Short Film Tag Archive

Live Action

Max Clendaniel Wields a Cheesy Horror Prop as an Ego-Shattering Weapon in Improvised Comedy ‘Dummy’

Max Clendaniel's improv comedy magnifies the fine line between an actor's vanity & their justifiable concerns about how a director depicts them onscreen.

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Live Action, Premiere

Who Gets Believed? Susan Wokoma Confronts the Adultification of Black Children in ‘Dark Skin Bruises Differently’

Drawing on her childhood, Susan Wokoma writes, directs and stars as a teacher torn between instinct and complicity in a staffroom deciding a girl’s fate.

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Live Action, Premiere

Robert Piel’s ‘The Lap’ Harvests the Unspoken Fears and Desires Behind a Teenage Struggle for Power

With only 4 days, expired 35mm stock and an apple harvest dictated schedule, Robert Piel learned to trust instinct over coverage for his coming of age drama.

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Documentary, Premiere

Sam Baron Unearths an Elegiac Reckoning Within a Decade of Doomsday Predictions in ‘Everything Will Be Totally Fine’

Ten years ago, Sam Baron asked loved ones to predict 2026. Now he confronts the messy, unscripted grief for his late mum hidden in the footage all along.

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Film Festival

10 Exciting Shorts to Keep an Eye on from the 70th BFI London Film Festival

LFF’s shorts this year look squarely at the world we live in and invite us to reflect. These 10 titles are thoughtful, gripping and hard to forget.

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Live Action, Premiere

Sam Tricomo Asks Audiences to Find Empathy Without Forgiveness in His Darkly Transgressive Pilot ‘Puke Bitch’

How do you make audiences care about people who do terrible things? Sam Tricomo's dark pilot strips away backstory, letting silence and loneliness do the work.

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Live Action, Premiere

Subverting Stereotypes and Capturing the Authentic Drunken Perspective in Daniel Chisholm’s Dizzying ‘Don’t Puke’

Daniel Chisholm distils the disorientating, woozy sensation of being smashed into a comic odyssey that lets audiences experience the drunkest night ever.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Houseguest Too Many Tips Everything Into Chaos in Kiyan Ahmadi’s Tense & Tender Short ‘PIERRE THE GREAT’

How much can a relationship withstand when an outsider disrupts its delicate balance? Kiyan Ahmadi explores that tension in his cramped, darkly comic short.

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Animation

Animator Kate Renshaw-Lewis Peels Back the Repetition, Rhythm and Absurdity of Mass Production in ‘Busy Bodies’

Kate Renshaw-Lewis explores the hidden complexities of consumerism driven mass production in a surreal, tactile world of Rube Goldberg systems of production.

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Film Festival, Sponsored

From Cosmic Head Explosions to Awkward Third Wheels: 11 Short Films to Discover at Encounters Film Festival 2026

From experimental documentaries to animated dance, DN selects 11 short films to discover at Encounters 2026.

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Live Action, Premiere

Lola-Rose Maxwell Turns a Vintage Coat Into a Voyeuristic Menace in Her Debut Horror Comedy ‘Attack of the Coat’

Lola-Rose Maxwell outlines how she stepped behind the camera, engineered a creepy puppet antagonist & blended comedy with atmospheric horror for her debut.

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Film Festival, Sponsored

Political, Powerful and Playful: 10 Captivating Shorts from Bolton International Film Festival 2026

From bold animation to hilarious comedy-horror, DN picks out 10 favourites from Bolton Film Festival's 2026 vibrant and surprising shorts showcases.

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