The Lights, 15min., UK
Directed by Barnabus Walsh
Jaz is an agency worker given a simple task, to stay overnight at a student housing accommodation. There are just two problems; the weird lighting, and the unexpected coworker.

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Performed by Val Cole

POEM:

I have stood in the shadows of giants,
Dwarfed by their statue.
Towering, resolute,
Their energy radiates the jagged shores
Commanding respect.
Demanding awe from the awestruck.
The living faces of ancestors,
Monuments to the dead,
Guardians of the living.
They have...

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

Full full poem:

The Art of Pressed Flowers: My Twisted Passion

I pressed the life out of you,
to capture your bloom.
I am sorry I made the decision for you—
I am superficial.
I prefer you stay vibrant, long after your time would have passed.

I wonder if The Fates made ...

While Joe waits a dear friend he lost touch with to show up at their 50th high school reunion, he flashes back to how they met and the secret she asked him to keep.

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

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POEM:

Today the world is cold and ethereal
under a white curtain of snow
that seems to laugh
in a gentle, aloof voice,
you don’t know
The mist twirls and slinks
above the water
like a ghost
of the frozen spray

It is a wonder
that anything so warm, so incongruous
as l...

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

Across three generations, one house refuses to be forgotten.In The Hollowing, documentarian Eva Maren enters the abandoned Blackthorn House to capture its secrets - only to discover the mansion records human sorrow like a living archive. ...

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BUY th...

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

Mindy and Tracey have to find a way to pay tribute to both their father's in a way that feels appropriate to them.

Performed by Val Cole

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Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

POEM:

Loving in a Constellation

The realization came at the end of high school,
the time you or I begin to question our beliefs,
or at least start trying.

Her romantic love and energy
could extend to more than one person,
within and past state borders, across time zones...

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

Title: Manipulative Ways

Author: Cheryl Smith

Type: Feature-length Film

Logline: When a young woman unexpectedly takes possession of a winning
lottery ticket, she finds herself ensnared in a web of deception and
escalating violence as she struggles to keep it.

Summary:

The story begi...

Performed by Val Cole

Peformed by Val Cole

POEM:
Gray is my favorite color,
So unbelievably pristine,
So much emotion behind its blank facade,
A limbo between white and black,
Between love and pain,
Between joy and sadness.

Gray is balance.
The color so often seen as plain or boring,
That some people call the color ...