Day One
23/08
11:00 - 13:00
Feature Films
Beyond the Beach: The Hell and the Hope - Graeme Scott
Buddy Squires - United Kingdom
13:30 - 15:30
Ritual for the Rainbow - Sami Sänpäkkilä - Finland
Fly-Tipping - Gareth Malone - United Kingdom
Terres Marronnes - Kaushik Soubans - Mauritius
In 100 Years - Hektor Bille Hornsleth - Denmark
On / Off - Nicolas P. Villarreal - Argentina
The Secret Life of Tom Lightfoot - Ray Jacobs - United Kingdom
Sandcastle - The Secret Life Of Potter Wasps - Roman Willi - Switzerland
Wild Summon - Karni Arieli, Saul Freed - United Kingdom
Lord of the Free Range - Simon Dymond - United Kingdom
16:00 - 18:00
The Way to Happiness - Nicolas Steil - Luxembourg
18:30 - 20:30
Short Films
Dandelion - Gillian Simpson - United Kingdom
The Last Embrace - Diego Contreras - United States
AKIN - Keaton B MCD - United Kingdom
Tskaltubo - Toby Andris - France
Digital Automatic Writing! - Jeffrey Delano Davis - United States
Murdrum - Joseph Job Gailey - United States
Sound 7406 - Goran Šporčić - Croatia
Simon - Ed Willey - United Kingdom
Bonny Chip - Haley Muraleedharan - United Kingdom
Forsaken - Aziz Shennawy - Tunisia
21:00 - 22:45
Feature Films
Blue Sunshine - Samyuktha - Vijayan India
21:00 - 22:45
Cakes! - Johnny Herbin - United Kingdom
The Baby Seeker - Ed Gallo - United States
The Other - Christopher Bevan - United Kingdom
Rain, Rain, Go Away - Sebastiano Pupino - United Kingdom
Thirstygirl - Alexandra Qin - United States
SHÉ (SNAKE) - Renee Zhan - United States
Sunday Roast - Olof Berghe - Sweden
Hide Your Crazy - Austin Kase - United States
The Heritage - Andrew Rutter - United Kingdom
Day Two
24/08
11:00 - 13:00
Once and for Real - Holger Borggrefe - Germany
13:30 - 15:30
Guest Program: Film Hub North
Film Hub North is a sector development organisation supporting film culture in the North of England. We work with a range of organisations and individuals to help great films get made, screened and seen in the region.
Part of the BFI Network.
16:00 - 18:00
Regional Films
sponsored by Chris Allen Mazda
The Files - Csanad Noll - United Kingdom
On My Wall - Brad Patisso, Nathaniel Scott - United Kingdom
Keep The Faith - Charlene Jones - United Kingdom
Struck - Rebecca Louise McCooey - United Kingdom
Violence Within - Charlie Carter - United Kingdom
Autonomous Winter Shelter - Dean Cooper - United Kingdom
Opal Of The West - Charlie Watts - United Kingdom
Changing Tides - Kathryn Georghiou - United Kingdom
The Regional Selection is gratefully sponsored by Chris Allen Mazda
18:30 - 20:30
Short Films
At Home, Alone - Vytautas Adomaitis - Lithuania
120 - Ai Narapol - United Kingdom
#toxic_positivity - James Leming - United States
Earthling - Keith Lane, Molly Graham - United States
The First Time I Never Met - You Eric Kole - United Kingdom
Nerd Gustavo - Andres Menese - Argentina
Anywhere - Florian Ghimpu - Romania
Still Life - Konstantinos Doxiadis - United Kingdom
Il Piccolo Diario - Samuele Filippi - Italy
Baby on Board - Andrew David Barker - United Kingdom
21:00 - 22:30
Music Video | Feature Film
MUSIC VIDEO
Paul Roux: Bapteme - Alessandro Amaducci - Italy
See No Light - MayZe - Israel
Tod Lippy: Perfect - Kyle Garrett - United States
Theeye - Vinod Ravi - India
Colours Set - Yufei Du - United Kingdom
Moxy The Band: You Feel It Too - Evan Doll - United States
FEATURE FILM
Playing the Changes: Tracking Darius Brubeck - Michiel ten Kleij - Netherlands
21:00 - 22:45
Guest Program:
Since its launch in 2006 Directors Notes has been regarded as one of the web's leading curatorial platforms for independent film, working with filmmakers to create in-depth feature articles which reveal the painstaking production stories behind their award winning work for a worldwide audience of industry professionals, festival curators and dedicated film fans.
Day Three
25/08
11:00 - 13:00
Short Films
My Rockstar - Stephanie Williams, Graham Nothrup - United States
Her, life , the future... - Zabaldu Naraé - France
Rickshaw Raphaël - Hernandez - United Kingdom
Mug - Yegor Bugayenko - Ukraine
From the Dark - Erika Sanz - United States
Hedgehog - D. Mitry - United States
Father's Day - Marcelo Núñez - Peru
A Day In February - Klaas Diersmann - United Kingdom
liminal - Elias Djemil - Canada
Bonding - Luke Rex - United States
13:30 - 15:30
Guest Program:
The Iris Prize is a film and media organisation committed to increasing audiences for LGBTQ+ stories. Main projects include the annual Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival and Iris on the Move, our UK wide touring programme. Our partnership with Film4 / All4 delivers a million viewers for our Best British programme of shorts films. Iris also runs LGBTQ+ education and community outreach projects in Wales & the UK throughout the year.
16:00 - 18:00
Twin Leaps - Wayne Kelly - United Kingdom
The Snip - Ben S. Hyland - United Kingdom
Make Me Italian - Bryan Mazzarello - United States
Ground Dog Day - Thomas Ughetto, Clémence Ughetto - France
Wolf Culture - Darik Maurice, Will Attwood - Canada
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The Life of Lester Wink - Cassidy C Harrison - United States
Burn Out - Russell Goldman - United States
Good Boy - Tom Stuart - United Kingdom
18:30 - 20:30
Short Films
Choked Up - Jill Worsley - United Kingdom
Bound - Mikhail Saburov - United States
For Heidi - Lucy Campbell - United Kingdom
Ava - Stella Brajterman - Brazil
Car Sick - David Hayman Jr - United Kingdom
Why Dogs Howl - Sandi Johnson - United States
The Sea - Ian Bartholomew - United Kingdom
Common as Red Hair - Robbie Robertson - United States
Shadows - Mohadeseh Asadi Zadeh - Iran, Islamic Republic of
As Easy As Closing Your Eyes - Parker Croft - United States
21:00 - 22:00
All of this year's winners will be announced at this special ceremony.
Plus an opportunity for Q&As and Interviews.