SHOWTIMES AND TICKETS

Celebrate the future of film with the Picturehouse Create Short Film Showcase, bringing the finalists for our short film competition together on the big screen.

After the showcase, we’ll welcome our filmmakers onstage for a Q&A.

Winners of the Jury Prize and the Audience Award (as voted for by you!) will be announced at the festival closing party.

Find more information about the showcase and competition here.

 

Friday is Mushroom Soup / 16m 
Dir. Arnold T. Rice, Wri. Katy Trevor 
Burnt-out home carer Kate finds herself in uncharted territory when her favourite cranky client, Doug, drops some unexpected news. 

Final Fall / 5m 
Dir. Alfie O’Sullivan-Neill 
A young girl returns to Latimer Road in West London to revisit the sacred ground of her childhood, Grenfell Tower. As she bids farewell to the structure and the memories it holds, she encounters a familiar spirit who passes her a relic: a sound of resistance. 

The Bird and The Stone / 6m 
Dir. Rosalea Ottoline Draper 
A huntsman kills a bird as normal, but this one belongs to the King. 

Heat Haze / 9m 
Dir. Margarita Milne 
A teenager, desperate to gain approval from her religious group, sells all of her belongings at a car boot. 

Dug. Or, The Moral of The Story Is. / 3m 
Dir. Melanie Spencer 
Robbie got drunk. But it's no aw bad, know wit ah mean? A film about drinking in Corby, a land of Scottish ex-pats and way too many cul-de-sacs. 

ALT Jay / 14m 
Dir. Stefan Pollak 
For identical twin Jay, a life of sport is worth striving for and not one, two or three disabilities will get in his way. 

Scene House / 13m 
Dir. Annabella Fazio 
In a near-future performance space where catharsis is packaged and sold, the line between performance and reality begins to blur for one actor. 

1 in 5 Sheep / 5m 
Dir. James Button 
An artist in sheep's clothing. 

Elephant / 9m 
Dir. Matthew Hopper 
When a guileless young man meets his girlfriend’s stoic father to ask for her hand in marriage, his attempt to honour cultural traditions goes awry. 

The Truth About Space / 14m 
Dir. Jeremiah Towolawi, Prod. Emily Radakovic 
A young man is released from prison and must face up to the lie that his estranged daughter has been led to believe: that he was in space. 
 

  • Release Date :
  • 15 Apr 2026
  • Certificate :
  • TBC
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