Success Stories – BAFTA Nominated Films from Aesthetica 2024
We are delighted to share that two films that we screened at Aesthetica Film Festival 2024 have been nominated for the BAFTAs and several were longlisted for this year’s awards! A huge congratulations to the filmmakers on such a remarkable achievement and we are incredibly proud to see these innovators receive the recognition they deserve. As a BAFTA and BIFA-Qualifying festival, every short film that is selected to screen with us may be eligible to receive a BAFTA and BIFA nomination in the Short Film categories.

Rock Paper Scissors, dir. Franz Böhm
Official Selection | Drama
A father and son, running a makeshift hospital on the front line of war, face a tough decision when a platoon of soldiers approaches their building. Rock Paper Scissors is a film based real-life events.

Wander to Wonder, dir. Nina Gantz
Official Selection | Animation
Mary, Billybud and Fumbleton are the names of three miniature human actors who perform in an 1980s kids TV series: Wander to Wonder. After the creator dies, they are left alone in the studio.
In addition to these two nominated shorts, several films that screened at ASFF 2024 were also longlisted for this years BAFTAs:
Plunge, dir. Ellie Land
Clodagh, dir. Portia A. Buckley
Mee and Burd, dir. Greg McLeod
The Ban, dir. Roisin Agnew
Three Hares, dir. Paloma Baeza
Submit to Screen at Aesthetica Film Festival 2025, 5-9 November in York, UK and get your work seen by industry leaders
Submit your Short Film, Virtual Reality Project or Game by 31 May 2025.