How About You...
A young woman, struggling with the direction of her life, spends Christmas watching over a retirement home filled with demanding residents.
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Set in London’s underground club scene, reload follows Dee, torn between caring for her sick grandmother and chasing a long-shelved dream. When she skips a work shift to play a last-minute DJ set, the night becomes a test of self-belief, sisterhood and joy — and as the set takes a turn, she must decide: will she come back or choose herself?
Whistle and I'll Come to You
After placing his ailing wife Alice in a care home, elderly academic James Parkin goes to stay at a wintry out-of-season hotel which they used to visit together. But at night he seemingly becomes the victim of a ghostly revenge - but who is the avenger?
Give Them Wings
'Give Them Wings' is based on the true story of severely disabled football fan Paul Hodgson.
Dial
Dani cares for her ill mother who suddenly dies in her care. Shortly after her passing, Dani finds her mother's phone won't stop ringing.
Friday is Mushroom Soup
Burnt-out home carer Kate finds herself in uncharted territory when her favourite cranky client Doug drops some unexpected news.
Edge
Kinaara (Edge) tells the story of Adil, a carer to his elderly mother who has dementia. Sacrificing his own needs, he looks after her with little respite and spirals into despair.
In Case You Forget
Devoted son Tom struggles to care for his elderly mother Mary, whilst battling his own mental health issues. When Mary goes missing, Tom's grip on reality begins to crack.
Cotton Wool
A single mother suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her, testing the family's strength to hold things together as their roles are reversed.
Forget Me Knot
A captivating short film about dementia and the struggles of being a young carer.
Come What May
Come What May documents the extraordinary life of Mary, a parent carer, and the challenges she has overcome to support herself and her family.
Vecchia
An operatic short drama surrounding the connection forged over an afternoon between a young aged care worker and his new elderly client, Rosetta.
Njafweniko
Njafweniko is a tender and tense short film about caring for a loved one suffering from mental health issues by First Acts filmmaker Emma Taonga Sayers. Through contemporary dance, Emma calls attention to how race interacts with perceptions of mental health.