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When her father's puppet samurai show gets ambushed by a notorious gang, Tornado vows to seek vengeance and forge her own destiny by stealing their ill-gotten gold.

A recovering drug addict is about to have a very strange night on The English Riviera.

Sarah, head of the swimming team, self-harms to deal with the pressures of her life. A burgeoning friendship is her first step towards healing.

After an incident at her high school pulls her into the orbit of the only other Black girl in her year, “Essex Girl” Bisola is plunged into a journey to discover a whole new side of herself.

Jim, a gay priest, invites a sex worker over for the night. The encounter changes Jim’s life forever, but not as he expects.

When a suburban housewife’s world falls apart, she meticulously plans revenge against her husband.

After experiencing a traumatic event on her school bus, Aleena bottles up her anger until a chance connection triggers a small act of rebellion.

Nel packs up her late father's home while simultaneously unpacking memories of their volatile relationship.

Two assassins keep watch as a young man digs his own grave. Meanwhile, in a fancy-dress shop, the assassins‘ daughter has just found out she is pregnant to the gravedigger when the kingpin who ordered the hit walks in.

For trans man Jamie, a one-night stand is more than just sex, it's a question of self-worth.

During a difficult visit to her single immigrant mother, Athena discovers that what she thought was age-related mental decline is in fact an inherited magical gift.

On the night before her flight home, a Malaysian woman with a secret finds herself on an impromptu date with another woman.

In 1899, a Scottish lamplighter facing redundancy is haunted by nightmarish visions of an electric future.

The horror of Jen's teenage past catches up with her when she takes her autistic son to a birthday party in her hometown.

Sarah must make a journey from Belfast to Liverpool to avoid a life she does not want. A journey that is against the law.

A chance encounter between a black woman and a South Asian man in Birmingham forces them to confront life changing events they are desperately trying to escape.

A childless woman is told that her longed for unborn baby is incompatible with life. Alone, with her conscience and unable to openly discuss her situation because of society’s stigma surrounding termination and the self- silencing of women concerning reproduction, she painfully decides the best way forward.

A woman's morning jog takes a dark turn.

With the police unable to help, Emily takes it upon herself to investigate the disappearance of her partner. A small clue leads her to the discovery of an unregulated world far removed from her own. Soon, Emily’s journey to reconnect becomes a struggle for survival.

Nwa is in torment for not being able to have children.