Official Selection 2022

  • 404 Guild – Shortwave

    Dir: Ben Eager
    UK | Music Video | 3 Mins

    Winner
    Best Music Video
    Nomination

    Best Animation

  • A Change In Time

    Dir: Pat Knight
    UK | Sci-Fi | 17 Mins

    Sam discovers time travellers have erased his family tree. Can he find a way to restore his timeline?

    Nominations
    Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
    Best Writer

  • A Pet

    Dir: Vera Doneva
    Bulgaria | Animation | 8 Mins

    A girl who dreams of having a pet finds a solution to her problem.

    Nomination
    Best Animation

  • Adventures in Cuckooland

    Dir: Matt Robinson
    UK | Documentary | 6 Mins

    Documentary about a cuckoo clock museum (Cuckooland) and it's idiosyncratic proprietor.

    Nomination
    Best Documentary

  • All That Glitters is Bronze

    Dir: Jinji Sayson
    USA | Documentary | 8 Mins

    A love letter to the Philippine tradition of Kulintang, which was once nearly wiped out.

    Nomination
    Best Documentary

  • All You Can Eat

    Dir: Kieran Reed
    UK | Horror | 13 Mins

    A waitress has a bad feeling about things going on behind the chrome and neon facade of the diner.

    Nomination
    Best Horror

  • Angles of a Man

    Dir: Carolena Eugenia Villavicencio
    USA | Drama | 2 Mins

    A visual poem that explores the negative effects of toxic masculinity.

    Nomination
    Best Micro Short

  • Be Free

    Dir: Samuel Owonte
    Canada | Animation | 2 Mins

    Merry makes her desires known to the water spirit through paper & ink and what follows is astonishing.

    Nominations
    Best Student Animation
    Best Sound

  • Big Foot

    Dir: Lee Charlish
    UK | Animation | 2 Mins

    A seasoned Tracker is interviewed about his thoughts on the mysterious creature - Big Foot.

    Nomination
    Best Micro Short

  • Blunda

    Dir: Fredrik Hellqvist
    Sweden | Horror | 9 Mins

    A professor finally detectes the cause of a sleep disorder and the result turns out to be quite unpleasant.

    Nominations
    Best Horror
    Best Editing
    Best Sound

  • Boredom

    Dir: George Bartlett
    UK | Drama | 13 Mins

    On the day of their exam results, three young lads consider life beyond their small town.

    Winner
    Best Ensemble
    Nominations

    Best Short Film
    Best Drama
    Best Director
    Best Writer
    Best Editing

  • Crywank - Imitating A Brief Projection Of Gurdjieff

    Dir: C F Sherratt
    UK | Animation | 1 Min

    Animated Music Video.

    Nomination
    Best One Minute Film

  • Daisy

    Dir: Jennfier East
    USA | Documentary | 5 Mins

    Daisy details her Migration story from war-torn Hiroshima, Japan to Orlando, Florida.

    Nomination
    Best Documentary

  • Dajla: Cinema And Oblivion

    Dir: Arturo Dueñas Herrero
    Spain | Documentary | 15 Mins

    Life in one of the Sahrawi refugee camps in southern Algeria, forgotten for 45 years.

    Nomination
    Best Documentary

  • Divination Dave

    Dir: Georgia Madden
    UK | Animation | 7 Mins

    Savoury snack addict Dave must resort to extreme measures in order to satisfy his salty cravings.

    Winner
    Best Student Animation

  • DogVillization

    Dir: M. Hadi Jamali & Fakhredin Jamali
    Iran | Drama | 14 Mins

    A hunter girl falls asleep on the minibus on her way back to the dog cremation.

    Nominations
    Best Short Film
    Best Drama
    Best Director
    Best Cinematography
    Best Sound

  • Early Birds

    Dir: Cole Stevenson
    Canada | Animation | 3 Mins

    A small penguin tries to find a friend to play with.

    Nomination
    Best Student Animation

  • Earlybird

    Dir: Daniel Fitzgerald
    UK | Animation | 3 Mins

    Get up early, eat a healthy breakfast, have a great day! Right?

    Winner
    Best Animation

  • Everybody Needs Some(dead)body

    Dir: George Mills & Hannah Seligman
    UK | Comedy | 19 Mins

    When a woman's husband returns from the dead, she finds herself in a love triangle.

    Winner
    Best Short Film
    Best Comedy
    Nominations
    Best Student Film
    Best Director
    Best Writer
    Best Actor
    Best Actress

  • Forever Allie

    Dir: Ricardo Ramos
    USA | Sci-Fi | 7 Mins

    After the loss of her girlfriend, a woman discovers a gift that allows her to watch their story unfold.

    Nominations
    Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
    Best Mobile Film

  • Ghatak

    Dir: Harsh Sunil Bhatia
    India | Music Video | 4 Mins

    Nomination
    Best Music Video

  • Haunted House

    Dir: Jean-Diar Kalantar
    Canada | Comedy | 1 Min

    When you realize your house might be haunted...but at least it has some rhythm!

    Winner
    Best One Minute Film

  • Just Like Water

    Dir: Manos Triantafillakis
    Greece | Drama | 13 Mins

    About the director's father, Spyros, his life & experiences, time and the circle of life.

    Nomination
    Best Drama
    Best Score

  • Keep Off The Grass

    Dir: Francis Rudd
    UK | Drama | 10 Mins

    Tensions rise when an amateur footballer struggles to come to terms with his sexuality.

    Nomination
    Best Student Film

  • Lewford Town

    Dir: Lawton Charman
    UK | Comedy | 9 Mins

    What this non-league football club lacks in cash and talent, it makes up for in heart and soul.

    Nomination
    Best Comedy

  • Longway To Go

    Dir: Bijjakuggwa Kawooya
    Uganda | Drama | 11 Mins

    A street guitarist and father plays his inspirational music as a message of peace, until one day!

    Nomination
    Best Drama

  • Managed

    Dir: Janaé Rachel Ballot
    USA | Comedy | 11 Mins

    A hyper sensitive movie star publicly announces his retirement and fires his desperate manager on Twitter.

    Nominations
    Best Comedy
    Best Actor

  • Marko

    Dir: Marko Šantić
    Croatia | Drama | 17 Mins

    When Marko and Ankica's neighbour suggests renting their dead son’s room to tourists, Marko sees that as an insult.

    Winner
    Audience Award
    Best Drama
    Best Actor
    Best Editing

  • Maximus

    Dir: Richard Prendergast
    UK | Fantasy | 16 Mins

    One young warrior's fight for his life, told through the eyes of his little sister.

    Winner
    Best Director
    Best Writer
    Best Young Performer
    Best Cinematography
    Best Score
    Nominations
    Best Short Film
    Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
    Best Actor

  • Night Terror

    Dir: David Duke
    UK | Horror | 3 Mins

    3 minute horror shot, edited and created on a mobile phone.

    Nomination
    Best Mobile Film

  • Page's Edge

    Dir: Isaac Camilleri
    UK | Animation | 4 Mins

    A doodle that comes to life longs for a life off the page.

    Nominations
    Best Micro Short
    Best Student Film

  • Papercut

    Dir: Marina Fastoso
    Italy | Drama | 1 Min

    Haunted by the memory of his mate, a man come back in their old special place to deal with her ghost.

    Nomination
    Best One Minute Film

  • Pink House

    Dir: Cally Trench
    UK | Animation | 1 Min

    A short animation film in which we see the sea level recede and a house miraculously reconstruct itself.

    Nomination
    Best One Minute Film

  • Place To Place

    Dir: Natasha Cánepa
    Puerto Rico | Animation | 2 Mins

    A text from a lonely traveler pushes a group of friends from faraway places to reunite.

    Nomination
    Best Animation

  • Possessions

    Dir: Zeke Farrow
    USA | Comedy | 17 Mins

    Zeke decides to sell all his things. He discovers that some possessions are easier to let go of than others.

    Nominations
    Best Comedy
    Best Actress

  • Pumpkin Boy

    Dir: Trent Shy
    USA | Horror | 2 Mins

    This Halloween... he's born.

    Winner
    Best Micro Short

  • Rachel

    Dir: David L Knight
    UK | Drama | 10 Mins

    A junkie wakes up to find himself gaged and tied. Realising his captures motives, a battle of wills ensues.

    Notification
    Best Drama

  • Red Omen - Ed Roman

    Dir: There Be Dragons
    USA | Music Video | 4 Mins

    Nominations
    Best Animation
    Best Music Video

  • Salah

    Dir: Yüksel Çilingir
    Belgium | Drama | 11 Mins

    Ali, a refugee, is shocked by the news of his father’s death at home, but can't go to the funeral.

    Nomination
    Best Student Film

  • Sleep Tight

    Dir: Michael Seabolt
    USA | Horror | 11 Mins

    Are the monsters in Preston’s closet real? Or is it just his over active imagination?

    Nominations
    Best Horror
    Best Young Performer

  • Sorta Said - Astro Fish

    Dir: Max Thomas Pescherine
    USA | Music Video | 5 Mins

    A sci-fi/pop music video about humans landing on another inhabited world.

    Nomination
    Best Music Video

  • Special Delivery

    Dir: Robert Hackett
    UK | Drama | 4 Mins

    A weary postman trudges through the snow on Valentine's Day, making deliveries to all but one door.

    Nomination
    Best Micro Short

  • The Game Just Got Real

    Dir: bellopropello
    Switzerland | Animation | 1 Min

    Dogs and humans want to play, or not?

    Nomination
    Best One Minute Film

  • The Lossen

    Dir: Colin Skevington
    UK | Fantasy | 26 Mins

    An other-worldly visitor forces a woman to confront her lost dream before it's too late.

    Winner
    Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
    Best Sound
    Nominations
    Best Writer
    Best Actress
    Best Cinematography
    Best Score

  • The Witch Hunters Are Coming

    Dir: James Atkins
    UK | Comedy | 10 Mins

    Spoof reality documentary following a day at work for two London council witch hunters.

    Nomination
    Best Comedy

  • There Is Exactly Enough Time

    Dir: Oskar Salomonowitz
    Sweden | Animation | 2 Mins

    An animation started by 12-year-old Oskar and completed by his father.

    Nomination
    Best Micro Short

  • Tony Bear

    Dir: Patrick Hopkins
    UK | Horror | 9 Mins

    Things get twisted when Kyle discovers Linda's loyal companion: a threadbare teddy called Tony.

    Winner
    Best Horror
    Best Actress
    Nominations

    Best Short Film
    Best Director
    Best Editing
    Best Score

  • Tricksters

    Dir: Ashwin Mohan
    UK | Drama | 25 Mins

    13-year-old Chinna begrudgingly accompanies his Shaman father village-to-village practicing black magic.

    Winner
    Best Student Film
    Nominations
    Best Actor
    Best Young Performer
    Best Cinematography

  • Wetin Man Go Do

    Dir: Lukas Zeickner
    UK | Music Video | 5 Mins

    A musical starring Emotan, Ellie Jeffreys, Victoria Malinjod and Anael Elom

    Nomination
    Best Music Video

  • Wood Vibrations

    Dir: Gavin Shwahla
    USA | Documentary | 7 Mins

    Every piece of driftwood has its own journey - its own story.

    Winner
    Best Documentary

  • Young Love In A Dirty Place

    Dir: Reinis Spaile
    Latvia | Drama | 4 Mins

    A girl explores multiple ways of closing the door to save their first relationship crisis.

    Nominations
    Best Micro Short
    Best Actress
    Best Cinematography

  • Zer0 0ne Zer0

    Dir: Graham High
    USA | Sci-Fi | 12 Mins

    Looking to boost his confidence, Chuck tries a new meditation technique to manifest a night he won't forget.

    Winner
    Best Mobile Film
    Nominations

    Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
    Best Editing
    Best Score

  • Zmiena

    Dir: Pierre Renverseau
    France | Horror | 13 Mins

    On the edge of the forest, in an old isolated house, in a room, there's a decrepit man.

    Nominations
    Best Horror
    Best Sound