British Shorts Film Festival – Festival-Screenings & Jurypreisverleihung

In the organizer's words:

The British Shorts Film Festival is back in 2025 to showcase the most exciting, funny, strange and thrilling new short films from the home of bad weather - drama, comedy, thriller, animation, experimental, documentary, horror, science fiction and music videos from the UK and Ireland.

Following the short film program, the festival jury will present the jury award and the winning film of the British Shorts Short Film Festival 2025 will be screened again!

The film program

Joshua Idehen: Learn To Swim (Music Video), dir.: Carlos Zaya, 05:06 min.
Music video for a spoken word piece that combines music, poetry and social criticism.

If Not Now, When? (Drama), dir.: Nick Tree, 29:59 min.
Ruth (Kate Dickie) tries everything to explore the possibilities of time travel. When she becomes part of a documentary, it turns out that there is a very different secret behind this obsession.

Intermission (Animation), dir.: Milo Bonnard, 09:48 min.
A young man attends a concert in the hope of being touched by it - and yet feels more distant than ever.

Muna (Drama, Coming of Age), D.: Warda Mohamed, 18:59 min.
British-Somali teenager Muna really wants to go on the school trip. But her parents are not so sure. When her grandfather dies, the tragedy takes its course.

Nothing We Say Can Change What We've Been Through (Animation), dir.: Francesca de Bassa, 03:22 min.
An animated journey through the mind of a person dealing with anxiety and struggling to express thoughts and feelings.

Just Be Awesome (Comedy), D.: Cringo Williamson, Ed Kear, 13:33 min.
Alex, a freelancer in his mid-40s, needs a job. An offer from a super-hip agency would be a way out, but at a high price. With Alice Lowe ("Sightseers").

British Shorts Film Festival, 23.-29.1.2025 at Sputnik Kino, City Kino Wedding, Acudkino, Kino Intimes, Klick Kino and Xenon Kino. Festival program on www.britishshorts.de