolton Film Festival
London Short Film Festival Deaffest
Mouth to Mouth
Young runaway Sherry meets the radical street collective Spark. Together they experience the group's giddy thrills as well as its punishing manipulations, as Sherry's journey to paradise begins to sour.
Directed by Allison Murray
Produced by Anne Beresford & Judy Tossell
Grand Chameleon Award Brooklyn International Film Festival
Annonay International Festival of First Films: Grand Jury, Jury Lycéens, Best Music
Here Not Here
Three rival urban groups clash over who should use an abandoned warehouse space. Despite their differences, they find a common language through movement that inspires them to communicate, collaborate and come together.
Written by Jonzi D
Directed by Bim Ajadi
Produced by Anne Beresford & Andrew Gillman
Best Film DEAFFEST
Aesthetica Film Festival
Bolton Film Festival
Dances With Films
Shakespeare Shorts
A series of 11 short films commissioned by British Council/GREAT Campaign including Miranda’s Letter, exploring the idea of ‘missing mothers’ in The Tempest, the Prince of Denmark, vaguely inspired by Hamlet and a dystopian Julius Caesar set in the Foreign Office and Treasury.
Creators/performers include Frank Cottrell Boyce, Anjana Vasan, Maverick Sabre and Phoebe Boswell.
Series Produced by Anne Beresford
Wings
When 11-year-old Dean discovers an injured bird on his doorstep, he finds himself reflecting on past memories and is led on an intense personal journey of discovery and growth.
Directed by Billy Boyd Cape
Produced by Anne Beresford & Julliette Harris
Commissioned by Film London/BFI Network
Best Short - British Urban Film Festival
Best Actor - British Urban Film Festival
BFI London Film Festival
Aesthetica Film Festival
Attrition
Along with the rest of his platoon, young Private Edwin Childs fears imminent German gas attacks. As the dreaded attack begins, how much will Edwin give of himself in the ultimate act of compassion towards his fellow men?
Directed by Kelly Holmes
Produced by Anne Beresford & Charles Paviot
Commissioned by BFI/France 3