SFL 2026 | SHORT FILMS SHOWCASE
🗓 SUN 17 MAY | 13.15 PM
shorts programme iV
THE SYSTEMS DESIGN
Good news. Everything works. Bad news. It’s working exactly as intended. In these futures, housing is impossible, success is automated, and self-improvement comes with terms and conditions, which of course, no one reads.
BROADCAST
Dir: Ewan Pollitt | 8 Mins | UK | BEST SHORT FILM 2026
Amid the housing crisis of near-future London, a struggling young woman pursues a controversial deal for a home of her own.
TRANQUIL
Dir: Miguel Barbosa | 8 Mins | CANADA | WORLD PREMIERE
When a U.S. senator disappears, a team of intelligence specialists defy orders to search for him. Using a device that views the past, they infiltrate his home.
APTITUDE
Dir: Natasha Mynhier | 20 Mins | USA | INTL PREMIERE
In a near-future society where a virtual exam dictates one's future, a desperate student must decide whether to risk everything by cheating or accept the system.
ICARE 900
Dir: Robert Duncan | 13 Mins | UK | LONDON PREMIERE
A vulnerable old lady is looked after by the ICare 9000, a high tech robot carer, but not everything is as it appears.
DRONE
Dir: João Luís Rodrigues | 17 Mins | UK
A reclusive programmer with a severe speech impediment receives an invasive brain implant that could turn his life around.
WELL-BEING
Dir: Kevin McNally | 13 Mins | UK
In a bleak city where a corporate giant promises to fix the broken, a young man enters a therapy program, uncovering a plot to turn the vulnerable into obedient.
CORTEX ALPHA
Dir: Omar Bradosti | 15 Mins | UK | WORLD PREMIERE
Cortex Alpha is the cutting edge of modern medical treatment. When Zora Bartos enrols, she is hopeful they can cure her. She discovers more than expected.
DROPS FROM THE SKY
Dir: Marcus Anthony Thomas | 9 Mins | UK | WORLD PREMIERE
In the immediate future where alien abductions are regular and global war has begun, a nomadic group led by Maura follow visions of salvation.