12 minutes. One DJ set. A grandmother waiting at home. What could go wrong?
Set in London’s underground club scene, reload follows Dee, torn between caring for her sick grandmother and chasing a long-shelved dream. When she skips a work shift to play a last-minute DJ set, the night becomes a test of self-belief, sisterhood and joy — and as the set takes a turn, she must decide: will she come back or choose herself?
Direction
Dual directors capture cramped club geography with claustrophobic intimacy
Sound
The mix becomes narrative — every transition mirrors Dee's fractured focus
Director
Dalila McFarlane-Martin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in actual London basement venues, the film preserves club culture threatened by venue closures and gentrification — the 'reload' of the title doubles as DJ slang and emotional reboot.
Director Dalila McFarlane-Martin cast herself as Dee after the original lead dropped out 48 hours before shooting — the real-life panic informed her performance's raw edge.
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