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Pleasures and pastimes
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A club for ‘dull men’ may just inspire you to see the unremarkable anew
Directed by Andy Oxley
Poetry
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Enter a dreamy French surrealist poem, where love and reality never quite touch
Directed by Emma Vakarelova
Pleasures and pastimes
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A whimsical ode to the reparative power of knitting, rendered in wool
Directed by Samantha Moore
Dance
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Body heat illuminates a breathtaking dance of light, movement and humanity
Directed by Philippe Baylaucq
Compassion and empathy
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How one man saved 160 lives with an extended hand and a warm cup of tea
Directed by Alec Green and Finbar Watson
Music
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Repairing instruments for children is its own art in this Oscar-nominated short
Directed by Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
Food and drink
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For a Chinese tea master, each sip is a rich expression of memory
Directed by Anna-Claria Ostasenko Bogdanoff
Love
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In the bliss of budding love, a couple becomes – quite literally – entangled
Directed by Ben Brewer
Anxiety
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Self-honesty is crucial, life is weird – a tale of wisdom gained via panic attacks
Directed by Samira Mian
Brain injury and dementia
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The songs of Bob Dylan suffuse a poignant story of dementia and music
Directed by Harry Shaw
Transcendent experience
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A record-breaking distance swimmer finds sublime peace in cold water
Directed by Thomas Beug
Ageing
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A single grey hair springs to life in a playful exploration of ageing anxiety
Directed by Eilidh Nicoll