SHORTS & actuality CFF

Bringing to light the formidable realities surrounding our everyday lives.

LIONESS USA, 2021, 7 mins.

DIRECTOR: Molly E. Smith

Barricaded in a motel room, a mother's determination and primal instincts kick in to protect her child’s innocence.

DAYS WITHOUT Portugal, Estonia, Scotland, 2022, 15 mins.

DIRECTOR: Ívar Erik Yeoman

After Nikolays’s wife has a chaotic episode, he must take care of their daughter until she returns. As time goes by, he begins to doubt they will see each other again.

CATERPILLAR (SÂU BƯỚM) United Kingdom, 2021, 21 mins.

DIRECTOR: Marcus Anthony Thomas

In the aftermath of an attempt to escape modern slavery, a Vietnamese boy’s relationship with his overseer becomes even more complicated.

THE BALLAD OF OLIVE MORRIS United Kingdom, 2022, 10 mins.

DIRECTOR: Alex Kayode-Kay

Olive Morris tried to prevent a Nigerian diplomat named Clement Gomwalk from being arrested and assaulted under false pretences by police officers in Brixton. Things do not go well after that ...

#BLACKBOYJOYGONE United Kingdom, 2022, 25 mins.

DIRECTOR: Ashley Karrell, Isaac Ouro-Gnao

Blending interviews, poetry, dance and storytelling,#BlackBoyJoyGone is a short documentary by and for black men focussing upon mental health, sexual trauma and finding strength through brotherhood.

CONTENT WARNING: This strand contains scenes of a sexual nature, racism, domestic and child abuse.