SFL 2026 | SHORT FILMS SHOWCASE
🗓 SAT 16 MAY | 2.30 PM
shorts programme i
THE LONG WAY HOME
A journey across the stars becomes a journey into human connection. In this programme, lost astronauts, solitary researchers, and rebels confront isolation, legacy, and the fragile ties that bind them. A collection of interstellar adventures that asks: how far would you travel to find home, and what would you risk along the way?
SPARK
Dir: Zoi Naum | 3 Mins | GERMANY |
Young rebel Qi-Ra breaks into an abandoned space station searching for her long-lost father, only to discover she is far closer to him than she imagined.
SURPLUS TO REQUIREMENTS
Dir: Daniel J Chernett | 5 Mins | UK | LONDON PREMIERE
A research graduate survives a shuttle crash on a remote AI-run station. As it studies her through routines and games, she realises she is about to be deemed surplus.
MISIÓN EUROPA
Dir: Felipe Tovar | 13 Mins | COLOMBIA, SPAIN |
Cut off from communication, Sara journeys back to Earth in isolation, protecting fragile microorganisms and her sanity to prove life exists beyond Earth.
HUM
Dir: Gergő Fekete | 10 Mins | HUNGARY | UK PREMIERE
A reconnaissance unit sets out to rescue the missing Delta team and learns the source of the mysterious circumstances.
FREEDOM
Dir: Arjan Brentjes | 9 Mins | NETHERLANDS | LONDON PREMIERE
Under fascist rule, two astronauts attempt to save forbidden artworks by smuggling them to Jupiter, but tensions rise during their long journey through space.
GRACE
Dir: Gio Ursino | 13 Mins | USA | INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
Grace wakes on an unknown world with no memory and limited oxygen, racing back to basecamp guided only by her father’s voice, unsure if it leads her home.
EUROPA
Dir: Jacqueline Elyse Rosenthal | 19 Mins | USA | UK PREMIERE With Earth’s water exhausted, three astronauts land on Europa to steal a sample, where the ocean challenges the mission’s oceanographer in unexpected ways.
THE COLOR
Dir: Lukas Kunzmann | 30 Mins | GERMANY | WORLD PREMIERE
After an asteroid impact, a scientist awakens with no memory and must escape a research station while confronting amnesia, betrayal, and an unknown, otherworldly force.