Dir. Victoria Fistes
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.

Dir. Britt Raes
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.

Dir. Jadwiga Kowalska
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?

Dir. Ross Hogg
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.

Dir. Julie Herdichek Baltzer
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.

Dir. Naaman Azhar
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.

Dir. Jennifer Zheng
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.

Dir. Robert Allen
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?

Dir. Marloes ten Bhömer & Noam Toran
Referencing cinematic moments where a woman’s mobility is compromised and whether to create suspense or to silence her. This short is directed by Marloes ten Bhömer and Noam Toran.

Dir. Jack Friswell
Filmed within the subterranean sulphur networks of a volcano, the narrator draws on similarities and comparisons between the odour of space and that found beneath the Earth’s crust.

Dir. Emilie Flower
Dust on Paper is a film based on the verbatim poem of a female LGBT human rights defender from Columbia. The film is a magi-real expression of the experience of surviving oppression.

Dir. Baptist Penetticobra
A group of teenagers gathers at night to make a film. When the group decides to mess up the film they’re in, a feud starts between For Real Tho and its own characters.

Dir. Chiemi Shimada
Inspired by Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, Fragments explores the act of observation through piecemeal narratives in a 1940s crime scene diorama.

Dir. Alex Forbes
When Belle’s mother tires of Bamber’s influence, she pressures her to forget him. Unfortunately, he isn’t planning on going anywhere. A dark comedy about a child afraid of growing up.

Dir. Freddie Hall
Donald is engaged and wants Patrick to be his best man. However, when Patrick is asked to go beyond the call of duty he starts to question Donald’s sanity.

Dir. Ben Steiner
Terry Lothian works tirelessly to maintain the background details that we take for granted. But with his department feeling the pinch of cutbacks, it’s not just reality that unravels.

Dir. Mondo Ghulam
When a heart-broken man tries to contact his deceased girlfriend, he discovers she wants more than just a chat.

Dir. Ben Mallaby
Whilst societal perspectives are changing around relationships, gender, identity and sexuality, Polly IG and Me is a candid snapshot of a successful marriage between three people.

Dir. Alice Seabright
Pee. Wait. Panic. Steph is in a happy, long-term relationship, but now she might be pregnant she has no idea what she wants. She now has a new challenge to face. Starring Sally Elizabeth Phillips.

Dir. Brendan Cleaves
Stephen (Seann Walsh) arrives home after six months in Mongolia to discover his best friend Roy (John Bradley) has replaced him with a ventriloquist’s dummy called Roger.

Dir. Rory Bentley
Varken is a psychological surreal short film about the human nature of being an animal. It follows a girl in the trough of 21st century unemployment, who starts to believe she is a pig.

Dir. Amy Watson & Dennis Keighron Foster
Dark Matter explores the political and social meaning of Vogue as a dance form in the UK today. A deeply resonant message acts as a platform for resistance. Find out more in this short.

Dir. Eve McConnachie
A short dance film examining the connection between our younger and older selves. A duet between a professional ballerina and a dancer in her 60s. Inspired by Jackie Kay.

Dir. Andrew Margetson
Wearing a pair of Air Jordans, Lil Buck takes us on a jookin’ tour of the Fondation Louis Vuitton, gliding through the light-filled halls of the Frank Gehry-designed building. Directed by Andrew Margetson.

Dir. Samuel Laubscher
Thought Loops is a collaboration between contemporary dancer Erin Murray and modern-classical drone composer Hot Air Henry. Shot on 35mm film and performed in one take.

Dir. Daniel Ali & Louis Leeson
Kadiatu Kamara is the only female surfer in Sierra Leone. When her father died two years ago, KK was left to face the Ebola epidemic alone, but does she find escape and hope in times of despair?.

Dir. Alice Russell
“Sometimes there are times to bomb a bank, or kidnap an autocrat, or have a peaceful demonstration. But sometimes, you party.” Ritual and metaphor on the streets of London.

Dir. Laura Wadha
Two young sisters who arrive in Sweden, having fled the war in Syria, are becoming teenagers in a new world. They try to hold onto the memories of their home and the lives they lived prior.

Dir. Sean Mullan
Through horses, a man feels an irrepressible duty to move in harmony with his pain. A film exploring the infinite momentum of life via an energy never destroyed, only transformed.

Dir. Thomas Horat & Corina Schwingruber
Snow, sweat, testosterone and the sound of chainsaws. Every four years, wood is cut on a steep mountain high above Lake Ägeri and prepared for log rafting. Find out more in this short.

Dir. Sophie Hexter & Poppy Walker
The Ghost in the Machine is a performative drawing by Jeremy Hawkes. Diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, Hawkes suspends his medication, allowing the tremors to suffuse his work.

Dir. Matty Crawford
Addy experiences the death of a family pet, only for her grievance to be met by an unsympathetic father, who tells her to “man up.” How will she navigate the grief that she is feeling?

Dir. Joosje Duk
When Sue’s cousin Genelva visits from abroad, she hopes a night out with her friends will connect two different parts of her life and bring them closer. NIGHT is a short film about micro-aggressions.

Dir. Mike Forshaw
15th April 1989: One game of intense football is about to affect Liam and the city of Liverpool forever. A fictional account of the Hillsborough stadium disaster. Directed by Mike Forshaw.

Dir. Dylan Holmes Williams
Harold Miller wakes up one morning to discover that his exquisite blood-red boots have been taken in the night and replaced with common, household clogs. He must work out who has done this.

Dir. Brian Brooks II
A new kid in town shows up at the high school boys’ basketball tryouts and instantly makes a lasting impression. Will his talent and drive be enough to make the team?

Dir. Rory Alexander Stewart
Joan has been housebound with M.E. for most of her teenage years, but now in slow recovery, an urge for independence is causing friction with her mother. Will she gain what she is craving?

Dir. Duncan Cowles
What’s it like to feel no emotion? A young filmmaker questions his growing inability to connect to his emotions by talking to a stranger online who can’t feel any.

Dir. Matt McDermott
Inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem Gravity’s Law, Matt McDermott taps into themes of meditation and nature in a deliberate response to overloaded information.

Dir. Jessica Bishopp
Exploring the concept of ageing in the future, increasing life expectancy and life extension. Juxtaposing architecture and space against interviews with a range of people.

Dir. Emil Kahr
One day a young, courageous girl named Lucia decides to take on an ancient and highly dangerous man-vs-beast tradition. This tradition is known by everyone as “Rapa Das Bestas.”

Dir. Stella Scott
Reverie captures the consciousness of youth. The film explores the thoughts and feelings of young Londoners and reveals a world of unstable, fragile dreams that are undefined by daily reality.

Dir. Giada Ghiringhelli
For an instant, I am. The light touches me gently and I live, burst and shine. This constant, irreversible, rhythmic drift from being to not. This film is an ode to the notion of being.

Dir. Corentin Kopp & Aaron Arnoldt (Lallali)
The Fermi Paradox is the apparent contradiction between high estimates, of the probability of extraterrestrial life and the lack of contact with, or evidence for, such civilisations.

Dir. Anna Radchenko
A surreal and tender story about a girl arriving at a strange location with quirky inhabitants. Is it all happening inside her head? Will she ever be able to escape? Find out what happens in this short.

Dir. Esteban & Manuel Iljitsch
An age old dichotomy between man and woman, partner and foe, lovers. It’s Been A Long Time looks at new perspectives through a stylised story that presents two lovers in extreme conflict.

Dir. Anna Zandman & Yulia Lebedeva
Mind(e)scape is a collaboration between two artists looking to raise awareness of the benefits of art in treating patients with dementia and alzheimer’s. Directed by Anna Zandman & Yulia Lebedeva.

Dir. Jam Patel
Carmen Rose has willingly played into the hands of her lover Alexander Gold for far too long, she is tired of it. We witness her in a moment of self-awareness and ultimate courage.

Dir. Jaïr Sfez (Players Paris)
It is dark; a street lamp passes through the curtains of the bedroom window. We discover a woman half-naked, lying in bed, when suddenly we are immersed in a psychological world.

Dir. Vector Meldrew
Lose your mind with this warped and wonderful journey through preternatural dance moves. Observe the rhythmical movements. Directed by Vector Meldrew for Dazzle Ship.

Dir. Haonan Wang
The journey of a man who achieves the dream of escape from the concrete jungle of the modern city he inhabits, with help from some spiritual black birds that awaken his thought processes.

Dir. Dirk Rauscher
GONE is a full CGI low budget music video for the Berlin based band KEØMA. A graphical metaphor of sculptures and landscapes as a reflection of distorted emotional and unforgiving states.

Dir. Kris Merc (Aardman Nathan Love)
A frantically paced music video. This landmark musical collaboration inspires a visual pop travesty with its hypnotic, kaleidoscopic images. Kool Keith X MF Doom – “SuperHero” is directed by Kris Merc.

Dir. Emmanuel Adjei
A small group of people move through the endless lane of an indoor facility containing self-storage units. We are slowly introduced to the gatherers and collectors. Directed by Emmanuel Adjei.

Dir. Norbert Schoerner
In U.N.K.L.E. – The Road drones navigate a desolate desert terrain lit by pools of dramatic light. A subtle narrative that tells of the ever-present conflict between landscape and traces left by humans.