Nigel Hollidge

The true story of Saartje Baartman, a black South African worker who moves to London with her master in the early 19th century. Although she dreams of being an artist, once in Europe she is exploited as a sideshow attraction due to her large buttocks and genitalia.

Fleeing the June 1940 arrival of Hitler's army in Paris, a young war widow and her two children are rescued from dive-bombing German fighters by a cocky, reckless teenager. He finds them refuge in an abandoned house, but despite the fact that the family quickly comes to be depending much on his cunning and survival abilities, their cohabitation proves uneasy.

Eight videos that no one was ever meant to see resurface. A strange black hole forms during a weather report. A man in a suit and tie broadcasts from an asteroid. A magic trick goes horribly wrong. Each of these files plunges us into the mental depths of these characters, between unease, delirium, and haunting fears. Eight stories. Eight nightmares. One secret.