In the urban working-class London landscape, young and isolated Agnes copes with the pain of her miscarriage by looking after a reborn baby, Gaia. Here, the fragile world she has constructed begins to crumble against the weight of reality as external forces threaten the perfection of Agnes's imagined family.
Selected for screening at The New Black Film Collective (TNC) XPO 2026 — a platform dedicated to championing emerging Black and underrepresented filmmakers. The selection recognises NEST as a distinctive new voice in British short-form narrative, exploring themes of grief, motherhood, and identity against an authentic London backdrop.