First Cut

This innovative documentary, part of the First Cut strand and directed by the Grammy-nominated Fred&Nick, follows four youngsters in Croydon, south London. The film focuses on their contrasting lives and finds out how well their "payday" money sees them through the month.

Every year, more than 2,000 people go missing in Britain and never return. This First Cut documentary follows the stories of three families struggling to cope after a loved one vanished without trace, with the mysterious and out-of-character disappearances baffling the police. The film explores how hope is driving them to extraordinary lengths as they try to locate them and examine how the ones left behind are unable to move forward with their lives in the absence of evidence, answers or closure

Filmed at specialist school Muntham House in West Sussex, we follow the fortunes of Cole (16), who's struggling to read and write; lone wolf Junayd (9), and Ryan (15) whose troubled soul is soothed by horse-riding. (dir: Marc Williamson) (Minnow Films)