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Roger The Real Life Superhero
World PremiereCathy MacDonald | United Kingdom | 10 mins
Nineteen-year-old Roger Hayhurst lives on an estate in Salford, Manchester. With the unwavering support of his mum Jennifer, Roger dresses in a spandex suit and cape and patrols the streets at night, handing out food packages to the homeless. Roger the Real Life Superhero is a story of courage and self-transformation in troubled times.
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A Way with Voices
London PremiereRose Tate | United Kingdom | 21 mins
'A Way with Voices' combines audio interviews with drawings to tell the story of Peter, who started hearing voices at the age of seven. Peter takes us through the peaks and troughs of his life as he becomes a father with a successful business, but loses everything when the voices take over and he becomes delusional. He is diagnosed with chronic schizophrenia and spends the next eight years on a daily regiment of 25 different drugs a day. With humour and insight, Peter tells us his story of hope and recovery.
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Bee Fever
London PremiereRebecca E Marshall | United Kingdom | 17 mins
This carefully observed character study of a woman with cancer uses her love of beekeeping as a metaphor to understand death and the cycle of life.
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