Junks & Dolls

A couple is destined to build up their life in the heart of a waste depot in the heart of Iranian north forests. They begin to make different things with the junks they find and to make friends with the other people… but what remains of the people who are determined to fight their nature?

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE FILM

Coeden Meinir

As per tradition, the young bride Meinir hides on her wedding morning, and her groom, Rhys, runs to find her. Concealed behind their favourite tree, Meinir waits for her lover to find her so they may be married at last. But nightfall is drawing near, and her forest is intent on keeping her...

21 OR UNDER SHORT FILM COMPETITION

Hamstar

Erin Ramsey and Tony Adler of the California Hamster Association host the only competitive hamster shows in America . . . but they want more. They want other people to celebrate and treat hamsters the way they do. So, they head to the U.K. where the National Hamster Council and its three regional clubs have hosted hamster shows nearly every weekend for almost 50 years. HAMSTAR follows Erin and Tony as they travel to Weston-Super-Mare, England, to learn from the masters, and finally experience a world they've only dreamt about.

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Rachel Ann - Rise Above (Official Music Video)

A young woman awakes to a mysterious purple light and finds a portal that transports her to a woodland filled with fairies and magical creatures.

MUSIC VIDEO

Chill Ravine

In the cold valley, three strangers with different languages and professions meet by the campfire. They suspect each other to be fugitives and are also plotting to kill one another. Fear and greed drive the conflict to erupt, and just as the truth is about to be revealed, even more chaotic events unfold.

SHORT FILM

One Night Only

Touring pub singer, Bex, lets her celebrity delusions get in the way of her relationship with her daughter, Rhian, who is left to pick up the pieces when faced with the cruel reality of her mother's lifestyle.

SHORT FILM BASED IN WALES

Status Quo

What if you were unable to change anything in your life? Stuck in an endless loop of monotony. Would you welcome the possible danger of an attempted robbery? The protagonist of this story seems to face this situation, but perhaps everything isn't what it appears.

FOREIGN SHORT

"The First Grand Adventure!"

The film tells the complete story of the historic flight that made Amelia Earhart the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air. From its planning in Boston to its departure from Trepassey, Newfoundland, the film traces the selection of Earhart—an unknown social worker from Boston—for this daring journey. The seaplane "Friendship" ultimately landed off the coast of the quiet seaside town of Burry Port, South Wales, forever etching the town into the annals of aviation history. Using restored and colourised archival footage, the film showcases how this groundbreaking achievement turned Earhart into a global icon while capturing the astonishment and pride felt by the people of Burry Port. Through first-hand accounts from local residents, we see how the town, for a fleeting moment, became the centre of the world, as Earhart’s success became their own, forever linking Burry Port to her legacy as the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Frankenbiking

A short documentary about tall bicycles. Frankenbiking celebrates the fun, silliness and creativity of tall bikes, exploring why people build them and why people react to the new and unusual.

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

A Fish Story

An eccentric old man in a local pub tells tales too tall to be true.

NO BUDGET SHORT FILM

The Art in Anguish

Josh Thomas is an artist grieving the loss of his wife, channelling inner turmoil into art. When presented with an opportunity, Josh must decide whether he’s selling art or his emotions.

SHORT FILM

While Some Must Sleep

Elliot decides to erase his past, but changes his mind when it's going to cost him his best friend. Elliot decides to erase all memory of Liz, his ex, using Lemosyne Ltd’s AI-based memory reconfiguration service. He discovers too late that Tom, his Personal Counselor AI and best friend, has to be erased for the process to complete. Elliot fights the process to save Tom's life, but in the end, Tom decides that he can’t watch Elliot suffer, just to save his own existence. Much later, Elliot has woken into a new life, but when he goes on a date, it’s with his ex.

SHORT FILM

One and All: Black Ballerinas

Black Ballerinas is a short documentary that explores what it means to be Black in a pink space, through interviews and experimental footage with three ballerinas of varying ages. Made in partnership with East London Dance, The English National Ballet, Goldfinch and the First Flights Film Fund and Creative Shift.

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Forgotten Shores

"Forgotten Shores" is a compelling documentary that delves into the lives of a remarkably diverse community residing on one of the world's most secluded islands. This thought-provoking exploration unveils the unique challenges, triumphs, and cultural richness of a population often overlooked by the global lens. Join us on a journey to the heart of these Forgotten Shores, where diversity and isolation weave a tapestry of human stories waiting to be discovered. As we navigate through these narratives, the film serves as a poignant reminder that, if left unattended, the distinct identity of this community could potentially be erased, or worse, cease to exist. The film beckons us to contemplate the urgency of preserving cultural nuances and human stories that risk fading away into obscurity.

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

I Am Not Down

Saloni, a class topper, is period shamed in school after she gets her first period. At home, her uneducated but caring mother Asha tears the only vest of her husband to provide a clean cloth for Saloni’s protection and comfort as she has to take annual exams the next day. When Saloni’s father, Anil, comes to know that his only vest has been torn and used to absorb menstrual blood, he gets furious. He puts the cloth left for sun-drying into the fire and it turns into ashes. Saloni is shattered but Asha is determined, neither she wants period shaming for her daughter nor she wants her to miss exams. Through Saloni’s classmates, Asha comes to know about sanitary napkins, a hygienic alternative available at the health centre but Anil says that they can’t afford that luxury because of their poverty. It is then Asha decides that she will do anything possible to send Saloni to school to take exams as she doesn’t want her daughter to drop out of school after first periods as she had to do it because of the period stigma and poverty.

NO BUDGET SHORT FILM

Green Plum Season

After submitting his application to resign, a judge, Ata, seeks shelter in his family villa out of town. When his son, Farhad, a university student, is released from the prison, Ata experiences a cold reunion with the family while his wife, Giti, is filing for divorce. But a car accident, leading to the death of Farhad, and the paralysis of Giti, puts him in a game of concealing the truth from Giti and Vida, Farhad’s girlfriend – just as it has been constantly concealed since the time of the loss of another family member under the heavy steps of history in a country shaken by the public movements from time to time…

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE FILM

It's (Not) A Sin

At a 1920s dinner party, the seven deadly sins gather at a round table, planning their next moves to overtake Hollywood.

SHORT FILM

Trailblazers

Pakistani-British queer artists strive to preserve their South Asian culture despite losing their roots because of rejection from their families. This documentary follows Alia and Muz, two Pakistani-British queer chosen siblings who overcome rejection and forge a path towards inclusivity. Through their journey to create an Asian artist’s collective in Wales, they strive to reclaim their identities, preserve their cultural heritage, and empower Asian queer artists who refuse to let their families' rejection define them

SHORT FILM BASED IN WALES

Collateral

Army veteran Adrián is suffering from PTSD after a decade in the military. An invitation by a journalist friend to share his story leads him to meet Nayeli, a mother searching for her disappeared son. Can two seemingly opposing people find a way to reconsider established ideas of victimization, peace, and justice amid Mexico’s drug war?

FOREIGN SHORT

Control Room

Singer/songwriter Eli Fretter’s manager, Gill, has booked him into a state of the art studio space, in an attempt to encourage him to leave his traditional sensibilities and penchant for acoustic music and analog recording techniques behind, instead taking his place in the digital landscape of modern, electronic, music. The night before his booking, Eli finds himself stranded in the studio with the strange receptionist, who insists that, with nowhere else to go, he spend the night in one of their live-rooms. Things take a surreal and nightmarish turn for Eli as reality appears to bend and distort, transporting him to-and-fro from the studio to a mysterious music venue and eventually to a dungeon, followed by a monstrous cloaked figure. Able to trust neither the eerie receptionist nor his controlling manager Gill, Eli discovers an otherworldly connection between his rapidly mutating body and the studio’s electronic equipment, which builds into a shocking climax that goes out with a flash.

SHORT FILM BASED IN WALES

Look At Me

A fictional autobiography about an insecure, awkward and lonely bisexual actor who goes on an unwitting journey of self-love in the midst of an eating disorder relapse.

FEATURE FILM

A Duckumentary

Filmmaker Kyra Owers has an infectious love for all things duck, and in this duck - documentary, she’s on a mission to give ducks the appreciation they deserve.

21 OR UNDER SHORT FILM COMPETITION

The Nature Girl

The Nature Girl is a story of a brave and courageous young Girl, abandoned by her parents at an early age, who ends up living on the streets in urban chaos. Her spirit is tested as she saves lost and injured animals with acts of heartfelt kindness to brazen rescues. She risks it all to save those that may be harmed. The Nature Girl is a story of purpose, compassion and a deep connection to the sacredness of Nature and its fragile animal life during a time of climate crisis. This film was created in collaboration with passionate industry filmmakers in Northern California and in the UK. One of the Co-directors, Paul Charisse, has created Visual Effects on a variety of films over the past 10 years including the Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Stardust and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Co-writer Donna Laemmlen is an award-winning screenwriter, whose most recent collaboration, Tabula Rasa, won Best Dramatic Feature at the Big Apple Film Festival in NYC and the Audience Award at the Cinequest Film Festival in Silicon Valley. The film also features the impactful song from Kate Bush, ‘A Woman’s Work’. . . .

SHORT FILM BASED IN WALES

Break Upon the Shore

Break Upon the Shore depicts the guilt, grief and denial a father experiences after he loses his four-year-old daughter to the sea. He spends his days thinking about the day she died and grapples with the relationships around him.

21 OR UNDER SHORT FILM COMPETITION

What matters most?

A film inspired by photographer and director, Ceridwen Hughes’ own experience of end-of-life care, when her mother died in 2020. An honest, raw and inspiring account of ‘what matters most?’ in life and in death from families who have cared for loved ones and people living with a terminal diagnosis.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Sojourn

Alex Matthews joins a queue not knowing who or what is at the end of it. Whilst he waits, he gets into conversation with those around him, learning more about them and reflecting on his own past. When he enters a mysterious waiting room Alex confronts some strange officials, leading to a shocking revelation.

NO BUDGET SHORT FILM

STAMPILA

A middle-aged woman decides to overthrow the powerful oligarch who controls her country. Armed with only her wit and a stolen government stamp, she must outsmart the oligarch’s henchmen, evade the secret police, and trick her countrymen into sparking a revolution. Facing off against armed riot police, water cannons, and deep fakes, she must stop the oligarch from stealing the people’s money and making her country the poorest in Europe. Along the way she’ll need to face her past and uncover the secret weakness of the system that keeps oligarchs in power.

FEATURE FILM

When you were not here

A young woman, Marziyeh, has led the lives of hers and her son all through the years of absence of her husband Farhad who illegally escaped to Australia with their landlord’s son. One night, after five years, Farhad comes back home and spends the night with Marziyeh, but in the morning, he vanishes once again. Marziyeh begins desperately seeking him…

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE FILM

Love Yourself, Ben

Ben is going to University but doesn't want to go still a vrigin, so tries to convince John to help him out...

SHORT FILM

SEA SALT

A short film about the worlds first full-time adaptive surf school In Gower, Wales

NO BUDGET SHORT FILM

POV

Faced with an eviction notice, two TikTokers attempt to earn enough to pay off their landlord by making a series of videos, dragging them into a supposed murder mystery, and later, threatening to end their friendship and ruin their lives.

SHORT COMEDY

Ropewalker Memories

A young man and his father live together in the same apartment. Against his son's wishes, the father brings home sex workers. One day he brings home a young woman who not only does not respond to his advances, but also refuses to leave. Both father and son unite in trying to make her depart. However, when she does finally leave, but of her own free will, her absence becomes unbearable for the two men.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE FILM

Baggage

A couple at the end of their relationship are forced to confront their life together through their possessions scattered across the lawn.

NO BUDGET SHORT FILM

Six Roasted Chickens

Sasha sings about the sadness of roasted chickens. But is he really talking about our feathered friends? And what is he doing, in a pink suit and silver cowboy boots, in this muddy chicken coop?

MUSIC VIDEO

The Shape of Life

A flock moves in the sky among the mountains. While a woman begins to dance in a large hall, the same flock seen a moment ago enters and starts to move around her. From the combination of those movements, a flow of life and memories is generated. In the end, the flock with which the woman dances and flies is nothing more than a particulate entity formed by many small diamond rings.

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DAY OF A LION

After their father's death two sisters reunite at their childhood home to uncover forgotten secrets and rip open old wounds.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE FILM

A Cross To Bear

A devout Christian attempts to scale the highest mountain in Wales with a large wooden cross as he searches for inner peace through forgiveness.

FAITH BASED FILM FEATURE/SHORT

An impossible secret

A young student during the 90s decides to visit her mum in Wales as she has some news to announce however she accidentally discovers a family secret that will change their lives forever.

SHORT FILM BASED IN WALES

The Referemdum Day of Gibraltar (2024)

Original description: Located in La Linea is the UK Overseas city called Gibraltar, which is home to many Gibraltarian residents who are generally proud of being British citizens on the Rock of the Home as Gibraltarians, but since the 1950's the Spanish dictator General Franco is about to take lengths against the Gibraltar's soils, causing major sovereign restricted movements between Spain and British Gibraltar. On the 10th of September 1967, Gibraltarians voted overwhelmingly to stay under British sovereignly. In this inspiring and surrealist style story, & before the nominated short film "The Adventures in Bermuda (2021)" & "The Remembrance Day (2020)", from the imagination of Samuel Turner, the award winning short filmmaker, comes the fact about inside complex behind the Gibraltar's referendum day which tells us a story which you never expect to hear from your travel agents near you.

ANIMATION

Blue

Blue A woman struggling grief and despair tries to find a way out.

SHORT FILM

Pest of the mind

A food addict trades in her food addiction for blood after encountering a mysterious creature in the woods

NO BUDGET SHORT FILM

Red Riding Hood

On the way to meet her sick Grandmother, a young woman encounters a strange man in the woods

ANIMATION

From Thailand to Tenbury: Showing Sheep in the Shires

Growing up in Thailand, the one thing Benni definitely didn't want to be was a farmer. Meeting Jeremy changed everything, and together they now breed and show Suffolk Sheep in the green pastures of England: an industry once dominated by men. Her first ever country show, the Royal Welsh Show, is fast approaching, but will they triumph with the coveted rosettes or is it all just a life of blood, sweat and shears? A heart-warming insight into the 24/7 life of sheep breeders in the UK.

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

God's Favour, Anne

Mixed-media Poetry animation: 4 mins 12 secs To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the death of Anne Hathaway in summer 2023, this poem was commissioned for publication by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. The composite personality of the faithful and apprehensive Anne references a range of Shakespeare's female characters as well as Tudor Royalty . (The opening quote is Shylock’s from ‘The Merchant of Venice’.) This poem recalls young Anne Hathaway as it recalls lost wives - Shylock's Leah and his daughter Jessica - as a way of thinking about poems lost and lives left unrecorded: disappearing poetic moments in all our lives we have given away to others.Production techniques include animating flat puppets using an antique bottle as a lens and shadow play of hands and objects set into animated textures created under the camera with oil paints.

ILLUSTRATED POEM

Striking With Pride: United at the Coalface

Between London Pride 1984 and 1985, an unlikely alliance was forged between the gay men and lesbians of London, and the striking miners of South Wales. Everyone loves a good love story: and this is one of the most unexpected and uplifting love stories ever: not between two people, but between two communities who - seemingly worlds apart - found common cause and compassion for each other in the face of immense challenges, and changed the course of history for queer people in the UK. Our feature documentary explores this remarkable tale, made famous by the film Pride ten years ago. Everyone loved the film, but the real story behind the script is much richer and more powerful than you could ever imagine. And the legacy of these events are still felt to this day, forty years on since the 1984/1985 Miners’ Strike. But this won’t be like any other documentary about the Miners’ Strike you’ll watch this year… Among other unique stylistic elements, iconic drag queen Tayce narrates the film, telling this powerful fable to a group of kids in a playful and poignant storytime session, which will bring fresh meaning and relevance to the story through the perspective of this new generation.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

A Childless Village

Twenty years ago, in a remote village, an old filmmaker named Kazem made a film on the sterility of the women villagers, but in order to protect their dignity, the women stole the footages and burnt them. Now, after two decades, the villagers find out that the men are barren and there is nothing wrong with the women. With the help of his assistant, Kazem tries to record some interviews with the infertile men to unfold the truth…

FEATURE FILM

The Nothing

A man lives with the symptoms of a psychosis. Based on my own experience, depicting some of the lighter symptoms.

SHORT FILM

Witching Hour

A young woman's gaze is drawn to a bright red light that appears outside her new home in the early hours of every morning. Folk horror/thriller shot in South Wales.

SHORT FILM BASED IN WALES

Time After Time

In the ruins of a world once grand, melancholic bliss resides. Amidst the decay, a glimmer of hope persists. Time After Time tells a story of sadness, hope, and loss. Journey alongside our two protagonists as they navigate through this world, devoid of comfort. There is also an english dub: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WYVCdW2Hn8WiT6zf2Z40yNeu1IY_5G1k?usp=drive_link

FOREIGN SHORT

Big Trouble In Little Delilahs

After an attempted robbery of a second hand store, Walter finds himself held up in an old garage looking for help. Will he tell the truth or will his lies catch up to him?

NO BUDGET SHORT FILM

Drive my Kart

A short documentary that follows Leeds Beckett Karter Saj through a race at the British University Karting Championship - his last chance to win before leaving University. We see Saj's passion for motorsports, how he mentors his team and his prospects for the future, following his time at Leeds Beckett University.

21 OR UNDER SHORT FILM COMPETITION

Thirst for Love

A Vampire named Victor seeks out to satisfy his dark cravings using a dating app. Despite not getting many second dates, he matches with Lisa which leads to an unholy partnership until a plan against them confronts their relationship.

SHORT FILM

Fruits of the Spirit: a Gathering Film

When Maddy and Carys get outed to their church worship band, they have to fight to stay together, in the face of an institution that wants nothing more than to see them apart. Can they hold onto faith when it seems that their faith doesn’t want them? 'Fruits of the Spirit' is a dramatic tale of hope, perseverance, and religious intolerance – a tale that is familiar to many.

SHORT FILM BASED IN WALES

Inundations

An American traveler meditates upon the unsettling discovery that climate change has transformed rivers, towns, and roads of the Northeast into floodlands; and offers a videopoetic tribute to the environment and the largely displaced Indigenous peoples: their natural stewardship, creation stories, and evocative place names.

SHORT FILM

Pakol

Trapped in a dim, hopeless world, forty-something-year old Amir lives his dull, routine life day by day. He has lost his mother a long time ago and got no one but a father in an asylum. He doesn’t think of anything else – even his fruitless love to an Afghan girl, Yasna, in the years of adolescence to middle-agedness. One day, he hears about Yasna in an office. He follows some clues to find her, but he finds out his old love is stolen by the smugglers. Amir decides to begin searching for Yasna…

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE FILM

Sprinkle Brownies

Brooke is forced to confront her fears about becoming a mom when spending the day with her ten year old nephew.

SHORT FILM

Ciò che resta

The House That Stood

San Pietro Avellana, southern Italy, 1943. Camillo, a teenager, sees his life being turned upside down when, one day, some retreating German soldiers begin using his family's inn as a base of operation. Amid a war that seems never-ending, Camillo has much more in mind; and first things first, to ask Bianca, his longtime crush, on a first date. The world seems a little less ugly, even for a moment, until something changes their lives forever.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE FILM

J'aime pas ma mère

I don't love my mother

A woman plunges, through the iris of one eye, into water A woman dives, through the iris of one eye, into water illuminated by rays of light. She sings about her dislove for her mother... until her rebirth?

MUSIC VIDEO

Access Land

A young woman's adventure with her grandfather is cut short by the law

SHORT FILM BASED IN WALES

Adra

Llanberis is the diamond at the heart of the rugged North Wales scenery. A village hunkered down below Yr Wyddfa and Elidir Fawr, it's the epicentre of adventurous climbing in the UK. This small village and its surroundings have shaped the lives of many, and a climbing culture as historic and iconic as to rival Chamonix or Yosemite has grown from the mountains, quarries, and sea cliffs that harbour some of the best traditional rock climbing in the world. Local climbers Zoe Wood and Lewis Perrin Williams take us on a nostalgic journey, exploring how this place has impacted the lives of those who have lived, worked, and played in this beautiful corner of Cymru over the last century. Featuring interviews and archives from some of the most prolific and colourful characters of UK climbing, Adra gently gifts us a sense of home, community, and belonging, and how the mountains of Cymru have conjured up the spirit of ‘hiraeth.’ In the words of John Redhead, "I think North Wales is the home of the spirit of climbing, without a doubt…"

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

ReBirth

When Lily Edwards' (Jessica Kinsey) twin sister dies, she is carried to the mysterious ReBirth agency for help. Run by the enigmatic Nameless Man (Michael Howarth) and Mr “Smith” (Mark Farrelly), the agency promises to implant her sister's mind and memories into a new body. With award-winning Director of Photography Ali Asad (“Doctor Who”, “Bonded by Blood”, “A Lonely Place to Die”), ReBirth is a sci-fi noir which explores the nature of identity.

SHORT FILM

Composure

'Composure' tells the story of Otto, a 22-year-old music student, who whilst working on an upcoming deadline, has his efforts cut short when he loses the ability to come up with anything at all. With the days counting down, and the Metronome ticking, he attempts to find his way back to doing what he loves.

SHORT FILM

Waltz for Three

Mahmoud returns home. Fakhri receives a call from the mental hospital. A policeman enters the house and the dark secrets are gradually unfolded…

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE FILM

D Minor

When a deaf man’s deceased wife appears when he plays her guitar, he decides to make a song to bring his memories of her back to life.

SHORT FILM

Ashes to Ashes

Three estranged sisters reunite in a Jewish cemetery to carry out their late mother’s final wish: secretly scatter her Catholic ashes over their father’s grave. Jane dismisses it as meaningless, Sarah sees it as a tribute to their parents’ love, and Frances is too distracted to care. With tensions high and the threat of being caught looming, they navigate their differences. In the end, Jane finds closure, realizing that while their parents are gone, she still has her sisters—and they need each other.

SHORT COMEDY

Finale

A man stumbles across an isolated Punch & Judy Show on the top of a mountain.

SHORT FILM

Satu - Year of the Rabbit (2025)

Bo flees the capital of Laos in pursuit of a life in photojournalism. Along the way, she encounters Satu, a Buddhist orphan who might just have the story she's looking for. The duo traverses the rich tropical landscape by motorcycle in search of answers and even themselves.

FEATURE FILM

The Connections

Do I look good? Am I with the right people? Shouldn't I make better use of my time? The siblings Hanna and Jonas are circulating around their self-fulfillment. They live in separate countries, Portugal and Germany, and are almost out of touch. In the effort of becoming free and successful they isolate from their fellows. In the end no self-assuring audios and affirmations are helping anymore. A reflection on freedom, love and solidarity in Lisbon and Berlin.

FEATURE FILM

To The Dancers

It’s 2023 and Britain is in pieces. Brexit is an embarrassment and electricity bills are through the roof. For many, heading to a local music venue is a necessary escape from life’s bleakness. But what’s on the cards for small music venues of today, fighting to survive the trials and tribulations of late-stage capitalism? In the north east city of Newcastle the non-profit, multifaceted safe space Cobalt has made its home. There, the local queer scene and its queens party till late and rising stars such as Alabaster DePlume grace the stage. Anyone who’s been to Cobalt will tell you of its unrivaled hospitality and enchanting atmosphere. Yet even for a venue as unique as this one, existence is a fight for survival. Founders Mark, Kate and son Jacob must commit to 70-hour weeks to navigate challenges such as threats from developers in their gentrifying neighbourhood. Overheads rise and ticket sales dwindle as the disposable income of regulars is squeezed. This story calls into question why we fight so hard to dance together, in a society where the importance of art and culture is sometimes forgotten.

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Madeira from the sea

The poem short film "Madeira from the sea" adapts the poem of the same name by Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet Sara Teasdale. It reflects the source material's combination of nature poetry and impressionism.

ILLUSTRATED POEM

Seeing Double

Paige and her boyfriend, Tommy, host a dinner for their friends Sasha and Marcus, another couple. Paige thanks Sasha and Marcus for picking her and Tommy up after a drunk uber driver put them on edge. As Paige recounts the story, the table playfully teases Tommy who seems to take it in his stride. After their conversation, a phone notification causes Marcus to step outside and take a call. After a moment, Sasha follows him outside. Paige and Tommy begin the dishes alone in their apartment where Tommy seems notably quiet. Outside, Sasha confronts Marcus as to who he is speaking with on the phone. They argue about mistrust and Marcus’ previous questionable behaviour. Inside, Tommy confronts Paige about her mentioning the uber driver and her claim that he doesn’t do well with confrontation. When both arguments reach their boiling points, the two couples reconvene at the dining table as if nothing happened. Later, we see both parties unwind for bed where they express their envy for the other couple seeming so perfect and their dissatisfaction with their own relationship.

21 OR UNDER SHORT FILM COMPETITION

Here

Leon must navigate returning to his childhood home for the first time since starting college. Leon comes to discover that the house is devoid of any Christmas cheer and has now become a shrine to his recently deceased Mother. While his young sister is happy to see him, his father can’t help but feel abandoned by his son. Not only will Leon have to finally face the grief he’s been avoiding, but learn whether he will be doing more damage by staying or leaving.

SHORT FILM

I Made The Time Machine

When a burned-out university professor discovers a wild-eyed man claiming to be the legendary H.G. Wells, he’s dragged into the adventure of a lifetime. Wells isn’t just a famous author—he’s a time traveler stranded in the present, desperate to fix his busted time machine and get back to 1895. Joined by two curious students, the unlikely team dodges modern-day mishaps, tampered timelines, and a few too many history lessons as they race to repair the machine before time itself unravels.

SHORT FILM

A Wonderful Way with Dragons

After a pandemic sweeps the world, six children remain abandoned on an enigmatic island. Their struggle to survive becomes paled by individual desires for each other and for power.

FEATURE FILM

One Giant Leap

When Sandra's life unravels, she starts to notice something strange about the moon, this sends her down a spiral of her own paranoia which forces her to consider her place in the world.

NO BUDGET SHORT FILM

Mountains Forests and Islands

Follow the Tsou people (indigenous people in Chiayi, Taiwan) to experience their culture together, including food, rituals, musical instruments, and more various aspects of life. Also, immerse yourself in the exquisite scenery of Alishan.

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Morphes

Morphes is an experimental film composed of a series of disjointed memories from my childhood in my grandparents house. The film follows the relationship between a young boy and an old man, as they explore the house that surrounds them. Throughout the film, we are uncertain of the precise relationship of the two characters - believing that they are either the same (with the boy representing the man's childhood self), or a young boy and his grandfather. As the film develops, we realise that the house is slowly coming to life, with the paintings surrounding the characters becoming animated, and characters from their lives appearing and disappearing from dark corners. It is a film which is driven by rhythm, sound and music, more so than a fixed narrative.

EXPERIMENTAL

Promise

Mother daughter relationship face’s huge pressure.Embroiling the church in an end of life question

SHORT FILM BASED IN WALES

Canwn:Let's Sing

A short film about the Melbourne Welsh Male Choir and the benefits that choral singing can have on men's physical, emotional and spiritual well being.

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Bridge

Impressionistic nightscapes punctuate this two-minute poem film about illness and wellness. Directed, written, filmed, edited, narrated, and produced by Adam E. Stone. Filmed with an iPhone 13 mini in Huntsville, Alabama (USA) and Toronto, Ontario (Canada). Total run time, including credits: 2 minutes.  Text of poem: sometimes you think about demons and other things that start with d shadows and blurs of everything and nothing fluid as memory fluid as time they scare you because they come without reason into your stomach into your hands you try to remember a life without them but there’s no bridge back to that place in your mind you wonder if anything ever was real how you became this you-but-not-you you know you should know you know it should matter but there’s no bridge back from this place in your mind you can’t even remember the sun on your face can’t even remember the sun

ILLUSTRATED POEM

A Duckumentary

Filmmaker Kyra Owers has an infectious love for all things duck, and in this duck - documentary, she’s on a mission to give ducks the appreciation they deserve.

SHORT DOCUMENTARY