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You Know Who

You Know Who follows Toni, a young Black woman in Glasgow, as an ordinary evening reveals a deeper truth she has learned to carry. The film blends elements of Black folklore with the everyday rhythms of living in the city. As Toni moves through her flat, she feels the weight of expectations, the interruptions, and the pressure to stay agreeable even when she wants to say no. The quiet hum of an old spiritual becomes a reminder of where she comes from and what she carries. Or does it.. The film explores otherness, silence, and the ways we learn to move through the world even when it feels like it is moving us instead.

Taaj Bowers – Toni
Matt Cobb – Charlie
Serina Estrada – Rita

Produced by: Taaj Bowers
Written by: Taaj Bowers & Niamh Leiper
Sound: Oliver Cunningham
DoP: Luca De’Angelo Citti
Editing: Archie Alexander Macdonell
Music Supervision: Lizzie Reid & Russell Stewart

UNICORN

Unicorn is a modern coming-of-age sitcom episode filled with comical and dramatic circumstances that explore immigration as a means to pursue better opportunities. Jaz, a black American whose dream is to become the next American Daniel Kaluuya, has just arrived in Glasgow and is met with the horrific realization that she might be the only black person in Scotland. As she journeys through culture shocks and being othered, she wonders if she truly made the right decision.

Monet Debose (Director/Writer/Producer)
Deia McAllister (Producer)
Ava Bethwaite (1st Assistant Director)
Ricardo Bradley (Script Consultant)

Content Disclosures: Racism

How to Make Friends at the End of the World

Jane has been alone for 369 days. She talks to her cat, her stuffed animals, and stolen masterpieces on her wall. She’s perfected the art of making Velveeta mac and cheese and debating whether buying holy water on Amazon counts as sacrilege. Then Nell walks into her flat. Two women. One small Glasgow flat. The last survivors they’ve each seen in nearly a year. As Jane’s neurotic chatter collides with Nell’s meditative silence, they begin to build something neither expected: friendship. A darkly comic two-hander about what it means to be human when the world has ended. What do we hold onto? What do we let go? And how do you make friends when there’s nobody left to meet?

Bridget McGarry- Jane
Rebecca McDiarmid- Nell

Writer/Producer- Bridget McGarry

Emergence Festival 2026

Emergence is a festival of new work from the graduating artists of the MFA Acting/Directing Classical and Contemporary Text programme.

Emergence 2026 will include a range of provocative live performances and gripping short films presented across four days in January, returning to Glasgow’s iconic Centre for Contemporary Arts and surrounding venues.

These creative projects are the result of what can happen when artists are given a small budget and autonomy to respond to the provocation: what is the future of theatre and film?