A luxury pick-and-mix that runs the gamut of our films. Followed by more celebrations!

A TELEVISION BROADCAST FROM OUTER SPACE
Dirs: Mo Bayliss & Steph Leigh
UK 9mins

Awesome Welles invites his audience at home to watch an unexpected broadcast received from an alternate earth. What proceeds is a random selection of television showcasing their absurd culture and perpetual disregard for environmental crises.
Local filmmakers. Genre.

CATS. WHY DO WE NEED THEM?
Dir: Liudmila Komrakova
Russia 9mins

Bankrupt businessman tries to commit suicide while a cat appears on his way.
Experimental. Dance.

ECHO
Dir: Jo Southwell
UK 15mins

A woman walks along a coastal path calling out to her young daughter
who is playing hide and seek amongst the sand dunes. As the waves lap over the
beach, she searches for her daughter by following a high-pitched giggle. She
looks towards the sea and is blinded by the sun in her eyes. She squints, trying to
make sense of what she is seeing.
Narrative shorts. Drama

FOR THE BETTER
Dir: Jay Dixon
UK 3mins

A viral infection in my brain has kept me bound to my room for the past two years. This short documentary opens a window into what it’s like to live with chronic illness, and explores why I wouldn’t choose not to suffer from it.
Micro shorts. Documentary.

FROZEN BLISS
Dir: Rasmus Lindkvist
Sweden 2mins

A disillusioned man believes that true happiness lies among the stars. Fueled by his desire for a new more beautiful world, he embarks on a daring space voyage.
Micro short. Animation. UK Premiere.

FROZEN BLISS
Dir: Rasmus Lindkvist
Sweden 2mins

A disillusioned man believes that true happiness lies among the stars. Fueled by his desire for a new more beautiful world, he embarks on a daring space voyage.
Micro short. Animation. UK Premiere.

IRENE
Dir: Paul Tandonnet
France 15mins

1917, Irene is a brilliant radiographer nurse, barely nineteen years old. She is eager to make herself useful at the front and to use her scientific skills to serve her country. Her encounter with a superstitious stretcher bearer will change her perception of commitment.
Narrative shorts. Drama.

PRESS EJECT
Dir: Lee Campbell
UK 3mins

This short poetry film explores the difficulties surrounding letting go of something/someone whilst recognising that you need to move on. It is an ode to remember to practice self-care and discard things/people who give you negative energies. They are not worth your time. The film juxtaposes imagery that I shot in the Summer of 2022 at the High Rocks National Monument, U.K with pencil drawings I made long ago of entrants queuing up to reclaim submitted artworks that were rejected from a competition.
Micro shorts. Collage. UK Premiere.

SINCOPAT
Dir: Pol Diggler
Spain 14mins

Ona, a creative executive of a large company, is about to launch the latest technological revolution into the market: a device that allows listening to music directly inside the brain.
Genre shorts.

THE CIRCLE OF LIGHT
Dir: Gabe Clarke
UK 4mins

The Circle of Light is a multimedia animation involving paper cut-out and digital hand drawn animation. On the surface, the film responds to my personal experiences with agoraphobia as well as a new found fascination with crowds and communities and all the contradictions they embody. Instinctively, my animations always respond to my subconscious so I often don’t know the true meaning behind a project until long after making. At the moment, to me, the film is really about acceptance. Acceptance of the chaos and danger of the outside world. And acceptance of my tiny, ultimately, unremarkable place within it.
Experimental. Animation.