Our programmers have put together a selection of the best international shorts for you!

At our International Shorts prgrammes, you get to see a diverse selection of short films made by experienced artists from many different countries. From personal, grounded stories to more imaginative experiences, films with a quiet, muted visual style to more surreal, colourful images; at our short film programmes you will see it all come together!

Programme:

Graveyard|directed by Qianrong Liu |2024|Canada|5'
In a desolate wasteland, an elderly woman and her care robot survive by scavenging. She furnishes their home with discarded treasures, while the robot faithfully cares for her.

Father's Letters|directed by Alexey Evstigneev|2024|France|12'
In 1934, Professor Vangengheim is sentenced to the Gulag on Solovki. While pretending to be on a great journey of discovery, he invents imaginative stories.

Tipping Point|directed by Sonia Leliukh|Germany|5
In a park, the protagonist detaches from the world, rubbing off his senses. They gradually regrow - sight, sound, touch, smell, taste - and scale from microcosmic levels to perceiving the big scary reality.

SKRFF|directed by Corrie Francis Parks, Daniel Nuderscher|2024|Austria|7'
A 40-year-old graffiti wall becomes an archaeological site and a sgraffiti sculpture as long-forgotten layers of paint are uncovered and transformed into fireworks of colour and form.

K'uchu: A childhood place|directed by Alessio Del Pozo Temoche|2024|Peru|6'
Óscar begins to isolate himself in his playful childhood world. His best friend, Jesús, no longer wants to play after he falls in love with Betsa, a school friend.

Follow the Dogs|directed by Isabel Garrett|2024|United Kingdom|6'
A portrait of the relationship between healthcare and creativity, through the unique lens of cancer patient Warren Hastings as he recovers from his treatment.

I had a Dream Today|directed by Alexander Vasiliev|2024|Russia|3'
The heroine longs for her late partner and wants to bring back family happiness.

House of Broken Hearts|directed by: Aisha Madu|2024|Netherlands|13' 
Anna and her heart grapple with the intense heartache that failed love causes them.