Revered lyricist Little Simz returns to flex her acting chops in this intimate short film, I Love You, I Hate You. It follows on from the music video she released for the track earlier in the year, but digs deeper into those themes.

The film, directed by Sam Pilling and written by Caroline Adeyemi, is based on a story by Little Simz herself that centres around repressed memories and how they find a way to rise to the surface in our daily lives.

Although this is far from her first acting (she of course put in a show-stealing performance as Shelley in Top Boy), this is Simz's first venture telling her own story on screen. Starring alongside It's A Sin and Small Axe actor Shaniqua Okwok and theatre actor C.J. Beckford, the short film sees her explore the same emotionally-charged themes that appear across her album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert.

"'I Love You, I Hate You Is' the story of abandonment," Simz says about the film. "How trauma can affect us in our adult lives if never confronted. I wanted to make this film because I feel it's a universal story that many people can relate to."