Witness a multifarious selection of films from around the World, curated and carefully selected by Niger Asije, editor of the New Current.

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This year's festival will includes in-kind partnership with ÉCU Film Festival in Paris which will allows them to bring the Best of ECU to London in 2016! How exciting is that?

Whats in store for Sunday 14th February:

Shards of a Broken Promise

UK | 15min | Dir. Jonell Rowe (World Premiere)

Romantic, Fantasy Drama, short film. The film explores the central themes of Broken Promises, Consequence, regret, obsession, Love and Neglect, which are all represented through the main protagonist, Richard Matthews personal journey towards redemption and the shifting dynamic between himself and his Partner Samantha.

Omul (Human)

Germany | 10min 50sec | Dir. Brigitte Drodtloff – ÉCU Alumni

He is a silent man. He walks the streets, watching, looking for the right place. He finds it. In the middle of a market. He sets up a stand. But instead of selling his goods, the silent man gives them away for free. The other sellers watch. They feel provoked. The situation escalates. They lose control. But in the end… there is hope.

Lashes

UK | 20min | Dir. Christine Sherwood

‘Lashes’ is a short film about a teenage girl who realizes that the world she was trying to fit into isn’t everything she had hoped it would be.

Night Four

US | 6min 50Sec | Dir. Chris Dougherty – UK Premiere

In the comedy “Night Four,” newly adoptive parents and partners Lauren and Brooke struggle with how to handle their crying infant daughter…and things get out of hand.

Arrivederci Rosa

UK | 18min | Dir. Flaminia Graziadei – ÉCU Alumni

Two old school friends from Rome meet up again in London. Rosa’s a joy, Andi’s a swot. Rosa’s lust for life helps her friend to see it’s not about being gay, being straight or being Rosa. It’s just about being true.

‘Don’t’ – Mooji

5min | Dir. Graham Smith

Set in a dystopian future, Don’t is a powerful story of human emotion. Don’t is the second track from Mooji’s debut EP ‘Double Agent’.

Adam in the Sky

UK | 7min | Dir. Wilhelmina Hayward

A young girl struggles to fully understand the concept of death and loss.

Palimpsest

UK | 5min 54sec | Dir. Christopher Lutterodt-Quarcoo

‘Palimpsest’ is a short film that delves into the illusion of destiny and the pit falls of its allure. It takes the audience through a journey of discovery to understand the past in hope of preventing history from repeating itself.