Northern Film School Movies

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 denies his feelings but an unexpected kiss changes everything. As he e...

Aeterna is a movement-based film that explores the feeling of personal insignificance when confronted with the complexity of human existence. By combining choreography and cinematography, the film plays with distorting the human form, offering a visual represe...

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.

After a suicide attempt, Kate moves in with her estranged working-class Aunt Trish, where she spends the next few weeks roped up in Trish's madcap world as they learn to live with eachother.

After being stranded in a vast wilderness for as long as he can remember, with no memory of how he got there, Daniel stumbles across a businessman who has experienced the same fate. The forced exile of the two opposing men takes them on a journey of self-disco...

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.

Set in Berlin, 1933, We are Dancers is the story of real-life anti-Nazi drag artist Hansi Sturm and his circle of friends in the immediate aftermath of the Reichstag fire, an event that allowed Hitler to become absolute dictator of Germany. Confronted by a for...

With a makeshift workshop in his back garden, David looks like any other middle aged dad with a sad hobby. But as this short documentary from the Northern Film School reveals, David has darker, more profound reasons to spend so much time in the shed. Following...

After moving into a new flat, Robert and Jennifer begin building a life together. They experiencing highs and lows and grow as people. This is before difficulties getting pregnant lead to anxieties that put strain on their relationship, pulling and pushing the...

A single mother turns to prostitution to provide for her young son, but her actions only drive them further apart.

A fragmented look into the memories of two strangers from the same hometown, brought together through a university project.

A man living in the rural west of Ireland builds the means to escape the pains of his existence.

A collection of animations, bringing to life talking heads of people recounting nightmares. In the first, a girl escapes her school as it is invaded by monsters. In the second an account of sleep paralysis. In the third a boy finds a warehouse of demonic pig...

Leaf lives a solitary life, in harmony with nature. Her world takes an unexpected turn when she discovers a mysterious red stiletto. Upon inspection, the beautiful shoes bridge a gap between her idyllic home and a vibrant nightlife.

A color-separation portrait of the Exarchia neighborhood of Athens, Greece, made during the Anti-Austerity protests in late 2011. In a place thick with stray cats and scooters, cops and Molotovs, ancient myths and new ruins; where fists are raised like so many...

A terrified young girl, Silvia, finds refuge from the horrors of war in a barn, before her worst fears come true. The menacing figure of a man, Albrecht, appears in the doorway, blocking her only escape...

Antonis lives alone in his family's beach house, hiding away from the world. He has given up on life and is literally watching the world pass him by. It has been left up to his best friends - two offbeat cupids - to remind him that there are things to live for...

It's December 22nd - but two nihilistic partners are still celebrating Halloween every night at a depraved carnival in the woods. Over the course of the Hellish night they will begin to question their lifestyle.

Low level criminal Robbie is plagued by visions as he struggles to settle into his flat. His sleep is disturbed by the vengeful presence of a spectral boy, who provides a window into Robbie's past and raises troubling questions about his morality.