Laya Lewis

For LGBTQ+ people living in Afghanistan, the years before the return of the Taliban saw life showing signs of slight improvement. But in 2021 all that progress quickly evaporated, and they were forced back into hiding. This film follows a handful of LGBTQ+ Afghans who are now terrified, persecuted and now hiding from individuals they had previously lived alongside peacefully.

London 2017, everyone’s over-stimulated, under-energized and trying to love, laugh and live as hard as the next Instagrammer. Jamie and Eve are mates who’ve always shared everything and after getting high at a party, they share everything. In the sober light of day will things ever be the same again?

Beverley is a short film written and directed by Alexander Thomas and produced by Cass Pennant and starring Vicky McClure and Laya Lewis. It follows the identity struggles of a mixed-race teenager who moves to white suburbia. Her fight to fit in with the local gang leads to devastating consequences.

A teenage girl and a young boy run for their lives to cross 'The Line', but are they running away from danger or towards it?