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Nikolay Sysuev’s short film Creators examines the volatility of online ambition and the unpredictable consequences that arise when visibility becomes an obsession. Set within the fast‑moving world of digital content, the story follows Kieran, a creator struggling to gain traction while others around him rise through increasingly exaggerated online stunts. His stalled progress...

Time travel is a universally fascinating concept. It’s been a hit across popular culture for decades, with a widespread fan appeal that till the day remains immortal. Mainstream media has so far invented a myriad ways of portraying and dramatising the act of travelling through time. A multitude of works have depicted it as a

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Saturnin Kondratiew’s documentary American Troll explores the tension between free expression, public reaction and the consequences that follow when speech enters the digital world. The film uses the long running dispute between comedian Mike Ward and singer Jérémy Gabriel as its central case study. Ward mocked Gabriel in his stand up material for several years.

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Dustin Muenchow’s short comedy Bladez unfolds in a heightened, deliberately surreal world where teenage anxieties collide with exaggerated stakes and rapid‑fire humour. At the centre of the film is Trish, played by Alyssa Sabo, a teenager juggling family upheaval, school rivalries and an unlikely quest involving rollerblading. Her mother has left the household, her father

Christian Carroll’s feature Broken Beak brings folk horror into a contemporary setting by combining mythology, environmental tension and a murder mystery. The film begins on the coastline of Falcons Bay in New Zealand where a developer celebrates a major land deal that will transform the area into a large commercial project. His moment of triumph

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