Join filmmaker and curator Tomisin Adepeju for a screening of bold and daring short films followed by a Q&A.

For their final screening of the year, DAILIES presents a selection of distinct and genre-defying work that acutely interrogates the complexities of power dynamics and the way it shapes our ideas, character and perspective on the world. The curated shorts, directed by some of the most exciting film-makers working today are distinct and inventive in their form and visual approach. The films traverse themes around familial conflict, authoritarian ideals, overcoming creative challenges and boundless individuality.

FILM-MAKERS:
Babak Anvari
Babak Anvari is a BAFTA winning British-Iranian film director and screenwriter. Anvari gained prominence with his debut feature Under the Shadow (2016), a supernatural horror film set amid the 1980s Iran-Iraq conflict. The film won a BAFTA for Outstanding Debut and also the BIFA for Best Director.

Edem Wornoo
Edem Wornoo is a Ghanaian-British writer and director from South London. His latest short END OF PLAY (BBC Film) premiered at London Film Festival 2025 and won Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy award at the 2025 Bolton Film Festival. Edem is now developing his debut feature NOVA with BBC Film.

Ashionye Ogene
Ashionye Ogene is a BAFTA-nominated producer, British Screen Forum Future Leader, and 2024 graduate of the National Film and Television School, where she received the BAFTA Prince William Scholarship. Her graduation films include Bunnyhood, a La Cinef winner at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, and milk, nominated for the 2025 EE BAFTA British Short Film award.

Dylan Holmes Williams
Dylan Holmes Williams is a writer-director based in London. In TV, he is currently directing all five episodes of the upcoming mini-series The War Between The Land & The Sea for BBC & Disney+. Previously, he directed four episodes of M. Night Shyamalan’s Servant on Apple TV+, including the season opener of season 4