
2025
The suburbs are often portrayed as dull, conformist and hermetic. But with over 80% of the UK population calling these areas home, this playful yet empathetic short film challenges enduring stereotypes by centring the experiences and eccentricities of their numerous residents. The development of these spaces, and the narratives surrounding them, has been captured over the past 100 years by early filmmakers, citizen journalists, amateur documentarians and, most recently, a growing charge of online moving image creators – all brought together here to reveal the multiple identities and realities underneath the cultural image.

Owen Hatherley
Interviewee

Janis Tate
Interviewee

William Doyle
Interviewee

Kitty Ray Harper Fedorec
Interviewee

Thelma Johnston
Interviewee

The Path

Dire Pines

Aichaku

Fighting for Freedom

La Cocina

Finn & the Sea of Noise

Woodstock

Your Call Is Important To Us

Fools of Fashion

Witches, Faggots, Dykes and Poofters

HUNGER

Ellis Island, une histoire du rêve américain

The Unwanted: The Secret Windrush Files

Not Quite Hollywood

A Day Without a Mexican

American Hardcore

Count to 100

Remember Me?

Amityville II: The Possession

The Visitors