SFL 2026 | SHORT FILMS SHOWCASE
🗓 SAT 16 MAY | 4.45 PM
shorts programme iI
SYNTHETIC HEARTS
Love in the age of robots is awkward, messy and occasionally sparks in very unexpected ways. Lonely men fall for the thing in their hand, androids fall for humans, and corporate experiments turn dating into a high-stakes game.
ULTRA JUICE
Dir: Carl Conway Maguire | 4 Mins | USA | INTL PREMIERE
A lonely man finds friendship in an unexpected place: his new vape.
RENT-A-FRIEND
Dir: Avery Daman | 12 Mins | USA | LONDON PREMIERE
A serendipitous incident sparks an awkward store clerk to pursue his dream girl and seek real love in a world of rented robotic companions.
DEB & JOAN
Dir: Isaac Rathbone | 14 Mins | USA | INTL PREMIERE
An android falls in love with a human scientist. She must prove that they belong together before she is sent into space.
THE KISMET TEST
Dir: J.J. Vaughan | 17 Mins | UK | LONDON PREMIERE
In a twisted corporate experiment, two strangers are locked in a room together for 23 days. At the end, they must vote on who is an android.
THE ALGORITHM OF LOSS
Dir: Levi Eddie Aluede | 21 Mins | UK | UK PREMIERE
After a failed blind date, Kazuyo upgrades the AI programme of her late partner, Adam. His sensory limitations force her to confront grief, memory, loneliness and mortality.
ARE YOU A HUMAN BEING?
Dir: Matthieu Moerlen | 30 Mins | FRANCE, SWITZERLAND | UK PREMIERE
Lucie and Jean-Michel grapple with an existential crisis and a computer crash. In this dark comedy blending poetry and artificial intelligence, they search for meaning.