As part of Apples and Snakes' 40th birthday, they commissioned 40 emerging poets to produce a short film-poem about their local environment or city - 'a snapshot of our world as told by today's freshest talent'. Brighton, unfinished explores a less picture-perfect side of Brighton from the vantage point of my mobility scooter.

Ways to Speak Absence is a short film, based on a poem by Matt Alton. It brings together spoken word, an original soundtrack, improvised movement, and a choral performance based on the chorus from Eminem’s Cleanin’ Out My Closet. The film’s primary themes are grief and bereavement; it speaks explicitly about the experience of losing a parent at a young age; addresses disfunctional coping mechanisms; and picks at the language available for voicing loss. The film was directed by Chris Alton and commissioned by Manchester Independents.

Poetry is the New Skateboarding is film-poem made with Joe Parker of Full Tang Studio which finds surprising parallels between the two practices. Written and performed by Matt Alton; produced, directed, filmed and edited by Joe Parker; skateboarding footage filmed by Chris Alton.