The Presence
Ignoring hatred is nothing new to Sara. She’s something of an expert. But ghosts left alone long enough will do anything for company. Unwatched shadows grow arms and teeth. And eventually, inevitably, something unwelcome pierces the veil and follows her home…
The Presence is a psychological horror that portrays the invasive monster of societal transphobia through traditional horror tropes. This film is a reclaiming of a narrative through a queer genre, brought together with a powerful feminist lens that focuses on our protagonist battling her demons before she has even had a chance to have breakfast and get dressed.
Structured around sharing stories and experiences at a Trans support group, this narrative, nonlinear film offers an important examination of elements of the trans experience in what is currently a poignant and scary moment for trans individuals.
For Sara, transphobia takes the form of an unshakable haunting that ceaselessly enters her private space, through media, and continuously interrupts her life, creating a need for a daily battle to simply exist as who she is.
The Presence is currently being entered into film festivals in 2026. More updates will be available soon.
Community Partnerships & Support
Not A Phase
Not A Phase is a trans-led, nationwide charity committed to uplifting and improving the lives of trans+ adults, through awareness campaigning, social projects and funding trans+ lead initiatives.
They are dedicated to creating a thriving, supportive space for the trans+ and gender non-conforming community.
Check out how you can get involved with their incredible work here.
Bristol Pride
This project is supported by the Bristol Pride Community Fund.
"Bristol Pride is the chance for us all to work towards creating a better society together, for friends, family and allies to show their support and for members of the community to live authentically and proudly.
The Pride movement is a positive stance against discrimination and violence toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT+) people. Pride gives people the opportunity to promote their self-affirmation, dignity, and equality rights, increase their visibility as a social group, build a community, and celebrate sexual diversity and gender variance."
Find out more and support their work here.
Lady Macbeth Was Never a Girl
A school term, a pair of forgotten joggers, a line from a play. In the ordinary spaces of uniformed days, one student starts to notice a quiet disconnect between who they are and who they’re expected to be.
In the grey rhythms of a 1990s British secondary school, a Jessica begins to sense something unspoken, a discomfort that has no name, just a feeling that the role they’re playing doesn’t quite fit. Through a missing pair of joggers, an unexpected line from Macbeth, and the quiet rituals of uniforms, registers, and school corridors, this 8-minute short traces the first flickers of identity forming, not through revelation, but recognition.
Lady Macbeth was Never a Girl, a co-production with Left Eddy Stories, is a poignant coming-of-age drama set in a 1990s British secondary school, exploring gender, identity, and the subtle acts of rebellion that carve space for self-discovery.
Lady Macbeth Was Never a Girl is being entered into film festivals in 2026. More updates will be available soon.
Photos by Noelle Peterson
The Wolf
As a young woman makes sense of her experience of endometriosis through the lens of lycanthropy, she will discover she embodies the strength the archetype of the wolf has, and that the strength of her pack is just what she needs.
Once a month, when the full moon rises, she disappears into seclusion. Her body is overtaken by a powerful, painful transformation that leaves her breath ragged and her clawing at her skin. She did not choose this but must endure it, the pain, the isolation, the sense that no one will listen or understand.
The Wolf is a (approximately) 10-minute narrative short that explores elements of the lived experience of endometriosis. The film focuses on various aspects of symptoms and experiences our protagonist, Donna, goes through during a menstrual cycle and uses the monthly transformation of a werewolf as a metaphor for the pain her period brings with it.
Endometriosis occurs when cells similar to the ones in the lining of the womb (uterus) are found elsewhere in the body. These cells can grow and change in response to hormones in the menstrual cycle, which can cause inflammation, pain, and scar tissue. Endometriosis affects 1 in 10 women and those assigned female at birth from puberty to menopause, although the impact may be felt for life
To Build a Bigger Table
"When you have more than you need, build a bigger table, not a higher wall".
After an incident at school on the last day before half term, Keji, Mo, Amal, Bea and their foster families are called into the headteacher's office. As they unravel what happened, we glimpse the everyday bravery, joy and humanity of foster-care set against the backdrop of child asylum claims.
Written by Lau Batty, To Build a Bigger Table, a co-production with Lightbox Theatre, is an original theatre piece exploring the lived experiences of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) in the UK and the foster-carers that support and care for them. Truthful, honouring and celebratory, it tells the untold story of the children who are arguably the most vulnerable in our society, and of those who open their home and set a place of welcome at the dinner table.
More information about To Build a Bigger Table will be announced in 2026.
Photos by Katie Toon
The Bed By The Window
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