2025 Trailer

2025

The image shows a cinema box office with a black chalkboard wall reading 'BOX OFFICE' in decorative letters. The ceiling is covered with movie posters, and there are hanging light bulbs. The counter has tickets, snacks, and a small display. There is a clock on the wall and a vending area with drinks and snacks behind the counter.

The Riverside, Woodbridge

Thank you to our wonderful partners, The Riverside, our sponsors, University of Suffolk and Production Bureau, funding body The Independent Cinema Office through Film Hub South East and to everyone that made the day so incredible. It was amazing that so many of our audience, including filmmakers who travelled long distances, battled the weather, train replacement services and crazy level of roadworks to be with us.

A young man in military camouflage sitting at a table in a classroom or briefing room, with other individuals around him. The background includes a whiteboard and warning signs related to ammunition safety.

WINNER

New Voices Student

Short Film

EYES FRONT

Director: Alex Wheeler

“An exceptional film. I loved the energy and tension right from the start. It is an awkward, hard watch at points, but really well executed and such an important narrative and topic. Can't believe this is a student film.”

Rachel Prendergast - Jury

WINNER

Unique Perspectives

Short Film

CHILDREN OF ORPHEUS

Director: Derkan Dogan

“This captures the feeling of being young and playing with being a god, feeling alone but because of some pulse, feeling connected. This film tells many stories without saying anything.”

Hannah Zuckerberg - Screening Panel

WINNER

Narrative

Short Film

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS

Director: Franz Böhm

"A bit Paul Greengrass... a fantastic  lead performance, obviously personal, obviously powerful. I felt that even if it had been fiction it still would have had some power."

James King - Film Critic and Jury

WINNER

East Anglian

Short Film

SKELTER

Director: Max Morgan

“What impresses is the unadorned way it is shot — the dull cloud cover, the no-make up faces — which all serve to heighten the melancholy of an end of season fairground.”

James Christopher - Jury

“It took me straight back to growing up in Suffolk, and the fairs of my youth.”

Dani Church - Jury

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Celebrating short films in Suffolk

WE BRING INDEPENDENT

BRITISH AND

INTERNATIONAL SHORT

FILMS TO A NEW

AUDIENCE, AND CHAMPION

LOCAL FILMMAKERS

We are committed to ensuring greater access for as wide an audience as possible, in a region currently lacking opportunities for engagement with independent British and International short film.

We believe that short films are the future. We are looking for films that experiment, push boundaries, tell a story you haven't heard before and do so in a way that captivates the audience. We are not just looking for highly polished, big budget productions, we want to celebrate all filmmakers, regardless of their access to resources.