Cautionary Tales

Group therapy isn't for everyone, as Aaron - the boy with the unusual facial disfigurement - soon finds out in this sweet short film from Academy Films directors Us.

Although he feels isolated as he wanders alone through the city, he feels even more desperate among the others in the counselling session.

The eight-minute short has done the rounds on the festival circuit; and it's easy to see why. The prosthetics on the job are spectacular and the storyline sublimely sweet.