SFL 2026 | SHORT FILMS SHOWCASE
🗓 SUN 17 MAY | 11.00 AM
shorts programme iII
THE MEMORY ARCHIVE
Memory is a tricky thing. It fades, it lies, and now you can back it up, replay it, and completely ruin your life with it. In these films, the past refuses to stay buried, whether it’s trapped on a hard drive, beamed through a dodgy signal, or revisited one too many times.
MINDWORKS NUCLEI
Dir: Karen Khodur | 4 Mins | LEBANON | WORLD PREMIERE
Before science, before language, and before history, human thought first awakened. But why just us? MINDWORKS NUCLEI explores the birth of consciousness and awareness.
ONE MORE DAY
Dir: Toby Griffin | 12 Mins | UK | LONDON PREMIERE
With the gift of time travel, Ed can live his perfect life. However, when his grandad dies, Ed discovers his gift is a curse.
DOWNSIZED
Dir: Ed Willey | 9 Mins | UK |
On his last day of work, a software engineer attempts to salvage the digital remains of his wife before being discovered by his coworker.
ASTRONOT
Dir: Zach Sheehan | 9 Mins | USA | WORLD PREMIERE
An absurd day in the life of a man trapped in his own delusions until he finds the power of collaboration.
PASSING SIGNALS
Dir: Russell Wyatt Roberts | 16 Mins | AUSTRALIA | UK PREMIERE
A lonely, middle-aged man discovers a television broadcast featuring a woman who can see and hear him. As they grow dependent, the signal threatens their bond.
NEMOSYNE
Dir: Mason Seeley | 16 Mins | USA | UK PREMIERE
George Mullen, a father in his 50s, hides a terrible secret: he accidentally kills a teenage boy and covers it up. Years later, he seeks redemption.
ANESTHESIA
Dir: Jeff Osborne | 13 Mins | USA | LONDON PREMIERE
A world where your medical procedure can be the door to your brain.
EARTH
Dir: Leila Murton Poole | 18 Mins | UK
In a dystopian future plagued by toxic red air, a couple’s confinement becomes a battle between hope and despair as one withers, the other blooms.