Discover fresh talent and powerful storytelling in this year’s short film strand. Eight films will be screened, each in the running for the inaugural Short Film Award, chosen by audience vote.

CAN YOU SENSE ME?
Atshiga Bonvin | UK 2025 | 12 mins
An experimental documentary exploring five experiments combined with childhood archival materials. If you could talk to your inner child, what would you say?

FAMILY ALBUM
Rogelio Hernández Pérez| Mexico 2025 | 12 mins
Sandra rummages through the fragments of her memory and family photographs to reconstruct the life and death of her brother.

INVASIVE SPECIES
Riso-Pekka Blom | Finland 2025 | 5 mins
Invasive species are a threat to biodiversity. Note: The film includes a musical performance by a harmful invasive species.

MEMORY
Riyadh Haque | UK 2024 | 3 mins
An experimental documentary reimagining the childhood recollections of a Jersey inhabitant, Margaret, through the intimate lens of the director's British South Asian background.

PINK MOON
Meray Diner | Cyprus 2023 | 14 mins
Unresolved conflict between a father, daughter and their island are tangled into one as family and inter-generational trauma are confronted during Pink Moon season.

SUB ZERO SALVATION
Ethan Dear | UK 2025 | 12 mins
The story of Kenny Neilson, a Glaswegian alcoholic, who transformed his life through cold-water immersion. This visually stunning and powerful film celebrates the power of human spirit and community.

THE BUURDS
Martin Lennon | UK 2024 | 10 mins
The Scottish seaside town of Fraserburgh, is pretty as a picture postcard — except for the seagulls terrorising everyday life.

WHY’D YOU SMOKE?
Rhys Garner | UK 2024 | 10 mins
In investigating smoking communities around Scotland, this documentary teaches us more about smokers' lives and their feelings towards death.

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