Happy Sushi

The eternal stuggle of a man versus a wobbly restaurant table is explored in depth.

The Familiar

Sam Matheson has accepted a very odd job: be the personal caretaker for an immortal, amoral, bloodsucking vampire.

Eight Minutes to Love

A woman is confronted by her cheating ex-boyfriend at a speed dating event. She gives him eight minutes to try to win her back. Starring Sandra Oh

The Elephant's Egg

Joe's got a dilemma... and a talking Dog, a Hippo in his Zippo, a Man Eating Praying Mantis and he wants his girl back.

Cessation

When Matt's morning coffee turns into a chance encounter and mid-day romp with the sultry and seductive Selena, he begins to think that he's met the girl of his dreams and his luck may be on the upswing. But when Selena reveals that she is actually a messenger of death, sent to take him to the other side, Matt finds that love at first sight has become fatal attraction. Matt isn't the only one bitten by Cupid's arrow - Selena has an agenda of her own.

Chicory n Coffee

The story turns on a small deception - since they were married, instead of the real thing, the wife has always made Chicory (a cheap substitute for Coffee) for her husband. He never catches on to the deception. For him, the slush tastes better than the best Coffee.

Death of Salvador Dali

When Dali seeks Freud's assistance to inject madness into his art, tables are turned and student becomes teacher.Through a series of visits by Dali's friends, enemies, and muse, Freud is unwittingly subjected to chaos, deception, and guns. Features Dita Von Teese.

Ready or Not

Wandering round an empty London, Chris search's the streets, he is confronted with a hooded survivor. After a brief pause he scatters, locked in a chase that goes throughout London gradually coming to end in a dark alley. How will the confrontation end?

The First Day of My Life

The League

With the 1946 formation of "The League of Heroes" in Chicago, the country is introduced to the first ever Superhero Labor Union. Founded by the Grey Raven, his kid sidekick Sparrow, and the amazing Blue Blaze, The League of Heroes was a beacon of hope against evil and tyranny in Chicago. Now twenty years later, as The League is about to expand nationally, an old adversary makes a murderous comeback.

American Made

An Indian - American family confronts issues of tradition, faith, conformity and sacrifice after the youngestson accuses his turban - clad orthodox father of looking like a terrorist while standed on a remote desert road.

Dead Hungry

Life's a bitch and then you die, then you're a zombie and death's a bitch too.

Hollywood Best Directors

An interview with Alan Parker - One of Hollywood's Best Directors.

The Seed

The story of a homeless veteran losing his mind on the banks of the L.A. River. Pursued by unseen forces, fighting unseen foes, Sung is ostensibly “just another lunatic.” But as his invisible war continues under bridges and in tunnels, the viewer is taken deeper into his nightmare—into a nightmare of conspiracy, cloaking and the government’s unseen war. Sung struggles to fight through what is visible to him, yet invisible to the world around him.

URS

For many years Urs has had to look after his aging mother. But now he sets out for a dangerous journey: He carries his mother up a mountain to find a better place for both of them. But she wants to stay at home.

Winter in the Garden

Winter in the Garden is about an happily married couple, their infidelities, the two contributors, and the internet.

Speechless

A family of six sits down for a microwave meal. They communicate using technology but one of them is determined for a return to a traditional supper; good food and real conversation.

Big Guy

Rodney, a reclusive overweight young man, meets the beautiful Kate, who turns his life and his perception of himself on it's head. Together they embark on a journey of escaping pimps, homelessness, death threats and ultimately the grip of loneliness and self-loathing.

Karma Magnet

Celebrity chef Joel Manners, dubbed 'the luckiest man in the world' prepares to jump off a roof believing that his multitude of good luck has terrible repercussions for the rest of the world. With his wife Sandra in labour, Joel has to kill himself to save his unborn child - or does he?

ANIMATE! Teaser

COMEDY Teaser

Prepare to laugh out loud with our selection of side-splitting short movies.

Festival Road Trip Edinburgh

FILM SCHOOL Teaser

Original, vibrant student movies from America’s formidable film academies.

MIDNIGHT Teaser

Lock the doors. Watch your back. Turn on all the lights. DO NOT watch these terrifying short movies alone.

Spotlight Martin Kemp

BEST IN FEST Teaser

The Dreaming

This thought-provoking film tells the tale of a Native American, a dying man and a young boy – who find their lives connected by strange dreams and the untamed wilderness.

All The Way Up

Charlie Norton is a successful businessman living in his perfect world. On entering the elevator of the prestigious Queens Hotel he is confronted by the bellboy and a life changing decision.

SHORTS IN LOVE Teaser

STARS Teaser

WORLD CINEMA Teaser

EDITOR'S PICK Teaser

Short Notice