APUS APUS (aka five meals and a swift)
(Narrative Short, 8min, 2025)




























Featuring: 
Naomi Yang, Lucy Sheen & Nadia Shaikh

Shot on 16mm film
Hand-drawn animations by Ana Projects

Told through a sequence of meals observed from a single fixed point, Apus Apus charts Bea’s everyday existence in the city, tracing the textures of the landscape and the presence of the ever-changing community.

OFFICIAL SELECTION - The Film-Maker’s Cooperative / New American Cinema Group New Year, New Work Film Festival, New York, 2026
OFFICIAL SELECTION & JURY’S PICK - RE:FRAME Moving Image Festival, Berlin, 2026
OFFICIAL SELECTION - HK.KINO Berlin, 2026
OFFICIAL SELECTION - INEFF, The Experimental Fiction Film Festival, 2026
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Fotogenia Festival, Mexico, 2026
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Pebbles Underground Film Festival, 2026

GROUP EXHIBITION - City Noise presented by ‘Unknown Person’ at Zimmt Gallery Leipzig, 2026 

SCREENING - WMA HK & HK.KINO BERLIN Presents Where the Flâneur Lingers curated by Erika Kwok at ‘P60 at Prinzanellee Berlin’, 2026  
SCREENING - CHEERIO Publishing Presents A Night at the Garden Cinema, London, 2025







Writer & Director: Alfie Elms
Producer: Maude Elms

Director of Photography: Finn Boxer
First Assistant Director: Pip Woolley
Gaffer & Camera Assistant: Max Rollason
Sound Recordist: Luke Predeth
Art Department Standby: Sylvie Field
Costume Standby: Rowena Guy de Quin
Additional Costume by: Ilana Blumberg
Production Assistant: Eve Kelly

Composer: Lucas Wide
Sound Designer: Benet Serra
Editor: Alfie Elms
Hand Drawn Animations, Titles & Credits Designed by Ana Projects
Analogue Animators: Jack Greeley-Ward, Liam Painter, Trixie Thurner & Maude Elms
Post House: 1920VFX
Colourist: Oliver Banks Thompson
Grade Producer: Molly Russell

Film Processing by Cinelab London
Kit Rental: Junction Collective & Artefact