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Synthesis
Director Lucy Knowles
In an empty world, a dancer creates an evolving reality through movement, exploring the shifting relationship between human creativity and computer-generated art.
Close-Up Cinema ProgrammeFriday 25 September · 3:00–4:15pm← Full programme
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Close-Up Cinema · Includes Q&A
Beyond the Expected
Friday 25 September 2026 · 3:00–4:15pm
Caught between routine, expectation, grief and surveillance, these films follow people searching for a way beyond the lives prescribed to them. Through imagination, rebellion and movement, they explore the desire to escape—and the possibility of transformation.
Total film runtime1:04:31
02
Hariksee
Director Eva Rini May Cragg
A couple spend their summer in the forest, where her playful affection tests his patience as he struggles to catch a fish.
03
DAY OFF
Director Nara Toktoshova
On her day off, a woman confronts the quiet pressure to keep up with her goals.
04
PHANTOM CAROUSEL
Director Efosa Osaghae
A desperate father takes a job spying on London’s remote workers, but as surveillance escalates into criminal intrusion, he must confront what he is willing to sacrifice to survive.
05
Red (With the Green Hair)
Director Clemente Löhr
In an attempt to lift an insatiable curse and experience adult life, an impromptu trip to the big city leads a rebellious teen and his sidekick on an unexpected journey through grief.
06
LIMBES
Director Karl Cannone
An expressionist dance film opening a window into the dreams and nightmares of a young man. Between paralysis and release, shadow and light, it reflects on our collective fears and traumas, and the winding paths towards healing.
Close-Up Cinema · Shoreditch
Six films.
Six paths beyond the expected.
Friday 25 September 2026
3:00–4:15pm · 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 F · Beyond the ExpectedFriday 25 September · 3:00pm
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