To live in a city can be a love/hate experience; the places where we build our homes can swallow us, alienate, or make us feel displaced. For those who move here from somewhere else or who are made to feel unsafe or unwanted in city streets, the desire to escape can be even stronger. In these films we see various attempts to push past the limits placed on us by urban spaces - through summer vacations, a trip to another planet, a wish to return home or leaps of imagination. Yet one person’s fantasy can be another person’s prison, and when our romantic illusions hit against another perspective or culture, we can find ourselves more lost than ever…

Curated by T A P E Collective Co-Founder Isra Al Kassi. Part of ASFF short film programme, taking place 8-30 November.