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Dan Turner | drama | London | 9 min
published 19 Apr 05
       
 average rating from 39 members
Are you really so sure that it is just the pipes? A short film based around the universal fear of what lingers in the dark.
50 Years and a Few Puss Kittens Wiser
Anastasia Kirillova | documentary | London | 9 min
published 24 Oct 07
       
 average rating from 32 members
A mixed-media documentary about couples who have been married more than 50 years set to the sounds of King Creosote vs Tunng.
6.6.04
Simon Hook | comedy | South East | 5 min
published 07 Mar 05
       
 average rating from 76 members
Five minutes of incredible human drama unwittingly captured on a camcorder.
A New Way Home
Anita Shukla | animation | West Midlands | 5 min
published 16 Apr 09
       
 average rating from 10 members
An anti-bullying animation that dips into revenge fantasy.
A Plastic Toy Dinosaur
Benjamin Stevens | drama | London | 9 min
published 15 Nov 06
       
 average rating from 34 members
A day out with Dad turns into a lesson in life.
Abigail
Tony Comley | animation | London | 6 min
published 30 Jan 07
       
 average rating from 18 members
As the gap between the ground and a burning airplane gets smaller, one passenger has other things on his mind...
About A Girl
Brian Percival | drama | North West | 9 min
published 30 Jan 07
       
 average rating from 47 members
As a girl relates stories about her ordinary teenage life, there is an uncomfortable sense of sadness underlying her easygoing tales.
Accident
James Leech | drama | London | 10 min
published 18 Feb 05
       
 average rating from 39 members
A person lies dying in a London street. Can you help?
Ambrosia
Neil Hodgkinson & Robert Darcy | drama | London | 9 min
published 23 May 07
       
 average rating from 11 members
A young girl steals some milk from a doorstep and feeds it to her teddy.
Arrive
Ed Holdsworth | experimental | London | 6 min
published 25 Nov 04
       
 average rating from 15 members
A Japanese odyssey communicating the explosion of the senses that intoxicates you on your arrival in Tokyo.
Artificial Worlds v3.0
Richard Fenwick | experimental | North East | 7 min
published 19 May 06
       
 average rating from 44 members
A striking vision of the world in apocalyptic freefall conveyed through live action and CGI.
Ashes
Corinna Faith | drama | London | 10 min
published 02 Dec 05
       
 average rating from 52 members
An estranged father takes his young son up to Liverpool to perform a family duty.
Ashes In The Sand
Anthony Laverty | drama | North East | 8 min
published 06 Jan 05
       
 average rating from 11 members
A mother attempts to bridge lost connections with her children on a day out at the beach.
Astronauts
Matthew Walker | animation | Wales | 8 min
published 06 Dec 05
       
 average rating from 47 members
Two astronauts find it increasingly difficult to get on with one another.
At the End of the Sentence
Marisa Zanotti | drama | Scotland | 9 min
published 11 May 07
       
 average rating from 7 members
A darkly comic Christmas story by Scottish writer David Greig.
Attack
Timothy Smith | drama | London | 8 min
published 29 Mar 06
       
 average rating from 39 members
Things are not always as Black & White as they appear.
Azan: A Call To Prayer
Heena Bukhari | documentary | London | 9 min
published 14 Aug 08
       
 average rating from 4 members
Fazaila is a Shia-Muslim teenager from East London whose mum thinks she's becoming "too English".
Back And Forth
Stéphan Talneau | music | London | 5 min
published 10 Oct 05
       
 average rating from 99 members
A man and a woman are devastated in the streets of London, a child is looking at them and the clock is ticking in reverse.
Bad is as Bad Does
Jonny Madderson | music | London | 5 min
published 24 Oct 07
       
 average rating from 37 members
A satire on what happens behind closed doors at a G8 summit on world poverty.
Bad is as Bad Does (alternate)
Liam Garvo | music | London | 5 min
published 06 Oct 08
       
 average rating from 8 members
An old man comes out of a sleeping child's wardrobe and transports her to an enchanted forest where she is planted and grown into a tree.
Badgered
Sharon Colman | animation | London | 7 min
published 28 Jul 06
       
 average rating from 20 members
The tale of a grumpy badger who just wants the world to let him sleep.
Bathtime
Fiona Cairns | comedy | Scotland | 10 min
published 09 Jan 08
       
 average rating from 17 members
Construction worker Grant discovers his love of girly bath bombs.
Belly Button
David Hewitt | drama | London | 10 min
published 21 Nov 06
       
 average rating from 34 members
Six strangers are drawn together at one moment, and their lives are changed forever.
Between Us
S. Mork & C. Christensen | drama | London | 9 min
published 05 Jun 06
       
 average rating from 29 members
By coincidence two children meet, and through layers of glass they establish an unforgettable moment between them.
Big Girl, Little Girl
Amelia Hann | drama | London | 10 min
published 19 Mar 07
       
 average rating from 13 members
Seven-year-old Lucy is in love with her uncle. Then, one evening he brings an unexpected guest to dinner: his girlfriend.
Bigboy 74
Tom Marshall | comedy | North East | 10 min
published 09 Jan 08
       
 average rating from 33 members
Suicidal Harry gets a crash course in dogging.
Blind Man's Alley
Tony Kelly | drama | East Midlands | 7 min
published 15 Aug 08
       
 average rating from 8 members
8 Games. 11 Deaths. Game 9 begins.
Bows & Arrows
Stephen Irwin | animation | London | 6 min
published 01 Mar 07
       
 average rating from 13 members
A story about mistakes, childhood memories and superheroes. Starring The Caretaker, an Evil Robot and The Amazing Fat Weevil.
Burn My Shadow - Unkle
Miguel Saphochnik | music | London | 4 min
published 27 Jun 07
       
 average rating from 13 members
A man awakes from a hard day's night to discover a digital countdown has been implanted into his chest and he only has four minutes left...
Bust
Jon Sen | comedy | South East | 5 min
published 15 Feb 05
       
 average rating from 22 members
One Man. Two cops. Three mind altering substances. Sit back. Inhale deeply. And enjoy...
Camouflage
Jonathan Hodgson | documentary | London | 8 min
published 12 Jul 07
       
 average rating from 15 members
Most people's mothers are mad, mine's got schizophrenia.
Cannon Fodder
Stephen Crilly | drama | Northern Ireland | 10 min
published 30 Jan 06
       
 average rating from 18 members
A case of mistaken identity plunges a young couple into a frantic race against time to survive.
Cheese Makes You Dream
Kara Miller | drama | London | 5 min
published 04 Apr 06
       
 average rating from 39 members
A day in the life of Jim O’Connor – an acutely lonely pensioner with high hopes and a subscription to a Golden Oldie dating service.
Chihuahua
Phil Crothers | comedy | Northern Ireland | 8 min
published 29 Aug 06
       
 average rating from 14 members
Ivan's third Chihuahua in a week has just arrived. Ivan has a thing about dogs...
Cloud Cover
Lisbeth Svarling | animation | London | 6 min
published 05 Feb 07
       
 average rating from 11 members
A film about a woman and her cloud.
Clutch
Carol Stevens | drama | South West | 5 min
published 15 Feb 05
       
 average rating from 14 members
An exploration of the cusp between childhood and adulthood with a girl, a pony and mutant eggs.
Coldcut - Sound Mirrors
Up The Resolution | music | London | 5 min
published 06 Dec 06
       
 average rating from 9 members
A microscopic molecular 'thing' transforms, grows & blossoms to the music of Coldcut.
Connecting
Dan Turner | drama | North West | 7 min
published 03 Apr 07
       
 average rating from 29 members
An over-crowded bus in rush-hour traffic is no-one's idea of fun, but that’s just the beginning of Gaz’s problems…
Contamination
Carl Stevenson | animation | London | 6 min
published 23 Sep 05
       
 average rating from 55 members
A glimpse of a dystopian future where the cross-contamination of genetic material runs out of control.
Control
Matt Rochester | animation | Scotland | 9 min
published 04 Aug 06
       
 average rating from 12 members
A tale of free will and a bad day at the office.
Cry For Bobo
David Cairns | drama | Scotland | 9 min
published 07 Jan 09
       
 average rating from 9 members
Frantic knockabout tragedy ensues when Bobo is sent to prison for committing a daring but silly crime. Can he escape in time to prevent his family from bringing shame on all clowndom?
Dad's Dead
Chris Shepherd | experimental | London | 7 min
published 09 Feb 06
       
 average rating from 49 members
Through a series of ghostly reminiscences a young man tries to piece together fragmented moments from the past.
Dead Flies are No Good
Charles Hendley | comedy | London | 7 min
published 21 Jun 07
       
 average rating from 2 members
One man's attempt to freeze and revive a fly.
Deadlands
Brian Drysdale | drama | Northern Ireland | 8 min
published 11 Sep 06
       
 average rating from 8 members
A dark tale of hope even in the direst circumstances.
Delusion
Philip Day | animation | North West | 7 min
published 01 Aug 06
       
 average rating from 4 members
The surreal journey of a mechanical man.
Dialog
Stephen Irwin | animation | London | 6 min
published 22 Mar 05
       
 average rating from 21 members
Enter the animated world of miniature humans, mechanical men, and their creators...
Die Zwoelfte Stunde
Keri Collins | comedy | Wales | 7 min
published 22 Mar 06
       
 average rating from 17 members
Are vampires really evil? Or are they just misunderstood?
Dipper
PJ Harling | drama | South East | 10 min
published 11 Nov 05
       
 average rating from 22 members
Never judge a book by its cover.
Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs?
Brian Kirk | drama | Northern Ireland | 8 min
published 20 Oct 05
       
 average rating from 34 members
Two armed robbers share emotions as they contemplate the risk of a bank robbery.
Dog
Suzie Templeton | animation | London | 6 min
published 07 Feb 07
       
 average rating from 32 members
A young boy longs for reassurance about how his mother died.
Dog Tired
Greg McLeod | animation | West Midlands | 8 min
published 24 Apr 06
       
 average rating from 7 members
Will that dog ever stop barking?
Doubled Up
Samantha Moore | animation | West Midlands | 6 min
published 10 Nov 06
       
 average rating from 13 members
Double the joy. Double the shock. A tale of having twins.
Dragonfly
Kim Albright | drama | London | 5 min
published 10 Feb 09
       
 average rating from 6 members
A story of a young boy who sets himself free from his troubles at home.
Driving With The Jones
Squint/Opera | experimental | London | 6 min
published 16 Oct 07
       
 average rating from 6 members
Madness in suburbia.
Dumping Elaine
Peter Lydon | comedy | London | 9 min
published 19 Aug 05
       
 average rating from 39 members
1 café, 2 customers, 2 waitresses, 3 weeks and a lot of coffee. Service is not included and neither is Elaine.
Eel Girl
Paul Campion | drama | | 5 min
published 21 Jul 09
       
 average rating from 8 members
In a military laboratory, a scientist has become obsessed with the half-human, half-eel creature he’s studying. When she beckons him to her, it’s the call of a siren...
Euston Road
Toa Stappard | drama | London | 7 min
published 09 Sep 05
       
 average rating from 35 members
Always follow the money.
Exit Strategy
Frederic Casella | comedy | London | 7 min
published 14 Jul 09
       
 average rating from 8 members
A husband organises a surprise for his wife: her funeral.
Eye For An Eye
Shynola + Ruth Lingford | music | London | 7 min
published 13 Dec 07
       
 average rating from 11 members
Insects attack and destroy a peaceful utopia for this epic music video from Unkle.
Fade To Black
Gary Martin | comedy | London | 10 min
published 14 Mar 06
       
 average rating from 31 members
Dumped and heart-broken, Emma decides cosmetic surgery is the only way to win her ex-boyfriend back.
Family Vilakati
Xanthe Hamilton | documentary | London | 10 min
published 16 Feb 07
       
 average rating from 12 members
Find out what it's really like to be an orphaned family in Africa.
Famine
Hugo Cuellar | animation | Scotland | 9 min
published 26 Jul 07
       
 average rating from 10 members
Famine has hit insect city, and there's a cannibal on the loose!
Father and Daughter
Michael Dudok de Wit | animation | London | 8 min
published 29 Oct 07
       
 average rating from 24 members
A father says goodbye to his young daughter and leaves. She awaits his return for days, seasons, years...
Field
Duane Hopkins | drama | West Midlands | 10 min
published 18 Oct 05
       
 average rating from 26 members
A study in everyday violence.
First To See The Sun
Joe Tunmer | drama | South East | 9 min
published 14 Apr 05
       
 average rating from 10 members
A relationship is put to the test in front of a worldwide online audience.
Fish Never Sleep
Gaëlle Denis | animation | London | 6 min
published 05 Feb 07
       
 average rating from 18 members
Naoko is a complete insomniac. She tried everything to sleep.
Five O'Clock Shadow
Malcolm Lamont | animation | London | 8 min
published 15 May 07
       
 average rating from 10 members
A stop motion animated short film about a bearded lady.
Five Ways John Wayne Didn't Die
Martin Wallace | comedy | North West | 10 min
published 09 May 05
       
 average rating from 31 members
Ricky's dead - but not yet buried, so maybe he can still have the last laugh, assuming God shares his sly sense of humour...
For All The Tea In England
Kerry McLeod | documentary | London | 13 min
published 21 Jan 08
       
 average rating from 19 members
A tea break-sized glimpse into the many and varied ways that Britain’s favourite brew is enjoyed today – and it’s not always a simple case of tea bag and milk.
For Your Blossom
Gaku Kinoshita | animation | London | 5 min
published 16 Aug 06
       
 average rating from 41 members
A boy finds his own path.
Fruit Loop
Joe Magee | drama | South West | 8 min
published 28 Sep 05
       
 average rating from 15 members
It's man against machine.
Gardens By The Bay
Squint/Opera | experimental | London | 6 min
published 14 Aug 07
       
 average rating from 14 members
A magical pinboard of ideas.
Gone
Matthew Thompson | drama | South East | 9 min
published 22 Dec 04
       
 average rating from 18 members
Whilst in a druken stupor at a teenage party, a boy is witness to a horrific event.
Goodbye Mr. Snuggles
Jonathan Hopkins | comedy | South West | 5 min
published 09 Jan 08
       
 average rating from 5 members
What on earth could go wrong when two elderly gentlemen go for a day’s painting in the beautiful English countryside? A lot.
Goodbye to the Normals
Jim Field Smith | comedy | London | 4 min
published 06 Sep 07
       
 average rating from 37 members
6-year-old Magnus has decided to run away to America. But is this just another of his little games?
Guilty by Nature
Joseph Barnett | experimental | London | 9 min
published 10 Oct 07
       
 average rating from 9 members
Set on a militant plant nursery, Guilty By Nature follows the lifecycle of a wild and vigorous shrub.
Guy 101
Ian W Gouldstone | animation | London | 8 min
published 30 Jan 07
       
 average rating from 30 members
A man hears a story about a hitchhiker from the other side of the internet.
Half Naked
Michael Keillor | drama | London | 5 min
published 20 Jan 05
       
 average rating from 19 members
A racist discovers that colour is only skin deep.
Hard Labour
Oliver Krimpas | drama | South East | 10 min
published 08 Apr 05
       
 average rating from 27 members
Two women fall pregnant by the same man, but who will be left holding the baby?
High Fives
Ed Holdsworth | music | London | 6 min
published 01 Jun 06
       
 average rating from 12 members
The hypnotic story of a snowflake’s journey down to earth set to a Four Tet track.
Hilarity
Greig Johnson | comedy | Yorkshire & Humber | 7 min
published 07 Dec 04
       
 average rating from 22 members
Cartoon meets suicide note - the comedy of desperation.
Hotel Infinity
Amanda Boyle | drama | London | 10 min
published 28 Feb 07
       
 average rating from 27 members
What happens when an hotel of infinite rooms suddenly becomes full?
How It Was That We Got To Be Angels
Gareth Howell | animation | East Midlands | 8 min
published 01 Jun 05
       
 average rating from 26 members
Four friends are horrifically killed in a car accident. That's just the start of their problems.
How Mermaids Breed
Joan Ashworth | animation | London | 10 min
published 15 Feb 06
       
 average rating from 26 members
Exploring the secret reproductive cycle of the mermaid.
I Love You
Tristan Versluis | drama | London | 5 min
published 11 Feb 09
       
 average rating from 8 members
Love is tough; bear this in mind before offering your heart.
I Remember Lebanon
Zeina Aboul Hosn | documentary | London | 6 min
published 04 Apr 07
       
 average rating from 17 members
This film is a journey through my memories of Lebanon, just before the bombs started falling.
If I Had a Hammer
Andy Bean | animation | South West | 5 min
published 18 Sep 06
       
 average rating from 17 members
The Mighty God of Thunder has lost his magical hammer and is on a quest for a new one at the local DIY store...
In Passing
Chris Allen & Rob Rainbow | experimental | London | 5 min
published 19 Jan 07
       
 average rating from 7 members
Exploring the psycho-geography of the city through the experiences of a local woman who is partially blind.
Indians
Sam Hearn & Richard Penfold | drama | South West | 6 min
published 16 Feb 06
       
 average rating from 40 members
Indians is the final statement of elderly war veteran Jim.
Indigo
Kimon Christodoulides | experimental | London | 4 min
published 09 Jul 07
       
 average rating from 9 members
A lusting voyeur gets more than he bargained for at the coin-op peepshow.
JAM
Stefanie Brockhaus | documentary | London | 7 min
published 19 Oct 06
       
 average rating from 8 members
A film observing people who are stuck in a long traffic jam on the Autobahn on the way to their summer holidays.
Jane Lloyd
Happy | experimental | London | 5 min
published 07 Dec 05
       
 average rating from 34 members
The life of a young girl, Jane Lloyd, is examined in a series of snapshot images set to a musical backdrop.
Jellybaby
Ronan & Rob Burke | comedy | Northern Ireland | 10 min
published 13 Nov 06
       
 average rating from 22 members
Jack and Jill had a great relationship. Then they had a baby.
Just Passing Through
Ruth Nicklin | documentary | London | 7 min
published 16 Aug 05
       
 average rating from 85 members
Exploring the unique relationship between Waterloo Station and all who pass through it on their personal journeys.
Kamiya’s Correspondence
Sumito Sakakibara | animation | London | 7 min
published 02 Feb 07
       
 average rating from 11 members
A girl sets out to write a letter about her family members, the Kamiyas.
Lament
Graham Eatough | comedy | Scotland | 9 min
published 22 Dec 04
       
 average rating from 6 members
A man comes to terms with the end of a relationship.
Lard
Ornette Spenceley | drama | London | 6 min
published 04 Oct 05
       
 average rating from 29 members
Jake longs to play football with the bigger boys in the street.
Laters
Jillian Li-Sue | drama | London | 10 min
published 01 Jun 05
       
 average rating from 27 members
The harrowing story of Macy, a teenage girl leading an all too adult life.
Lazy Eye
Carol Stevens | drama | South West | 6 min
published 16 Nov 05
       
 average rating from 16 members
A twisted fragment of 1960s pebbledash suburbia, about a young girl who sees too much.
Learning To Drown
Paul Harrison | drama | North East | 7 min
published 14 Jun 05
       
 average rating from 14 members
A monologue of reflection as a woman looks back on her past with both pain and happiness.
Little Bo Poop
Wendy Griffiths | animation | Scotland | 8 min
published 17 Aug 06
       
 average rating from 11 members
A tale of missing sheep, dark dreams and getting by with a little help from one's friends.
Live Before You Die
Tom Lloyd | documentary | North West | 5 min
published 30 Sep 09
       
 average rating from 1 member
A modern day dreamtime.The freedom of a life on the road in an English Summer.
Loetzinn
A. Bradbury & C. Gooch | animation | East Midlands | 7 min
published 29 Jul 05
       
 average rating from 44 members
The battle for survival between two toy boats as they meet on the dark and hostile surface of the abyss.
M Craft - Dragonfly
Simon Burrill | music | London | 6 min
published 26 Oct 06
       
 average rating from 23 members
An absurd night-time story, set to M. Craft's 'Dragonfly'.
Ma Boy
Amy Neil | drama | Scotland | 10 min
published 12 Oct 06
       
 average rating from 9 members
A sexy and claustrophobic love triangle in a Scottish seaside town.
Man Seeks
Garry Calderwood | animation | Scotland | 6 min
published 25 Jan 08
       
 average rating from 19 members
After years of disastrous chat-up lines and a drought of girlfriends, Adam embarks on a journey into the world of online dating.
Meaningless 3,4 & 5
Woof Wan-Bau | experimental | London | 8 min
published 06 May 08
       
 average rating from 5 members
Woof Wan-Bau's series of experimental shorts marries scientific images with an unsettling avant-garde score by DJ Empty.
Meat
Peter Blach | drama | London | 13 min
published 03 Apr 07
       
 average rating from 7 members
Umut turns the meat behind the grill, but his thoughts are elsewhere. How long before his life falls apart?
Message Storm
Toby Meakins | drama | London | 9 min
published 22 Dec 04
       
 average rating from 14 members
A grieving woman questions what lies beyond life when she recieves a undeveloped photograph.
Metalstasis
Matthew Hood | animation | London | 8 min
published 09 Aug 07
       
 average rating from 11 members
A mechanical man finds his routine of life disturbed by illness from an unusual source.
Milk
Peter Mackie Burns | drama | Scotland | 10 min
published 18 Jan 07
       
 average rating from 19 members
Bath time fun turns serious for Nan and reluctant granddaughter.
Money From London
Miriam Rowe & Jemma Gander | documentary | London | 9 min
published 27 Jan 09
       
 average rating from 5 members
The human story behind money transfers from London to Ghana.
Mono
Richard Smith | drama | Scotland | 10 min
published 15 Nov 06
       
 average rating from 26 members
When Emily's quiet life is disrupted by a noisy musician moving in next door, the outcome is far from muted.
Mother
Christoph Steger | animation | London | 6 min
published 03 Apr 09
       
 average rating from 7 members
An animated documentary about a life devoted to the dead.
Mr. Theobald
Simon Burrill | experimental | London | 8 min
published 07 Mar 05
       
 average rating from 28 members
Mr. Theobald is just another cog in society's machine until something changes his way of thinking forever.
Night After Night
Alex Paterakis | drama | London | 6 min
published 03 Jun 09
       
 average rating from 4 members
Sam is homeless and weather-torn. He isolates himself in his own thoughts, drifting further into his mind and away from reality, becoming a gaunt creature of the night.
Night Train
Derville Quigley | drama | Yorkshire & Humber | 8 min
published 23 Dec 04
       
 average rating from 8 members
A young deaf boxer is absorbed in a colourful world of aggression.
Nine And A Half Minutes
Appignanesi & Manson-Smith | comedy | London | 10 min
published 10 Feb 06
       
 average rating from 38 members
Two busy Londoners on a blind date end up fantasizing a whole relationship – meeting, sex, the split – in only nine and a half minutes.
Nits
Harry Wootliff | drama | Yorkshire & Humber | 10 min
published 18 Jul 06
       
 average rating from 37 members
Seven-year-old James has nits and wants his mum to check his head, but his mum has other things on her mind.
No Man's Land
Clara Glynn | drama | Scotland | 9 min
published 20 Oct 06
       
 average rating from 8 members
When parents go to war children suffer collateral damage.
Number 54
Iain Finlay | comedy | East Midlands | 7 min
published 04 Mar 05
       
 average rating from 24 members
A game of cat and mouse goes horribly wrong for a bus driver on a power trip.
Oedipus
Rong | comedy | South West | 6 min
published 12 Dec 05
       
 average rating from 99 members
A hand-warming tale of love, incest and death. Be warned no film called Oedipus can ever end happily.
One to One
Isabel Anderton | drama | South West | 5 min
published 07 Jun 05
       
 average rating from 35 members
Exploring the dynamic of two teenage best friends - who like the same boy.
Orders of Love
Jes Benstock | documentary | London | 10 min
published 21 Mar 05
       
 average rating from 43 members
An examination of the hidden influences that past generations exert on our personality. Heart of Darkness meets Steptoe and Son - in Weymouth!
Out of Time
Suzanne Cohen | documentary | London | 9 min
published 05 Dec 08
       
 average rating from 9 members
A personal journey from Highbury to Emirates and beyond.
Out of Water
Jacqueline Wright | comedy | South East | 10 min
published 22 Mar 07
       
 average rating from 16 members
There's something fishy going on.
Pitbull
Michael Mulkerrin | comedy | South East | 6 min
published 07 Mar 06
       
 average rating from 18 members
A mild-mannered man, an ageing skinhead and a belligerent dog trapped in the slowest lift in the world.
Plenilune
Beidi Guo | animation | South East | 5 min
published 18 Oct 07
       
 average rating from 11 members
The long-distance love of family members.
Poppy
Esther May Campbell | drama | South West | 7 min
published 10 Nov 06
       
 average rating from 16 members
A tale of love and loss from the poppy fields of India.
Prada & Prejudice
Tom Edmunds | comedy | London | 5 min
published 04 Nov 08
       
 average rating from 14 members
All she wants to do is pick up her black Prada heels. Surely there has been some mistake?
Pripyat: City of the Future
David Bickerstaff | documentary | London | 10 min
published 04 Apr 07
       
 average rating from 10 members
Built next to Chernobyl Power Plant, Pripyat stands as a ghostly monument to the devastation caused by nuclear accidents.
Pullin' the Devil By The Tail
Stephen McCollum | animation | Northern Ireland | 7 min
published 17 Aug 06
       
 average rating from 12 members
What happens when an Irish Folk-Punk band meet the devil after killing his goat late on a friday night?
Rabbit
Run Wrake | animation | London | 9 min
published 16 May 06
       
 average rating from 54 members
A dreamlike but dark story of lost innocence and the random justice of nature, told with curious images from a distant childhood.
Rabbit Stories
Sean Conway | drama | North East | 8 min
published 15 Nov 06
       
 average rating from 13 members
"Never trust a rabbit. They may look like a child’s toy but they steal your crops." (Hungarian proverb)
Revolution
Desperate Optimists | drama | London | 10 min
published 05 Jul 06
       
 average rating from 3 members
A community fete descends into chaos and mayhem.
Roots Manuva - C. R. U. F. F.
Jessica Lux | music | London | 5 min
published 13 Nov 08
       
 average rating from 4 members
A boy's journey through a nightmare toy war.
Round
Kirk Hendry | music | London | 5 min
published 13 Nov 08
       
 average rating from 2 members
A tale of death and rebirth rages in a jungle world of shadowy hands
Run
Peter Mackie Burns | drama | Scotland | 10 min
published 28 Feb 07
       
 average rating from 19 members
A sad young woman runs every day to escape the confines of her dreary job in a newspaper kiosk. This is the day she stops.
Salaryman 6
Jake Knight | drama | London | 6 min
published 25 Nov 04
       
 average rating from 22 members
After losing his memory, Salaryman pieces together his mundane and repetitive life.
Scene 26
Rob Hardy | drama | London | 7 min
published 25 Jul 07
       
 average rating from 18 members
A man wakes up in a hotel corridor with a tube sticking out of his mouth.
School Of Life
Jake Polonsky | drama | London | 7 min
published 08 Feb 06
       
 average rating from 37 members
This will be the most important lesson of your life. Maybe the only important lesson.
Seafood
Robin Baker | drama | London | 10 min
published 23 Feb 05
       
 average rating from 46 members
A modern metropolitan tale of love, lust and unbearable frustration.
Self Portrait
Zeb Lamb | drama | London | 9 min
published 23 May 06
       
 average rating from 28 members
Successful portrait artist, Burton has been playing tricks on his wealthy clients for years. Now it is time to reveal his secret.
Shadowplay
Flat-e | drama | Yorkshire & Humber | 7 min
published 06 Dec 07
       
 average rating from 12 members
A group of children get more than they bargained for when watching a peculiar shadow play in a circus tent.
Shantell Town
Paulette James | comedy | London | 10 min
published 11 Sep 07
       
 average rating from 10 members
Shantell must step up and find her feet on the street, in the battle to find out who’s "Super Bad".
Short
Waris Islam | comedy | Yorkshire & Humber | 9 min
published 07 Mar 05
       
 average rating from 37 members
A man, short changed on life and short in height, finds a woman short of love in a tall world.
Shotgun Dave Rides East
Graeme Oxby | comedy | Yorkshire & Humber | 8 min
published 23 Dec 04
       
 average rating from 12 members
Two unlikely friends decide to canoe all the way to the Black Sea from Doncaster.
Show Ponies
Neil Jack | animation | Scotland | 9 min
published 10 Aug 06
       
 average rating from 13 members
A tomboy and her beloved pony take on a mean little madam and her haughty thoroughbreds.
Size 5
Jørn Utkilen | comedy | Scotland | 7 min
published 10 Jan 07
       
 average rating from 18 members
A young man is unhappy with his newly bought football and returns to the shop where he bought it to complain.
Slippin'
Mike Forshaw | drama | London | 8 min
published 20 Apr 09
       
 average rating from 2 members
A young man feels estranged from his peers despite his best efforts to fit in. So he tries even harder...
Slippin'
Jason Nwansi | music | London | 5 min
published 24 Oct 07
       
 average rating from 17 members
Kids on a schooltrip to a museum have a paranormal encounter, set to a Wiley track.
Sold
Nadia Attia | comedy | London | 7 min
published 19 Dec 05
       
 average rating from 27 members
Through a strange shopping channel, one man finally buys into the notion of happiness.
Songbird
Sean Wood | drama | London | 10 min
published 02 Oct 06
       
 average rating from 16 members
A youth is humiliated for dropping litter. Unable to get revenge on his persecutor he finds a victim closer to home.
Spin
Cath Le Couteur | drama | London | 10 min
published 24 Oct 05
       
 average rating from 27 members
Polysexual tension and intrigue are uncorked during a game of spin-the-bottle at a teenage party.
Stalk
Leigh Hodgkinson | animation | London | 8 min
published 03 Mar 06
       
 average rating from 22 members
A dark fairy tale about Lonely Bunny who is intrigued by her unusual admirer's desperate attempts to get her attention.
Stay With Me
Gabriel Amaral | drama | South East | 5 min
published 30 Aug 06
       
 average rating from 12 members
A lonely force takes hold of its unsuspecting victims.
Straw In The Wind
James Callow | drama | South West | 5 min
published 21 Apr 05
       
 average rating from 17 members
A tale of the struggle of one man and a discarded chair.
Stripes
Sean Spencer | drama | West Midlands | 10 min
published 23 Dec 04
       
 average rating from 20 members
Fifteen years on, a school bully finds himself a victim in his own home.
Supaheroes
Dena Smiles | comedy | East Midlands | 5 min
published 09 Jun 05
       
 average rating from 18 members
It's the battle of five-year-old innocence VS the jaded imagintation of a nine-year-old.
Survey
Joe King | experimental | Wales | 4 min
published 25 Aug 06
       
 average rating from 6 members
An animated film that is the result of a photographic tour of South Wales.
Sweet Salt
Katerina Athanasopoulou | experimental | London | 7 min
published 23 Jan 07
       
 average rating from 15 members
A richly layered fairy tale where hungry woman meets thirsty man
The Archivist (Wild Beasts - She Purred While I Grred)
James Lees | drama | London | 7 min
published 13 Nov 08
       
 average rating from 5 members
Love, and how not to lose it.
The Bells
David Hevey & Bet Balcombe | drama | London | 9 min
published 13 Sep 05
       
 average rating from 4 members
One wedding, four losers and a baby.
The boy with no name
Adam Smith | animation | South East | 5 min
published 19 Jun 06
       
 average rating from 15 members
A tale of the loneliness and exclusion of a troubled soul, lost and trapped in a world in which he does not belong.
The Condition
Toby Meakins | drama | London | 6 min
published 11 Sep 08
       
 average rating from 5 members
A terminally ill man glimpses a phantom face in his lung x-ray and spends his final days flyposting an entire city in a desperate search for its owner...
The Corner Shop
Zak Hanif | drama | Scotland | 10 min
published 16 Oct 06
       
 average rating from 12 members
A film crew spend a day documenting an episode in the life of an ageing Asian shopkeeper.
The Crusader
Gerard Monaco | comedy | London | 7 min
published 17 Jan 08
       
 average rating from 12 members
Lee Philips tries to sue Warner Bros. for mis-represenation.
The Eel
Dominic Hailstone | experimental | South East | 5 min
published 05 May 05
       
 average rating from 46 members
An eel thrashing about in an undersized tank grows and mutates into monstrous proportions.
The End And Back Again
Lee Jane | drama | West Midlands | 10 min
published 27 Apr 05
       
 average rating from 19 members
The blurring of boundaries between childhood games and adult fantasies.
The End of the Line
Max Pugh | drama | | 6 min
published 13 Dec 07
       
 average rating from 16 members
A bag lady leaves the stress of life in the city for a better life.
The Ends
Justin Edgar | drama | South East | 9 min
published 09 Jan 08
       
 average rating from 17 members
The real time drama about gun crime and gang violence.
The Fool Looks At The Finger That Points To The Sky
Aaron Bradbury | music | East Midlands | 7 min
published 12 Sep 06
       
 average rating from 16 members
The life of a simple wooden puppet is changed when he is drawn into a chaotic world played out on a mysterious stage.
The Formorian
Aideen McCarthy | drama | | 5 min
published 03 Dec 08
       
 average rating from 8 members
A warrior decides to desert the battlefield to return home - but this is a decision he may not live long enough to regret...
The Hard Sell
Tim Goodill | drama | North East | 10 min
published 04 Apr 05
       
 average rating from 38 members
Call centre worker, Keith, gets more than he bargained for when he cold-calls 'retired' salesman, Jack.
The Holocaust Tourist
Jes Benstock | documentary | London | 10 min
published 10 May 06
       
 average rating from 42 members
A whistle-stop tour from hot dogs in Auschwitz to Jewish kitsch in Krakow - is tourism changing our view of history?
The Knowledge
Stef Penney | comedy | South East | 10 min
published 23 Dec 04
       
 average rating from 12 members
Carrie and David plan the perfect fling.
The Life Size Zoetrope
Mark Simon Hewis | experimental | South West | 6 min
published 15 Jan 09
       
 average rating from 7 members
One man's life story told through a giant zoetrope.
The Magic Mile
Toby Meakins | drama | South East | 6 min
published 02 Feb 05
       
 average rating from 42 members
A deaf girl discovers that even miracles have their limits.
The Man Who Needed A Traffic Light
Mark Jenkin | drama | South West | 6 min
published 15 Mar 05
       
 average rating from 18 members
A man becomes trapped on a garage forecourt by a continuous stream of traffic.
The Most Beautiful Man In The World
Alicia Duffy | drama | West Midlands | 5 min
published 17 May 06
       
 average rating from 32 members
On a hot day a small girl searches for something to do. Aimlessly she walks into the path of a stranger.
The Orange Tree
Simon Kent | comedy | London | 5 min
published 26 Nov 04
       
 average rating from 20 members
A man finds new friends with a potted plant.
The Phonebooth Trio
Bo Fan | animation | South East | 7 min
published 27 Sep 07
       
 average rating from 9 members
A musician finds a phone booth that plays his music out to an entire city.
The Pool
Chris Richards | drama | West Midlands | 7 min
published 17 May 05
       
 average rating from 37 members
An elderly couple take a magical dive back into their past.
The Rest Is Silence
Andrew Henderson | documentary | Scotland | 10 min
published 31 Jul 05
       
 average rating from 36 members
The journey of an unclaimed body from discovery to its interment where silence dominates.
The Ring
Peng Peng Hoe | animation | Scotland | 7 min
published 22 Aug 06
       
 average rating from 8 members
A tale of love and treachery centring on an ancient ring and a menacing maze.
The Shock Doctrine
A & J Cuaron + Foreign Office | documentary | London | 7 min
published 14 Nov 07
       
 average rating from 11 members
Hard hitting short film centering on 'disaster capitalism' and based on Naomi Klein's book of the same name.
The Silent City
Ruairi Robinson | drama | | 7 min
published 08 Aug 08
       
 average rating from 13 members
Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins, 28 Days Later) stars in this mesmerising war short from Oscar-nominated director Ruairi Robinson.
The Silent Treatment
Peter Lydon | comedy | London | 9 min
published 09 Aug 05
       
 average rating from 30 members
One talks the other doesn’t.
The Sound of Silence
James Appleton | comedy | South East | 6 min
published 27 Oct 05
       
 average rating from 62 members
A restless writer's concentration seems lost forever - until he finds an old vinyl record with magical powers.
The Story of Bukit Lawang
Paul Redman | documentary | | 6 min
published 10 Oct 08
       
 average rating from 1 member
The film follows survivors of a flood as they reflect on the past and the uncertainties of their future.
The Technical Hitch
Jon Dunleavy | animation | London | 6 min
published 26 Jun 06
       
 average rating from 50 members
Rampaging the way through the history of technological failures.
The Time Travellers Of 1908
Martin Pickles | experimental | London | 8 min
published 08 Aug 08
       
 average rating from 5 members
'The Time Travellers Of 1908' is a home-movie about London in the 21st Century made by two explorers from 1908.
The Tree Officer
Neil Jack | animation | Scotland | 7 min
published 09 Nov 06
       
 average rating from 42 members
Passionate about horticulture and botany, Gary, the tree officer, is resigned to signing death warrants for trees day after day.
The Trinket Maker
Paul Daley | animation | London | 8 min
published 04 Aug 06
       
 average rating from 22 members
A chance encounter causes Wendell the Trinket-Maker to question his solitary way of life.
The Zebras of Jack Tizard
Christopher Lee Ball | documentary | London | 5 min
published 18 Mar 09
       
 average rating from 1 member
Meet the extraordinary children of the Jack Tizard School in West London.
This Way Up
Smith & Foulkes | animation | London | 8 min
published 18 Nov 08
       
 average rating from 31 members
Laying the dead to rest has never been so much trouble. An Oscar®-nominated film for 2009!
To His Knees He Fell
Andrew Brand | drama | East Midlands | 9 min
published 23 Mar 06
       
 average rating from 21 members
A teenager's act of violence sends him seeping into the dark realms of a well-known Norfolk folklore.
Tokyo Jim
Jamie Rafn | comedy | London | 6 min
published 16 Oct 06
       
 average rating from 33 members
A businessman finds a potential Japanese deal going down the pan.
Trigger Happy
Andrew Gunn | drama | London | 8 min
published 20 Jun 06
       
 average rating from 11 members
An edgy story of crime and dark fantasy, in which crime does pay.
Tube Mice
Dan Chambers | animation | London | 10 min
published 25 Nov 04
       
 average rating from 18 members
All is not right on the underground. But there is a dark vigilante on hand...
Turn
Joseph White | drama | South East | 8 min
published 21 Dec 04
       
 average rating from 12 members
Induced by an eerie sense of déjà vu, an alcoholic is forced to confront his past.
Type
Cameron Duguid | experimental | Scotland | 6 min
published 09 Aug 06
       
 average rating from 8 members
A deceptive journey through a world of animated diagrams and language.
Umbra/Penumbra
Liam O' Connor | music | London | 6 min
published 23 Jan 06
       
 average rating from 11 members
An anatomical forest and its inhabitants undergo an insectoid metamorphosis.
Undone
Lucy Moore | drama | London | 7 min
published 08 Mar 06
       
 average rating from 24 members
When Matt leaves Laura her heart comes undone. Literally.
Unhinged
Noreen Kershaw | comedy | North West | 10 min
published 02 Jun 05
       
 average rating from 23 members
Psychiatrist Dr.Snell tries his utmost to help his patient Eric get a handle on his curious fetish.
Venom
John Hayes | drama | | 10 min
published 30 Oct 06
       
 average rating from 11 members
When you’ve lost everything, be careful who you blame.
Virus
Simon Hynd | drama | Scotland | 6 min
published 04 Aug 05
       
 average rating from 32 members
A short thriller about the latest victim of a dangerous virus.
Vitya the Raddiwalla (Recycling Man)
Shyla Lee | documentary | Yorkshire & Humber | 10 min
published 03 Apr 07
       
 average rating from 8 members
A documentary set in rural India following Vitya a Raddiwallah(recycling man).
Waving At Cars
David Beauchamp | drama | North West | 6 min
published 05 May 09
       
 average rating from 5 members
An outwardly 'normal' couple go supermarket shopping, but when Tory and Isaak's relationship starts to unravel, it exposes a secret too terrible to contemplate...
What About The Bodies
Simon Ellis | comedy | East Midlands | 7 min
published 23 Dec 04
       
 average rating from 27 members
Three characters of ambiguous intent collide in the middle of who-knows-where.
What Goes Up (Must Come Down)
Adam Smith | music | London | 9 min
published 17 Jul 06
       
 average rating from 37 members
A Cockney rap-narrative revolving arond the successive passengers of a world-weary taxi driver.
Who Killed Brown Owl
Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor | drama | London | 10 min
published 28 Mar 07
       
 average rating from 10 members
A lazy afternoon down by the river goes horribly wrong.
Witness
Mat Kirkby | music | London | 3 min
published 30 Jun 06
       
 average rating from 9 members
Going back to school with Roots Manuva.
Would Like To Meet
Trevor de Silva | drama | South East | 9 min
published 04 Oct 07
       
 average rating from 25 members
An eight-year-old boy plays cupid to his single mum.
Would Like To Meet
Paul Gilbert | comedy | North East | 7 min
published 13 Jun 05
       
 average rating from 25 members
A man's quest to find 'the one' in his lunch break.
Wrestling Is Like Ballet With Violence
Alex Harron | documentary | Scotland | 5 min
published 14 Jul 09
       
 average rating from 1 member
An insight into the world of Scottish wrestling, told by the wrestlers themselves.
You Raised Me
Teddy Nygh | music | London | 5 min
published 22 May 09
       
 average rating from 1 member
A heart-felt mother and son story told through the art of rhyme, by BET hip hop award winner Giggs.
You're In There Ltd.
Juliet Gale | comedy | London | 9 min
published 17 Jan 08
       
 average rating from 7 members
Kevin is searching for his ideal woman - he should never have hired "You're In There Ltd."
ZerodB - Bongos, Bleeps and Basslines
Joe Tunmer | music | London | 7 min
published 26 Oct 06
       
 average rating from 23 members
A bored laundrette customer has his mind spun as he is forced inside a tumble dryer to visit the place where odd socks disappear to.
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