01
Shut
Director Terry Blade
Two estranged people attempt to reconnect, but the unresolved wounds between them threaten to reopen the rupture that tore them apart.
Close-Up Cinema ProgrammeThursday 24 September · 6:20–8:00pm← Full programme
C
Close-Up Cinema · Includes Q&A
The Distance Between Us
Thursday 24 September 2026 · 6:20–8:00pm
These films explore the emotional and psychological distances separating people, from buried trauma and fractured memory to loneliness, disability and secrets that refuse to remain hidden. Across unexpected encounters, they ask whether genuine connection can survive when perception, trust and language begin to fail.
Total film runtime1:27:51
02
The Drive
Director David Arrow
It’s a warm November day in the early 1960s and Liz has just picked up the kids for her weekly carpool. Little does she know that this will be a drive she’ll never forget.
03
Geronto
Director Mark Pluck
Set over the course of one night in the late 2000s, the story follows Younger, a man in his 20s, who meets Older, a man in his 60s, at a discreet London pub.
04
The Mediator
Director Dean Leon Anderson
After an accident leaves him paralysed and dependent on his sister, Chris forms an unexpected connection with a mediator whose work repairing others’ relationships masks the emptiness in her own life.
05
Echoes
Director Alex Lanipekun
When a successful businessman unexpectedly reunites with his homeless childhood friend, buried secrets from their boarding-school days force him to confront the trauma he has tried to forget.
06
Mr Vertigo
Director Marios Hamboulides
As Sam loses his ability to feel and his memories begin to fragment, he discovers that pain may be the price of connection in a reality where perception cannot be trusted.
Close-Up Cinema · Shoreditch
Six films.
One search for connection.
Thursday 24 September 2026
6:20–8:00pm · Includes filmmaker Q&A
Close-Up Cinema
97 Sclater Street
London E1 6HR
Doors open before the advertised start time. Please arrive early to take your seat.
Block C · The Distance Between UsThursday 24 September · 6:20pm
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