#BraveFutures Collection
7 Seasons
Brave Futures is an intersectional film race that challenges storytellers, filmmakers and creatives of all levels to produce an entire short film in 48 hours using one theme, one prop, one action and their city as a canvas. Originally launched in Johannesburg in 2019, Brave Futures has traveled to Guadalajara, Berlin, London, and Cape Town.
Participants pre-register for free online for a chance to compete, with strong prioritization for intersectional identities. Films submitted into #BraveFutures are exhibited in their local city for the chance to win cash awards, prizes and a distribution deal with OTV. Brave Futures exports OTV’s values to other markets in need of alternative outlets where artists are ready to engage a platform designed to include and support them.
Since the programs launch in 2019, Brave Futures has empowered over 100 artists, across five countries and three continents to develop 24 intersectional short-films (3-7 minutes) exploring topics on gender, immigration, body-positivity, feminism, trans politics, race, sexuality, mental health and more.
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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...
