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During a difficult visit to her single immigrant mother, Athena discovers that what she thought was age-related mental decline is in fact an...

genus: Drama

cast: Jo Martin

A forgotten history of Northern Ireland is unveiled through a journey into Ulster Television’s archives, and the rediscovery of the first...

genus: Documentary

cast: Evan Marshall

Reeling from a recent separation, a single mother and her young son move into a pub-attached house and fall prey to their invasive new landlord.

genus: Drama

cast: Rylee Neilly-Large

A woman's morning jog takes a dark turn.

genus: Drama

cast: Niamh Algar

Lily is stuck in a state of ennui, until Death comes along in the form of a beautiful woman and entices her to live.

genus: Drama

cast: Lily Loveless

When a robotic rover starts drilling for signs of life on Mars, the race is on for one tiny rock-beast to save her native community from the invader...

genus: Animation

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A mother with a substance misuse issue, has to prove herself on her path to recovery, to prevent her child from being taken away from her and placed...

genus: Drama

cast: Shireenah Ingram

Shabbat dinner: An elegant Granny bites into a roast chicken and literally becomes a beast. The grandchild follows her back in time through hunger...

genus: Animation

cast: Sivan Raphaely

After an accident, a firefighter must extinguish terrifying trauma as he attempts to reignite his career.

genus: Drama

cast: Jacob Anderson

After an incident at her high school pulls her into the orbit of the only other Black girl in her year, “Essex Girl” Bisola is plunged...

genus: Drama

cast: Busayo Ige

Set in the rugged landscape of 1790s Britain, Tornado, a young and determined Japanese woman, finds herself caught in a perilous situation when she...

genus: Thriller

cast: Jack Lowden

One man's obsession with crisps becomes unhealthy - and not because he's eating them. Tom's quest for the truth takes him on a journey into the...

genus: Animation

cast: Craig Roberts

Once, Neil Marlow's life was a spontaneous festival of frivolity, friends and funk music. Now, it's one of OAPs, weekly bingo and ready-meals. Neil...

genus: Comedy

cast: Jack Holden

On the night before her flight home, a Malaysian woman with a secret finds herself on an impromptu date with another woman.

genus: Romance

cast: Kae Alexander

Jim, a gay priest, invites a sex worker over for the night. The encounter changes Jim’s life forever, but not as he expects.

genus: Drama

cast: Gary Fannin

After a night of intoxication in Glasgow, a hungover and hysterical Nick wakes up next to his boyfriend Charlie and must conceal him from his own...

genus: Drama

cast: Ruaridh Mollica

A naive teenager is out of his element at a drug-fuelled get-together. To break out of his shell, he’ll have to smoke and drink his way through...

genus: Drama

cast: Fumilayo Brown-Olateju

In 1899, a Scottish lamplighter facing redundancy is haunted by nightmarish visions of an electric future.

genus: Horror

cast: Ian Pirie

Sarah must make a journey from Belfast to Liverpool to avoid a life she does not want. A journey that is against the law.

genus: Drama

cast: Saoirse-Monica Jackson

The horror of Jen's teenage past catches up with her when she takes her autistic son to a birthday party in her hometown.

genus: Drama

cast: Angus Imrie