#BraveFutures Collection
11 Seasons
Brave Futures is OTV’s global filmmaking initiative, challenging emerging filmmakers to create bold, intersectional short films within a limited timeframe. Through film races, artist commissions, and screenings, the program creates space for experimentation, collaboration, and new ways of storytelling.
Since 2019, Brave Futures has supported more than 400 artists across seven countries and four continents to create over 50 original short films exploring identity, culture, and our collective futures.
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04:48Episode 164 Squares
Episode 1
MOST INTERSECTIONAL FILM AWARD | LONDON 2022
"64 Squares" created by Team Tornadoes: Terunesh Tafari, Suhur Yousouf and Miro Alleyne-Mccarthy.
Omar is being held in captivity by shadow government agents. Their aim is to prevent further political dissent by capturing leaders involved in the rec...
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04:22Episode 2Grass Patch
Episode 2
MOST THOUGHT-PROVOKING FILM AWARD | LONDON 2022
"Grass Patch" created by Team Bagels: Yen-Jung (Roni) Niu and Patrick Carlo Bangit.
This short film is a deep dive that converses with the self - it is the crystallization of all our thoughts, revelations, and traces of our steps in the big city....
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06:36Episode 3I Am the Impossible
Episode 3
MOST JOYFUL FILM AWARD | LONDON 2022
"I Am the Impossible" created by Tulsi Behl, Brendan Harvey, Recel Wynsley Tonelada, Catalina Curbishley, Rebecca Chan and Atom Inions Morton
An experimental film takes a dancer on a journey of self-discovery and acceptance. Using an original remixed versio...
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07:01Episode 4London is the Place for Me
Episode 4
MOST INNOVATIVE FILM AWARD | LONDON 2022
"London is the Place for Me" created by Aliyah Qayum, Dani Chukwuezi, Sophie Gouk, Charlie Benjamin and Téa Anya Earle
The film centres on the duality of mundanity in both routine and escape. The film centres on an Alien litter picker who roams London c...
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Wanted
Episode 5
MOST UNAPOLOGETIC FILM AWARD | LONDON 2022
"Wanted" created by Team 4sight: Deborah Igunma, Samuel Fashakin, Ade Balogun, and Joel Weller.
The police are looking for a suspect who they begin to profile. During the interrogation, the suspect is scrutinized because of their ""Britishness"", thei...
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Wings
Episode 6
MOST BRAVE FILM AWARD | LONDON 2022
THE TIME IS NOW AWARD | LONDON 2022"Wings" created by Rohan Sudan and Sangeetha Veluru
The story follows a young South Asian woman, as she reflects on two conversations with the two most important people in life; her mother and her boyfriend. Both expect...
