2024
Cecilia Reeve, 2024
A woman takes a bath and reflects upon her past. Submerged in water, she enters a space out of time
2023
Sara Massieu, 2022
No matter who we are or where we are from, we are still not safe, if we have been attacked.
Jess Mountfield, 2022
After a couple of drinks, a girl admits to her best friend that she wants to know what it feels like to be kissed by a girl.
2022
Daniel Hope, 2021
In a desperate battle with his ballooning ego, Bill struggles to re-woo Deb with his below-par outdoor skills and shocking behaviour, until their camping trip takes a sinister turn.
Lesley-Anne Rose, 2021 | Type is a stop motion animation about a young woman with chronic allergies that isolate her from the world. In her search for friends, she finds a parasite that can solve all her problems.
Hannah Jacobs, 2021 | Martha, a young woman confined by her surroundings, has stopped listening to her intuition and her life is suffering. A strange encounter finally forces Martha to start seeing her world differently.
2020
Barry Wilkinson, 2020
Set during an exaggerated lockdown, one man sets off walking to the shops alone in the dark of night. Shopping Trip is a dark and isolated short that examines and accentuates the “new normal.”
Karl Poyzer, Joseph Roberts 2020 | High in a sci-fi metropolis a lone spaceship is confronted by a much larger vessel. When the bigger ship asks why they share the same identification number a strange quandary forms.
Diana Cam Van Nguyen, 2020
This short film is about life after the loss of a loved one. It deals with this difficult topic using both live-action and animated film. Real experiences are combined with reconstructions.
2019
Antonio Milo, Fabrizio Fioretti 2019
Playgrounds is a short film that travels back to the early 1990s, lost deep in the suburbs, absent parents allow forgotten kids to escape to other worlds where they can’t be found.
Alicia Eisen, 2019 | After a long and happy life, Freddy is afforded a chilling encore: he must live his life again through the eyes of every bug he has ever killed. A comedic idea about changing perceptions.
Naomi Soneye-Thomas, 2019 | A young black man is on a trajectory towards major success, when an encounter with the police jeopardises everything in his life. Losing Pace is a heartbreaking and relevant animation.
Howard Vause, 2019
A small child asks a very big question. The travelling carnival folk can’t satisfy her curiosity, but years later, as a wise old woman, she receives an unexpected visitor. Perhaps this is the answer?
Lauren Orme, 2019 | Elin works in a call centre and is anxious about her health. Trefor is dead and worried about the gas bill. Cari is a lonely Wiccan, preparing for the apocalypse. It’s Halloween, so things get better.
Quentin Vien, 2019 | After falling asleep on the London underground, a man finds himself mysteriously spirited into the desert where he follows an illusive trail of a failed love affair. Featuring hand-drawn scenes.
2018
Fausto Montanari, 2018 | A short about identity and learning to accept yourself for who you are, instead of who you’re not. It recounts the tale of a girl who is judged for being different, but finds out she’s not so weird after all.
Jenny Wright, 2018 | Childhood memories are powerful and evocative – personal and impacting. My Mother’s Eyes circulates around the experience of motherhood and loss in the abstracted world of the psyche.
Ian Bruce, 2018 | Double Portrait is a hand-painted animation which portrays the ill-fated relationship between Geraldine Peacock and Bob Gannicott. Created using frame by frame techniques.
Thomas Anglade, Maxime Announ, Lucie Dessertine & Estelle Saint-Jours 2018
Sergio, an old and solitary fisherman, takes out heavy artillery to avenge a pelican that has wronged him. Then a big wave comes.
Friendship, Slapstick
Christina Nerland, 2018 | A family of arctic foxes learns to cope with the fact that one of them is fading away. A story about learning to live with loss and accepting the memories that we carry with us.
Deanna Crisbacher, 2018
When discusses Crisbacher’s experience with mental illness and how it has impacted her perception of the world. Using CGI as a deeply expressive and communicative medium.
2017
Britt Raes, 2017
The bittersweet life story of a young girl who grows up to be a crazy old cat lady. The bright and humorous style of the animation contrasts the sadness of the narrative.
Naaman Azhar, 2017 | This film is inspired by the real events surrounding the tragic 1999 Columbine high school shooting. It is about a mother discovering the truth about her son’s mental state and what she must do to help.
Victoria Fistes, 2017 | Ernest is a nine-year-old boy who has been blind since birth. Being Ernest brings to life an interview in which he talks about intangible concepts, such as colours, dreams and memories.
Jennifer Zheng, 2017
Some things can only be understood with maturity. New light is shed on cultural misunderstandings when a Chinese mother and her British-born daughter speak as adults for the first time.
Robert Allen, 2017 | In an isolated whaling community, a man has developed an unnatural way of preparing himself to kill, and now he must initiate his son into their harsh and bloody trade. How will he cope?
Julie Herdichek Baltzer, 2017 | In 1941, Katja makes a dramatic decision to go against the norm and joins the first all-female night-bombing squad of the Soviet Air Force, in order to protect her country.
Francesco Mazza & Simone Giampaolo 2017
In a narrative about love triumphing over fear, Lynx & Birds follows the story of two birds in an Attenborough-esque mockumentary that reveals a chink in the food chain. Find out more in this short.
2016
Ross Hogg, 2016 | An observational exploration of routine, monotony, attention and distraction. Will we continue to let events pass by us uncontested, or will we decide to break the cycle Find out in this short.
Dann Perry, 2016 | Struggling to escape a desolate forest of his own making, a man is being followed by the creature he is bound to. Quirky and introspective short that explores the self, identity and everyday challenges.
Cat Bruce, 2016 | Sona enjoys a simple self-sufficient life in her ramshackle countryside home. But now her neighbours are being forced to move, and industrial constructions emerge on the horizon.
Cat Bruce, 2016 | Sona enjoys a simple self-sufficient life in her ramshackle countryside home. But now her neighbours are being forced to move, and industrial constructions emerge on the horizon.
Jadwiga Kowalska-Loosli 2016
A man stands on a bridge, separated from the love of his life. Wanting to be with her one last time, he makes the decision to go and seek her in the hereafter. But will he succeed or not?
2015
Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw & Job Roggeveen 2015
A woman who can’t have children steals a little girl’s imaginary friend. While at first this creates a rift, imagination brings everyone together.
Debanjan Nandy, 2015 | An old man living with the memory of his beloved wife as his own shadow, finds himself facing a hard decision: to live in a mesmerising but unreal dream, or to experience life?
Kate Jessop, 2015 | Little Elephant is about the estranged relationship between a father and his gay daughter, now a young mother. Both characters reflect upon past memories and lost connections.
Georgina Ferguson & Eduarda Lima 2015
Following the events on 7 July 2005, in which a train was bombed in King’s Cross killing 26 people. The story reflects upon a stranger’s kindness and life after disaster strikes in their lives.
Julien Regnard, 2015 | A man’s life, loves and losses are shown through the exchanges he has with the passengers in his car. Produced by the Frameworks short film scheme, dedicated to animation.
Jon Turner, 2015
A young girl finds out why she has to be quiet in certain places. Inspired by a parent’s journey with their son and his friend, the animated short depicts why children need to be quiet on trains.
2014
Daisy Jacobs, 2014
Using seven-foot-tall characters performing on life- size sets, The Bigger Picture tells a stark and darkly humorous tale of caring for an elderly parent and the pressures that are faced.
Daisy Jacobs, 2014 | Using seven-foot-tall characters performing on life- size sets, The Bigger Picture tells a stark and darkly humorous tale of caring for an elderly parent and the pressures that are faced.
Eoin Duffy, 2014 | A black comedy exploring some of life’s most common fears: fear of the unknown, of failure, rejection, unhappiness and finally the fear of death. Narrated by George Takei.
Stephen McNally, 2014
Blending CG 3D and 2D drawn animation techniques, meanwhile uses fragments of narratives from four characters traversing a city to examine themes of urban insularity.
Alan Holly, 2014 | A lost and lifeless soul stumbles drunkenly through the city, where Death finds him and shows him many things. A hand-drawn film voiced by Brian Gleeson and Orla Fitzgerald.
Carl Beauchemin, David Forest and Thomas Chretien 2014 | Two travellers undertake the construction of a gigantic bridge in order to cross a gulf blocking their way, inspiring a rural community nearby.
Marcus Armitage, 2014
As a family meet for their last dinner before their son leaves to join the Army, the reality of the situation begins to break in through the four surrounding walls.
David Blanche, 2014 | A short animated drama which follows the lives of Tomas and Alis: a retired couple in a small and tranquil British coastal town dealing with the harsh realities of dementia and growing old.
Oliver Harrison, 2014 | A black and white, multi-layered, hyper-kinetic, typographical poem. Using the letters of the word apocalypse, each line explores areas of our lives and experiences eroded by recent events.
2013
Marcin Wasilewski, 2013 | A stylised encounter in an abstract world: a man on his way to meet a woman finds that one unguarded moment is enough to make him lose his senses.
Basil Vogt, 2013 | After a bad storm Captain Hu finds himself in the Alps. An alpine farmer finds new uses for his nautical equipment. Hu draws the line at that.
Iria Lopez, 2013
Jose is a pig who lives alone in a Spanish town. After a new neighbour moves in next door, he begins to come to terms with who he really is.
Kylie Boon, 2013 | A stop-motion film about a shunned, lonely scarecrow, who wakes up one morning to discover the love of his life over in the next field.
Oscar Lewis, 2013 | A short animation inspired by an interview conducted with an elderly couple – married for 61 years – which briefly reminisces on the moments of their lives together.
2012
Nils Knoblich, 2012
A prisoner receives the message that his old father needs help with ploughing the field. This short animation touches on emotions and relationships.
Alisi Telengut, 2012 | A story based on the Mongolian burial custom known as “Wind Burial”, where a cart carries a body until it falls and finds its final resting place.
Julia Pott, 2012 | Tom Chivers’ poem The Event is brought to life in this unique animation, where a world plummets into chaos after an unknown event.
Joscha Thelosen, 2012
A tale about death: living alone in a small house in no man’s land, death finds an abandoned baby on his doorstep that will turn his life upside down.
Adam Wells, 2012 | Brave New Old is about a man who tries to make something honest, but he must overcome many dilemmas first. Directed by Adam Wells.
Seamus Spilsbury, 2012 | Thora rests on a vast mountain top. Her only protection is a lonely beast, Solomon. This short explores friendship and security.
2011
Brendan Carroll & Francesco Giroldini 2011 | Ragu is sent by his master on his final quest to become a monk. A seemingly simple task becomes an unexpected challenge.
Sara Pocock, 2011 | 7th is about a girl gets off at the wrong bus stop and finds herself alone in unfamiliar surroundings. Will she make it back home safely?
Tom Lucas, 2011
Scientists discovers organic life on an uncharted planet and investigate the mysterious creature, too excited to realise the deadly potential.
2010
Daihei Shibata, 2010 | Life is transparent, warm and swirls randomly like a soft light, constantly changing. The Light of Life explores the meaning behind life.
Henrik Malmgren, 2010 | After having her lonely dinner brutally interrupted, Elsa realises that “Paradise is lost without others.”. The Guest is directed by Henrik Malmgren.
Daihei Shibata, 2010 | Life is transparent, warm and swirls randomly like a soft light, constantly changing. The Light of Life explores the meaning behind life.
2009
Andrew Kavanagh, 2009
A brief but passionate friendship between an Israeli writer and a Palestinian artist. Will their relationship change the paths they choose?