With Northern Film School (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. The Selfish Giant (2013)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
Two thirteen year-old working-class friends in Bradford seek fortune by getting involved with a local scrap dealer and criminal.
Director: Clio Barnard | Stars: Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas, Sean Gilder, Lorraine Ashbourne
Votes: 12,205 | Gross: $0.01M
2. Poof (II) (2018)
17 min | Short, Drama
Aaron, an apprehensive 18-year-old, is stuck. Stuck in a small town, helping his father in a job he hates. His life is soon turned upside-down when he meets Mike at a party. At first, Aaron... See full summary »
Director: Dean Anderson | Stars: Aiden Nord, Miles Higson, Howard Harling, Belle Lamond
Votes: 121
3. Life on the Line (2014)
14 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
Epileptic Kieran awakes from a four year coma but is unable to engage in daily life. He works nights, an insomniac drifting in apathy until an unexpected caller challenges his anesthetic state, bringing past and present colliding together.
Directors: Jamie Donoughue, Aurora Fearnley, Matt Maude | Stars: Will Rastall, Anthony Flanagan, Dominic Doughty, Linzey Cocker
Votes: 20
4. The Book (II) (2008)
11 min | Short, Horror
Isaac Williams is a scholar of the Occult, having studied under the well respected Professor Robert Northam at Miskatonic University. On one of his many forays into archaic bookshops in ... See full summary »
Director: James Raynor | Stars: Matthew Jay France, Eryl Lloyd Parry, Nick Thompson, Oliver Jones
Votes: 41
5. Beyond Horizons (2018)
12 min | Short, Mystery
Exploring themes of escapism through imagination juxtaposed against the rigidity of reality, Beyond Horizons is a visually striking tale of magical realism that lures the viewer into an experience of childhood wonder, mystery and horror.
Director: Stefan Wink | Stars: Ava Bounds, Frank Ryan, Kelly Wood, Ian Austin
6. Nancy (2022)
13 min | Short, Thriller
Nancy follows a story about a mother called Nancy who experiences the deeper effects of psychosis as she deals with withdrawals, causing her to fear the world around her, even in her 'safe space' at home.
Director: Billy Charlton | Stars: Lindsey Armet-Greenan, Georgia Limb, Catherine Smart
7. Nerissa (2019)
25 min | Short, Drama
On a secluded beach, the life of a young and depressed man named Dylan is forever changed by the sudden encounter with an ethereal presence called Nerissa. However, that idyllic beauty will turn out to be different from what he expected.
Director: Giacomo Ropa | Stars: Maurizio Corrado, Riccardo Marinari, Greta Zuccheri Montanari
8. I See You (I) (2019)
24 min | Short, Drama
A transformative character piece following an obnoxiously driven violinist, who is hit by a car and wakes up deaf. She learns human connection, but will she be able to recapture the music she's devoted her life to?
Director: Josiah Williams | Stars: Kate Baxter, Matthew Heywood, Kirsty Ramsay-Hogan, Rowena Bentley
9. The Bride of Vernon (2011)
15 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Vernon Vandyke is a lonely mad scientist, forever failing in his experiments to create himself a perfect Bride. Until one day he meets an already living woman who may already be perfect after all.
Director: Calvin Dyson | Stars: Dan Clark, Katherine Parkinson, David Schofield
Votes: 21
10. The Man behind The Mask (2016)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Abigail Regan | Star: Pedro Machado
11. The Darkness (I) (2012)
18 min | Short, Drama
Director: Paul Hubber | Stars: Rachel Henshaw, Rebecca Henshaw, Kayle Mccoy, Frank Ryan
12. Pippa Middleton's Ass (2016)
9 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
Following the conventions of DADA this Experimental Documentary short is a satirical take on how the modern media consumes us an vice versa.
Director: Waqar Ahmed
13. My Love Anna (2010)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A Polish cleaner adjusts to his new life in England and falls for a girl called Anna.
Director: Dan Lam | Stars: Sarah Fox, Krista Lahey-James, Michael Lovell-Pank, Artur Tobolski
Votes: 8
14. Duty of Care (2012)
Short, Thriller
Director: Iyke Obi | Stars: Sonny Michael Chohan, Antonio Aakeel, Paul Byron, Emkay Mirza
Votes: 6
15. Léo (2017)
12 min | Short, Drama
Léo comes from a place where people do bad things to get ahead. He accepts a job smuggling a refugee couple through France. While on this seemingly simple journey, Léo learns that the ... See full summary »
Director: Julian Alexander | Stars: Florent Hill, Houda Echouafni, Ako Ali, Cameron Hutchinson
Votes: 10
16. Polterheist (2017)
19 min | Short, Action, Comedy
Two gangsters kidnap a psychic to find out where the man they murdered buried the loot.
Director: David Gilbank | Stars: Kathryn Hanke, Sid Akbar Ali, Jamie Smelt, Princess
Votes: 18
17. To the Bone (II) (2017)
13 min | Short, Drama
TO THE BONE is classic kitchen sink, British drama with a revenge twist. It focuses on the injustices of the work place and the ritualism of trade work and the dynamic between the old guard and the new apprentices.
Director: Bradley Edwards | Stars: Charlie Cashin, Ken Taylor, Emma Tugman
Votes: 6
18. Beyond the Blue (2015)
15 min | Short, Drama
"Beyond the Blue" is a story about the unbreakable bond between Henry and Ann, two people whose lives have changed forever.
Director: Elena Sala | Stars: George Kent, Tony Goodall, Lisa-Emma Druett, Vicky Jones
Votes: 11
19. Fearfully Made (2020)
Short, Drama
When Arthur receives a robotic carer who stops him from seeing his ill wife. Arthur must find a way to escape his imprisonment to be reunited with his wife one last time.
Director: Jamie Foreman | Stars: John Arthur, Jessica Blake, Kate Hampson, Alexa Povah
20. Newton's Third (2020)
18 min | Short, Thriller
Director: Katie Blamires | Stars: Christien Anholt, Etta Fusi, Jamie McKie, Robert Hudson
21. War (V) (2015)
5 min | Short, Drama
Two rival gangs clash on a council estate.
Director: Nilesh Bell-Gorsia | Stars: Jordan Bolger, Fiona Boylan, Guetan Calvin Elito, Georgie Rodgers
22. My House of Things (2022)
18 min | Short, Horror
A naïve introvert must defend everything he holds dear from a menagerie of greedy opportunists - and his parents.
Director: Ingo Lyle Goodwin | Stars: Edmund Digby-Jones, Ashley Tabatabai, David Ayres, Ingo Lyle Goodwin
23. True Happiness (2016)
4 min | Short
An anxious young man dreams of finding true happiness by transforming into a dog.
Director: Mike Krause | Stars: Charlie Cashin, Jenna Woodworth
24. Badges (2020)
Short, Drama
The "Badges" system has been enforced for many generations. Governing bodies market it as a solution to the fear in which our society has for crime orchestrated by unknown parties. When in ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Bates | Stars: Clint Gordon, Bailey Dowler
25. The Missing Potato (2020)
6 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Eleanor Williams | Stars: Jane Dresser, Mark Edwards, Tony Goodall, Angie Smiles
26. Curtains (I) (2017)
13 min | Short, Drama
A metaphoric representation of an actress's quest to satisfy her 'imp of the perverse'.
Director: Waqar Ahmed | Stars: Rayyah McCaul, Emma Tugman
27. Glore (2017)
3 min | Short
An experimental film which explores the representation of gore in news related media, and how it can affect the minds of youth.
Director: Ashley Nashville | Stars: Mairah Gorman, Ashley Nashville, Aaron O'Brien, Adam Walkden
28. Annica (2018)
6 min | Short | Completed
Director: Anna Ziebinska | Stars: Sam Sellers-King, Amanda Feeley
29. Nancy (II) (2020)
Short, Drama
A year after their mother commits suicide, two grieving sisters hold a séance to contact her spirit. In the days after, the younger sister has strange and terrifying visions and suspects she's being haunted.
Director: Barbara Lervig | Stars: Ebony Hiley, Eleanor Grainger, Ian Ray-White, Charlotte Rhodes
30. Tramp's Big Day Out (2010)
2 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Sol Harris | Stars: Jonathan Clough, Kiel Hodgson, Conor Murray
31. Snip at the Rose (2016)
10 min | Short, Fantasy
Director: Human Esfandiar Nia | Stars: Diane Beck, Lilian Dipsana, Natalie Oliver, Barbara Smith
32. Locked Out (II) (2020)
15 min | Short, Comedy
'Locked Out' is a multi-genre short comedy film set in Paris. On Mike's stag do weekend our three main characters get locked out of the flat they are staying in and need to get back in before the wedding.
Director: Millan Hart
33. Broken Heart (1994)
18 min | Drama, Short
Moving drama about a man coming to terms with the loss of his wife.
Director: Matt McConaghy | Stars: Derek Riddell, Rachel Shelley, John Benfield
Votes: 11
34. The Bench (I) (2007)
9 min | Animation, Short
The life story of a simple park bench that observes the world and brings a fresh perspective to life and reflects on his own mortality in a world that seems to have passed him by.
Director: Alex McCormack | Stars: Granville Finkle, Stephen Collinson, Robert Coombes, Alun Davies
Votes: 20
35. Vapour & Velvet (2018)
Short, Comedy
Set in contemporary, urban UK, this pastiche of US neo-noir follows the efforts of Detective Steel - an old school, hard nosed Dick - to solve the mystery of a woman murdered in a cinema.
Director: Andrew Shawley | Stars: Brian Darwin Taylor, Merriel Plummer
Votes: 8
36. Crush (VII) (2015)
8 min | Short, Drama
A girl has a crush on a boy, She decides to tell him but how will he take it?
Stars: Spencer Burke, Sam Cree, Courtney Gill, Gabriela Griffiths
37. No Man's land (2018)
10 min | Short, Drama, History
Set in November 1916, we follow a fearful young British soldier, Billy, as he befriends an injured German soldier, when taking cover in a shell hole. At first, they see each other as ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel L. Martin | Stars: James Bayes, David Childs, Ashley Nashville, Aiden Nicol
38. Drumsticks (2020)
20 min | Short, Drama, Sport
Sam enters a Regional Drum Battle in hopes of doing what her parents never could; winning. However Sam must face the ghosts of her past and reconcile with her father in order to become a true gladiator of the sport.
Director: Nathan J. Allan | Stars: Sarah Coyne, Adie Savage
39. A Letter To My Father (2019)
Short, Biography
Directors: Ross Melling, Magdalena Musialkiewicz | Stars: Vanessa Hegarty, Simon Lacey, Sally McVeigh
41. I Wish I Could Fight Like Roberto Duran (1999)
13 min | Family, Short
Director: Kim Crowther | Stars: Dicken Ashworth, Steve Speirs
42. Spiral Scratch (2010)
12 min | Short, Comedy
A man's redemption. Imprisoned by his collecting obsession, he is the victim of a materialistic society where want far outstrips need. His estranged wife tries to involve him in his son's live to no avail.
Director: Karl Nolan | Stars: Brian Allanson, George Webster, Naomi R. Carlisle
43. Ballast (I) (2020)
16 min | Short, Drama
A man living in the rural west of Ireland builds the means to escape the pains of his existence.
Director: Jesse Gilbert | Stars: Peadar Lamb, Noelle Maloney, Damien DeBara, Anna Hayes
44. The House (I) (2012)
27 min | Short, Drama
Director: Gemma Ovens | Stars: Stuart Falconer, Chris Brown, Rachel Dobell, James Donnelly
45. Man on Bike (2016)
9 min | Documentary, Short
A man's obsession with bicycles brings light to his dark, complicated past.
Director: Matteo Palmas
46. Dancing on the Edge (2009)
26 min | Documentary, Short
The camera follows a group of Asian and Western performance artists as they travel through China as part of the 5th international Dadao Live Art Festival.
Director: Talal Al-Muhanna | Stars: Giacomo Calabrese, Elena Giannotti, Bernadette Iglich, Fearghus O'Conchuir
47. Thank God (2016)
Short, Comedy
Director: Sherene Carter | Stars: Christine Barton-Brown, Hetty Baynes, Bill Blackwood, Chris Chavisoulis
48. When John Met Nancy (2019)
5 min | Short, Drama
Two strangers meet on a bench, but it soon becomes clear this is far from a coincidence.
Director: Nathan J. Allan | Stars: Joshua Arden, Alyson Marks, Robin Marks
49. Home (IX) (2018)
15 min | Short, Drama
A Dutch-born woman's family life in the UK is thrown into uncertainty after the result of the EU referendum.
Director: Margherita Catalani | Stars: Tineke Robson, Daniel Brennan, Lucy Dixon, Patrick Dixon
50. Models Required (1994)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Jonathan Newman | Star: Dorothy Lawrence