Star rating: 5/5 Writer: Ben Lankester Director: Ben Lankester Starring: Rosie Chappel Delivery is a heart wrenching, eye opening short film portraying a night in a maternity ward, inspired by real experiences. Written and directed by Ben Lankester, it is the story of a night in Mary's life, on shift to deliver babies at the hospital she works in, during the Christmas period. As a 30-year-old, newly qualified midwife, she is passionate about her job, completely focused, and treats the women...

Star rating: 5/5 Writer: Ruben Sanchez Director: Ruben Sanchez Starring: Sara Jimenez Lamento is a tense, hard-hitting Spanish/ Catalan short film about the risks women face simply by existing in public spaces. Written and directed by Ruben Sanchez, this film is a masterful portrayal of the extreme stress women are put under in public spaces, especially spaces made for enjoyment. We meet Ana at a party in a hugely atmospheric truck depot in Barcelona, where it is common to party outdoors with...

Star rating: 5/5 Writer: Lucinda Royden Director: Coz Greenop Starring: Elin Hall, Jack McEvoy, Melissa Lycey, Harvey Dean. It All Comes with the Cold Water is a thoughtful, intimate romantic drama. Written by Lucinda Royden and directed by Coz Greenop, this Icelandic film is inspired by a phrase from American sportsman Pete Carroll, ‘Each nanosecond of history branches off into an infinite amount of parallel universes’. ‘I’m just annoyed at myself for dreaming of it’, is the first thing we...