Jennifer Banks

An intimate portrayal of the relationship between one of greatest artists of the 20th century, L.S. Lowry and his unhappy and controlling mother, Elizabeth, whom he lived with all his life.

Cul-de-sac is a middle-aged misadventure film from BAFTA-winner Colin O'Toole set in suburban Manchester during the mid-1980s. A couple finds that their lives are reaching a dead end. Stuck, they take a risk to save their relationship, but could this be a step too far? Cul-de-sac is a film about long-term relationships, communication, childhood memories, planning permission, pampas grass, and the refuge people place in distracting obsessions.

Ain’t Nuff Time is a digital performance for prisoners, showing the positive impact art can have on their lives pre and post-release. Ain’t Nuff Time will be shown to 7,000 prisoners across the UK in the following prisons: HMP Humber, Moorland, Wealstun, Berwyn, Erlestoke, Feltham B, Garth, Lindholme, Ranby, Stoke Heath, Swaleside, The Mount, The Studio, Wayland, New Hall, Styal, Cookham Wood, Feltham A, Werrington and Wetherby. As well as watching Ain’t Nuff Time, prisoners will also be able to respond creatively to the film through creative writing, poetry, rap, drawing, painting etc which fosters innovation, creativity and learning culture in a digital world. Selected prisoners responses will feature in a book circulated to prisons and the public, increasing prisoners’ agency and self-esteem as well as educating the public.

An elderly baker cooks up a sinister plan. But what should have been a piece of cake, becomes a very sticky affair...

sometimes, you have to become the teacake.

A man looks back on his younger years and relives some of the moments that led him into his troubles with addiction in later life, he looks back with a mature wisdom that flows as poetry.