When You Think You Know How It Ends
Meet the doppelgängers, the outcasts and the weirdos.
From encounters in the unlikeliest of places in the city you sleep in, to the brightest of days in places you’ll never visit in a supernatural world.
Elaine Wong
Total running time 106 min
This is a 18+ screening. Content warning: This programme contains explicit content and themes, including violence and graphic images.
Films in this programme
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What Do You Know About The Water And The Moon
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Be Still My Beating Heart
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Rain, Rain, Run Away
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Roadkill
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White Girl
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Suicide By Sunlight
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Nimic
Film 1
What Do You Know About The Water And The Moon
During an abortion, 17-year-old Yang gives birth to a live jellyfish in her bathroom.
Dir Jian Luo. China 2019. 16min
Festival guests
These members of the filmmaking team are expected to attend the festival:
- Jian Luo, director; Paul Morris, producer.
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Film 2
Be Still My Beating Heart
A nightmarish, contemporary vision. Two adult sisters exist dysfunctionally, each limited by illnesses affecting both body and mind – one physically and the other psychologically. Featuring Maxine Peake (Funny Cow, this Festival’s Fanny Lye Deliver’d).
Dir Ruth Paxton. UK 2019. 25min
Festival guests
This member of the filmmaking team is expected to attend the festival:
- Ruth Paxton, director.
See the full list of visiting festival guests. Please note that we can’t guarantee guest attendance at any particular screening.
Film 3
Rain, Rain, Run Away
Left to her own devices during an August heatwave, a seven-year-old wild child and her companion have an adventure filled with squirt guns, cicadas and rain dances.
Dir Clémentine Carrié. France 2019. 15min
Film 4
Roadkill
In a world where deer are the dominant species, one alpha male goes for an evening car ride and has an unfortunate accident.
Dir Leszek Mozga. UK 2019. 8min
Festival guests
This member of the filmmaking team is expected to attend the festival:
- Leszek Mozga, director.
See the full list of visiting festival guests. Please note that we can’t guarantee guest attendance at any particular screening.
Film 5
White Girl
Beth is seemingly lost. As she wanders around seeking help from strangers, things take a darker turn.
Dir Nadia Latif. UK 2019. 13min
Festival guests
These members of the filmmaking team are expected to attend the festival:
- Nadia Latif, director; Omar El-Khairy, screenwriter.
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Film 6
Suicide By Sunlight
Valentina, a day-walking black vampire protected from the sun by her melanin, is forced to restrain her bloodlust to regain custody of her estranged daughters.
Dir Nikyatu. USA 2018. 17min
Festival guests
This member of the filmmaking team is expected to attend the festival:
- Nikyatu, director.
See the full list of visiting festival guests. Please note that we can’t guarantee guest attendance at any particular screening.
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