In a faraway land, a wanderer poet announces the news of the death of a horse. Two sisters living secluded in the desert then prepare a mourning ritual. Following a mysterious long lost tradition, they work on creating a “jar of sorrows”: they walk in the desert to harvest clay and make a pottery jar to collect and encapsulate their tears, which they seal and bury to honor the deceased horse. ‘Wake for a Horse’ follows the evolution of sisterhood, through their journey of loss.

It's 400 years since the publication of Shakespeare’s First Folio. These six short films mark the anniversary by taking some of Shakespeare's most famous words and using them to say something about life in 2024. Filmed in places as diverse as the battlegrounds of Ukraine and the edge of space itself, the result is a unique and often moving commentary on the state of the world today. Narrated by a stellar cast of actors, including Tom Baker and Cerys Matthews, the six films are presented at the festival as they are intended to be viewed, as a single work divided into chapters.