The After opens on ordinary lives suddenly knocked sideways, as eight strangers in London find themselves pulled together by something none of them can explain.
What is The After about?
Directed by Misan Harriman in his feature debut, the fifty-five-minute film follows this group as an unexplained force forces their paths to cross and keeps crossing them. Rather than laying out a conventional mystery to solve, the story leans on how these characters lean on one another once the ordinary rules of their world stop applying. Harriman builds tension through mood and character interaction more than exposition, letting the strangeness of the premise sit unresolved for long stretches while the ensemble works out how to get through it together.
About the cast
David Oyelowo anchors the ensemble, joined by Jessica Kate Plummer, Amelie Dokubo, Ellen Francis, Sule Rimi, Tara-Binta Collins, Izuka Hoyle and Dominique Tipper. The cast spans theatre-trained and screen-familiar British performers, and the film's short runtime keeps the group dynamic tight rather than spreading focus across a large cast the way a longer feature might.
Context & significance
The After comes from Misan Harriman, a photographer known for portraiture before moving into directing, and it carries that background into its visual choices — close, considered framing on faces rather than wide action staging. Its blend of drama, fantasy, mystery and science-fiction elements places it closer to speculative short cinema than a genre thriller, using an unexplained crisis as a lens on how a group of strangers relate to each other under pressure rather than as a puzzle box to be solved.
Watching The After on Ktime
The After is available on K-Time with a free account login, streamed in its original English with no Persian dub or subtitle track. K-Time's Farsi interface lets Persian-speaking viewers browse the film alongside the rest of the platform's UK and international drama catalogue without needing to switch languages to navigate.