The Choices That Shape Us

    Sample Programme · 65 minutes

    Four films about the decisions people make, the lives those decisions create, and what we carry when there is no going back. An evening that stays with you.

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    OPENER

    YAKKA

    Jack Shepherd

    Australia · 15 min

    Two brothers raised by a violent father. One becomes him. One resists. A searing portrait of what we inherit — and whether we can refuse it.

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    RELEASE

    A Great Love

    Aisha Schliessler

    UK · 14 min

    A sculptor's twenty-year love affair with horses in bronze. No drama, no conflict — just a man and the thing he chose to dedicate his life to.

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    PULL

    When You Left Me

    Jevan Chowdhury

    UK · 7 min

    A father and his young son on the tube. The boy won't cooperate. The father reaches his limit and makes a choice he immediately regrets. He runs back.

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    CLOSER

    A Memory Owed

    Martin Hemingway-Moseley

    UK · 29 min

    A WWII veteran returns to the airfield where he made the hardest choice of his life. With him, the young carer who helped him get there. A quiet reckoning with the past.

    Aevolum Cinema Presents — a touring programme of award-winning short films. Enquire about booking this programme for your venue.