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BBC Introducing Arts

Innovative new short films, audio and interactive works from young artists

Female Filmmakers Too: BBC Introducing Arts

Silent Pride

A heartwarming film putting the spotlight on LGBTQ+ and Deaf communities, celebrating them through a story of love

Ffolio

Being Black in Northern Ireland

Willetta and Michael share their experiences of integrating into Northern Ireland

Two Minute Masterpiece

Exhale

Delve beyond the surface level to explore often suppressed thoughts and feelings in the face of micro-aggressive racism

New Creatives

We know a better word than happy

Capturing children’s delight in the possibilities for fun and learning in an urban green space in Glasgow

Now and Next

Sapphire of The Valley

A man wakes up in a forest, an environment that is seemingly alien to him and begins a journey through the forest

New Creatives

I Asked For Wonder

An experimental short film that presents a surreal visual reflection on the director’s personal experiences

New Creatives

Midday

A film about language, friendship and female power

New Creatives

Hung Out to Dry

A story about play and playing with your mates on your street, even if you’re both adults now...

New Creatives

The Skin I Move In

Liberty decides to spend the first day of summer questioning her life and those within it.

New Creatives

Black. British. Muslim. Other

Exploring the overlapping expectations and judgements that a black Muslim woman faces growing up in Britain today

New Creatives

0.5%

Four isolated residents of a seaside town connect with each other in an unexpected way

New Creatives

After The Break

A woman explores her feelings of detachment and freedom through coffee and TV adverts

New Creatives

Dance: Introducing Arts

Turbine

Two dancers align to be visually interwoven by movement as a mirror revolves switching our view from one to the other

BBC IPLAYER

Testimony

Testimony uses dance to explore the pressures of a sexual assault survivor in court

BBC IPLAYER

Flying Home

Six isolated dancers embark on a choreographic journey of self-discovery

BBC IPLAYER

Breadline

Breadline uses dance and movement as a new way of shining light on an urgent issue, food poverty

BBC IPLAYER

Beneath the Movement

Dance film exploring organic movements in our environments, taking inspiration from bird migration to sea patterns

BBC IPLAYER

Reesheh

Reesheh tells the story of dance in Iran, where this art form has been prohibited for the last few decades

BBC IPLAYER

Daughters of the Sea

Three dancers tell a modern version of the Welsh folk tale Daughters of the Sea

BBC IPLAYER

Happy Okay Mate

A short dance film exploring the relationship between two old friends after lockdown

BBC IPLAYER

Rat King

An experimental dance film exploring the complexities of English national pride

BBC IPLAYER

Spectrum

Attempts to bring beauty, volatility, and fragility to the forefront of what it means to be a young black man

BBC IPLAYER

Wounds

Wounds is a poetic dance film that follows the journey of a survivor experiencing domestic abuse

BBC IPLAYER

The Dupe

The Dupe is an experimental dance film that asks: when does playfulness and exploration become about power and control?

BBC IPLAYER

Mad Smooth

This short dance film depicts a group of roller-skaters as they take to the floors of an empty shopping complex

BBC IPLAYER

Divis Tower, Both Sides Now by Georgia Sawyer

Divis Tower, Both Sides Now directed by Georgia Sawyer.

BBC IPLAYER

Animated Shorts

Blodeuwedd’s Gift

A woman walks through dark streets and becomes aware of being stalked by a shadowy figure

BBC iPLAYER

Bearly Functional

A polar bear has been forced to make a freezer his new home but for how long will it last?

BBC IPLAYER

Mental Roots

Mental Roots puts you into the shoes of a young black man forced to confront his fragility

BBC IPLAYER

Urban Fox

An urban fox takes a journey home to visit his family

BBC IPLAYER

Unbound

Colourful, abstract animation expresses a wheelchair-user’s joy in speed and movement

BBC IPLAYER

Everyone Has My Jacket

A short animation about fashion, acceptance and gender

BBC IPLAYER

World’s Apart

In Worlds Apart Dermott Burns explores loneliness and isolation in today’s society

BBC IPLAYER

Rawr

In Rawr one little girl is faced with a major disappointment during lockdown

BBC IPLAYER

Confessions of an English Ant-Eater

A strange and dark animation about a boy who becomes addicted to eating ants

BBC IPLAYER

wūûūwūûū

A mutating, ever-shifting vision of worlds within worlds within worlds

BBC IPLAYER

The Flood

Unfazed by a leak in his ceiling, an old man is determined to have a relaxing day

BBC IPLAYER

Growing Plains

A stop motion exploring the symbiotic relationship between humans and the natural world

BBC IPLAYER

Misophonia

This short animation explores the everyday battle of Misophonia

BBC IPLAYER

Sensory Chaos

A young man with sensory processing difficulties faces his biggest challenge yet

BBC IPLAYER

Birth of the Telephone

A short about the telephone, exploring the uncanny origins of the omnipresent device

BBC IPLAYER

Silence and Her Roommate

What if loneliness moved in with you in the form of a friendly, squishy black blob?

BBC IPLAYER

Feeding Grief to Animals

Wild animals help a woman grieving for the baby she miscarried

BBC IPLAYER

Hav

A boy is haunted by visions of the sea and must confront them head on

BBC IPLAYER

Authentic Sardines

We follow our protagonist to the job centre and watch as their world descends into chaos

BBC IPLAYER

Why Do Butchers Close So Early?

The story of a Butcher consumed by the horror of his trade

BBC IPLAYER

Wastemen

When a spray bottle isn’t recycled, its worst nightmares come true

BBC IPLAYER

Divination Dave

Snack addict Dave must resort to extreme measures in order to satisfy his salty cravings

BBC IPLAYER

Zen For Likes

A meditation app gamifies the search for commercial well-being and mindfulness culture

BBC IPLAYER

Spin Cycle

A woman takes up residence inside a washing machine, and settles in for a cathartic wash

BBC IPLAYER

Drama Shorts: BBC Introducing Arts

Finger Prick

In the privacy of a locked bathroom, 26-year old Alexi takes an HIV test

BBC IPLAYER

Skinny Fat

A gay man’s body raises the demons of his past – can his mother save him?

BBC IPLAYER

Madly Involved

A young black couple confront the reality of their relationship during a therapy session

BBC IPLAYER

Voodoo in my Heart

After a zombie bites her, Emily is forced to find peace with her imminent fate

BBC IPLAYER

Best Served Cold

Questioning the strange paths we can be taken down pursuing our dreams

BBC IPLAYER

Backbone

A teenager tries to hide her scoliosis brace in an attempt to appear 'normal'

BBC IPLAYER

Nakato

Exploring the complexity of domestic violence and a woman’s desire to escape it

BBC IPLAYER

Expats

Two British expats hatch a dangerous scheme to win French citizenship and beat Brexit

BBC IPLAYER

Hold the Sausage

Comedy meats chaos as Saoirse’s Nanny learns of her new lifestyle choices

BBC IPLAYER

Sentient

What happens when your entire conscious experience can be shared over the internet?

BBC IPLAYER

Jigging

A homeless woman fishes in the dead of night as she faces the ultimate decision

BBC IPLAYER

Short Films, New Talent on BBC iPlayer

Rerouting

Drama exploring the apps that seek to increase our productivity through gamifying our jobs, our habits, and our lives

BBC iPlayer

Trademarkestate

A 2005 three-door Japanese hatchback recollects its life in this short science fiction film

BBC iPlayer

Staff of Life

A portrayal of a working day in an Egyptian bakery that creates versions of Western pastries

BBC iPlayer

To My Younger Self

Short drama reflecting on being segregated in a young offender institution

BBC iPlayer

STONEWALL 2069

What might the next fifty years of queer liberation look like?

BBC iPlayer

ISHTAR

A feast in a fictional English country garden with five guests who are gender non-conforming, trans or non-binary

BBC iPlayer

Exciting interactives from BBC New Creatives

Become a character in a sentient wasteland

Deadly Structures is a playable sonic experience set in a world that cannot be seen

New Creatives

A capitalist hellscape in Virtual Reality

Is the offer of an urban utopia with good jobs and improved lifestyles anything more than an empty promise?

BBC New Creatives

Explore a remote landscape scarred by human activity

Artist and activist Georgia Tucker uses virtual reality to show viewers worlds that are both alien and familiar

BBC NEW CREATIVES

Secrets of Soil

Henry Driver's immersive video experience is inspired by his family's farm

BBC NEW CREATIVES

Singularity

This Virtual Reality experience is inspired by the ever-increasing rate new inventions appear in the world

BBC NEW CREATIVES

Dichotomy

The new Virtual Reality recreating the experience of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

BBC NEW CREATIVES

Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts

In a Room Full of Sisters

Exploring the strength of sisterhood within Cardiff’s Somali community

FFOLIO

THE DEAD ARE JEWELS TO ME

Could the scientific practice of a forensic jeweller unearth hidden stories that lie beneath a surface?

Now and Next

Fruity

A lesbian is plagued with thoughts of fruit whenever she attempts to masturbate

BBC NEW CREATIVES

Cosmic Domestic

Cosmic Domestic invites us to find the infinite in the everyday

BBC NEW CREATIVES

Blood Stains

A young person’s anxiety about starting their period manifests itself in a horrific fashion

BBC NEW CREATIVES

The Presence of Absence

Bridget’s encounter with an estranged aunt sends her on a quest to find the father she has never known

2 Minute Masterpiece

Owulide

A young woman struggles to communicate some important news with her East African grandma

BBC NEW CREATIVES

In Perpetuum

Sam organises a virtual funeral for her brother inside their favourite video game

BBC NEW CREATIVES

White Dwarf

A camping trip overshadowed by grief, guilt and the search for the perfect starry night

BBC NEW CREATIVES

Ding-Ding, Next

Modern day technology meets old-fashioned speed dating

BBC NEW CREATIVES

Bridging the Gap

Blending animation with photographs and footage to explore Meg's mental health experiences

BBC NEW CREATIVES

Cake

Scales, measurements and rising temperatures meet a girl’s birthday celebrations over time

BBC NEW CREATIVES

Creating a Scene: BBC Introducing Arts

Aisle 17

In a dystopian future shaped by global warming, a man tries to do his daily shop

BBC New Creatives

Swiped

A dating app in the near future promises to bring people together but old habits die hard

BBC iPlayer

Muriid

A dream-like short poetry film that follows a seeker to his spiritual opening.

BBC NEW CREATIVES

A Conversation with my Enemy

A young woman finds herself being interrogated by a familiar person she knows too well.

BBC NEW CREATIVES

Money Up

A London boy gains more than you’d think from a fistful of coppers

BBC New Creatives

Blue Corridor 15

Faultlines emerge as tensions come to a head in a teenage friendship close to sisterhood.

BBC New Creatives

Desert Town Landings

Two friends meander through a day as mysterious objects unknowingly fly over town

BBC NEW CREATIVES

Pub Kid

A young boy spends the night in the pub with inebriated locals and his pie-eyed parents

BBC NEW CREATIVES

Cardiff, I Love You

A barman is encouraged to see his surroundings differently after a meeting with a customer

FFOLIO

Dinah

Inspired by the true story of Dinah Black, a Bristolian runaway slave in 1687

BBC NEW CREATIVES

This Camera Is Broken

An ageing director comes face to face with her younger self while shooting her final film

BBC NEW CREATIVES

BBC Introducing Arts with Gemma Cairney

BBC Introducing Arts with Gemma Cairney

Episode ten: Sick, Lost Time, Ground Up and Aerial

BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC

BBC Introducing Arts with Gemma Cairney

Episode nine: Hidden in the Hills, Fenland Symphony, Our Mind’s Eye and Maria

BBC Radio 6 Music

BBC Introducing Arts with Gemma Cairney

Episode eight: Dive, I Stim, Touchdown and The Glass Watch

BBC Radio 6 Music

BBC Introducing Arts with Gemma Cairney

Episode seven: Borderlines, When We Go Home, Our Words Sing Still, 19th February, Living in a Box

BBC Radio 6 Music

Dance On Film: BBC Introducing Arts

Blast

BLAST takes its cue from the growth of radical ideologies and modern art in London, 1914

New Creatives

Petals and Pain

A contemporary dance film exploring the abhorrent rise of UK-based acid attacks

New Creatives

Inside We Break

Two characters move in different emotional states and the B-boy form shifts to cultivate a language and narrative.

New Creatives

Anatomy of a Crooked Spine

A ballerina battles the limitations of her body at the point between beauty and the brutality of corrective surgery

New Creatives

Do I have free will?

Do I have free will? The film is an exploration of freedom and control, predetermination and chance

You Asked, Art Answered

Scapelands

The divide between urban environments and rural areas is both physical and psychological

New Creatives

Full House

A film that explores how one woman overcomes her self-doubt when her workplace is transformed by a group of bold dancers

New Creatives

We Are Ready Now

What it means to live as part of a world in constant flux, where we are alone and together with others at the same time

New Creatives

Manmade

A short film that uses the tropes of horror film together with dance, to explore how we overcome our darkest selves

New Creatives

We Were Always Here

Watch as four incredible artists bend time with their performance

Now & Next

Elver

Illuminating a fading tradition from the region of the River Severn and the interwoven fate of a creature and its captor

New Creatives

I Dance Best With You

A short performance about not being able to recognise when one becomes two

New Creatives

Inside

A young girl escapes her preoccupied family dinner by imagining dancing with her sister

New Creatives

I Am Soldier

A film exploring disability, dance and an unusual connection to the life of a soldier

New Creatives

The Swan

A poignant and unique solo performance by Birmingham Royal Ballet's Céline Gittens, adapted by Director Carlos Acosta

BBC Arts

Get Animated! BBC Introducing Arts

When The Tides Went Down

As climate change threatens our future, how do we come to terms with the end of our existence?

NEW CREATIVES

It's Not The End of the World

What would happen if the ‘The Internet Of Things’ came alive?

NEW CREATIVES

Fanny Eaton

The artist's model of mixed heritage who modelled for several Pre-Raphaelite artists

NEW CREATIVES

Spirit Corp.

A dark exploration into humanity’s fixation with the digital

NEW CREATIVES

Flesh

Cam, a farmer’s daughter, wants to protect a fox cub from the hunt

NEW CREATIVES

Wheeze

A critical and satirical take on British life, work and leisure and the values and politics that inform it

NOW & NEXT

Songs of the City

Celebrating urban bird song, a blackbird finds its voice in the streets of Manchester

NEW CREATIVES

Job Haunting

A ghost finds herself in the jobcentre

NEW CREATIVES

Stinkhorn

A modern-day fable confronting sound, smell, sex and the inescapable stench of regret

NOW & NEXT

The Gift

Witchcraft, menstruation and the power women hold within

NEW CREATIVES

Mirrors

Lomo discovers a portal to an alternate universe

NEW CREATIVES

Glas and Gorm

A speculative-fiction puppet film portraying a post-human, post-apocalyptic Scotland

NOW & NEXT

Noise

Gary is on a quest to liberate his brain from the constant stream of media

NEW CREATIVES

Headless Population

An exploration of modern-day life, focusing on our relationships with technology, the world around us and each other

NEW CREATIVES

The Last Train

The tired, drunk, disgruntled, joyous and riotous strangers found within a late-night train

NOW & NEXT

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

Distant memories of the past are recalled as fleeting fragments by a man in his eighties

NEW CREATIVES

What is love?

Does pop music have the answer to this age-old question?

You Asked, Art Answered

Gluten free in Glasgow

Their musical tour of Scotland sees them stop in Glasgow

SHORT STUFF

The Pigeons act up in Perth

One of them acted with Ewan McGregor once you know...

SHORT STUFF

The pigeons visit Findhorn

They're off to realign their chakras

SHORT STUFF

Female Filmmakers: BBC Introducing Arts

Smile Love It Might Never Happen: Dirty

It's cleaning day in the shop and a suspicious stain causes a dilemma

EGGS COLLECTIVE

Searching for Cowardice

A physical theatre dance film exploring the possibility of mass recruitment for World War Three

New Creatives

Selfie Stick

The perfect selfie is hard to achieve, especially when the weather is against you.

New Creatives

Femme Fatale

Exploring the liberation of women socially and politically, through fashion

Two Minute Masterpiece

What a Circus

A mysterious carnival master walks us through the problems of our modern society

New Creatives

Vlogger

A vlogger starts a live Q&A, but as the questions get personal, things breakdown

New Creatives

Born to Flex

Women working as exotic dancers share their experiences in this creative documentary

New Creatives

Where Are You From?

A woman of mixed heritage struggles to answer the question: Where are you from?

New Creatives

A Flourishing Crown

Will the imminent birth of her grandchild bring Florence to delve into her black heritage?

NEW CREATIVES

Being Better

A near-futuristic, dystopian exploration of self-betterment through VR technology

NEW CREATIVES

Afro Hair Rituals

An intimate celebration of women and their Afro hair

NEW CREATIVES

Smile Love It Might Never Happen: Packages

It's not delivery day, but three unwanted packages turn up in Eggs Collective's shop.

EGGS COLLECTIVE

Justin, What Have You Done To Us?

Fragile, fanatic and fourteen. An ode to us, the girls who loved Justin Bieber.

NEW CREATIVES

Screengrabbed: Thoughtful and beautiful stories

Ffasiwn

Donned in handcrafted high fashion costume, a group of young people parade from their estate to Blaenavon mountain

NEW CREATIVES

What Does It Mean To Be British?

Artist Sarah Maple, with the help of people in her hometown of Crawley, explores the question of Britishness.

You Asked, Art Answered

Be Different Today

Describing sunrise for the visually impaired

NOW & NEXT

How Do You Know You're In Love?

Comedian and illustrator Jessie Cave tries to answer the age-old question.

You Asked, Art Answered

Palm Tree

Short drama about a lovesick teenage boy in rural Scotland

NOW & NEXT

Body to Body

Animation of deep-sea specimens from The Discovery Collection to envisage the ocean space today.

NEW CREATIVES

Demons Before Breakfast

In this homage to the silent film era, a young isolated woman confronts her demons head-on

Two Minute Masterpiece

Sensational Simmy

A short drama exploring the question: What if I fall?

You Asked, Art Answered

Birdcage

Nadia lives in a society where young people are locked in bird cages until they marry

NEW CREATIVES

A Fashion Show

An abstract metaphorical depiction on the “black experience” inspired by high-end fashion

NEW CREATIVES

Through a Screen Darkly

A young woman working in social media content moderation reaches a tipping point

NEW CREATIVES

Light Noise

Exploring the parallels between celluloid decay and memory loss through home movies

NEW CREATIVES

Folk

A daughter and her hard-drinking father use music to reconcile their differences

NEW CREATIVES

Shiner

A documentary on the east coast communities of Banffshire

NOW & NEXT

Short Films, New Talent on BBC iPlayer

Swiped

A dating app in the near future promises to bring people together but old habits die hard

NEW CREATIVES

Stitching, Kneeling

A short documentary on at the hand-stitched kneelers of St Peters Church in Tewin.

NEW CREATIVES

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

Distant memories of the past are recalled as fleeting fragments by a man in his eighties.

NEW CREATIVES

Radio Silence

A short film about the peculiar communication between a father and daughter

NEW CREATIVES

Our Largest

A young father and son discuss nothing and anything on a clumsy gathering mission

NEW CREATIVES

The Last Train

The tired, drunk, disgruntled, joyous and riotous strangers found within

NEW CREATIVES

A - Z of NI

A playful celebration of Northern Ireland’s rich and varied slang.

TWO MINUTE MASTERPIECE

Top Wavers

What boys from African or Carribean heritage go through to get their waves hairstyle

New Creatives

Rhyme & Reason: Films inspired by poetry and spoken word

The Siren’s Song

A poetic dark comedy about a man failing to resist the hypnotic allure of his snooze button

New Creatives

Raised by Queenz

Years after the last contact with her absent father a young woman reflects on being raised by strong fearless women

New Creatives

Notes on Being a Lady

A challenge of the rules society sets on black femininity, based on a Kadish Morris poem

New Creatives

Dying to Live

Multi-layered narrative probing the experience of a young black man growing up in Bristol

New Creatives

Elephant in the Room

A personal reflection on how the artist’s mixed-race heritage has shaped her outlook on life

New Creatives

Other Voices

Trans and gender non-confirming people relate their experiences via art and conversation

New Creatives

Terra Firma

A young woman's journey to discover her identity through her mother's migration history

New Creatives

alice__alice

A DIY pop song about an Instagram obsession

Now & Next

Discover more about the artists

‘I want to reclaim the often misplaced voice’

Some of Britain’s best young artistic talent grapple with how their identities are shaped by race, sex and gender.

Rhyme & Reason

Poet Lemn Sissay presents a selection of short films from a new generation of artists inspired by spoken word

BBC Four

New Creatives showcases next generation of filmmaking talent

Insomnia-induced fantasies to a very different highschool musical, young artists reflect their experiences of Britain

New Creatives

New Creatives: Drama on BBC Sounds

Chop Chop

Four Muslim women run a halal butchers shop and a murder takes place

New Creatives

New Coal

An imagined future in which former mining towns extract a super-material from coal

New Creatives

The Entity

Mathew’s sleep has been haunted by a horrific creature since his mother’s strange death

New Creatives

The Day The Internet Stood Still

The internet went for just one day - these diverse stories follow this seismic event

New Creatives

Ivan Uncovers

An over-eager ‘investigative reporter’ unexpectedly finds himself in sinister territory

New Creatives

Highlights from Now & Next

Lupi Lupi Lu

A musical inspired by chronic illness

Now & Next

We Were Always Here

A dance-powered journey through space and time

Now & Next

The Lousiest Spy Ever

Possibly World War One’s worst secret agent

Now & Next

The Fool’s Journey

A silent comedy inspired by Buster Keaton and M.C. Escher

Now & Next

alice__alice

A DIY pop song about an Instagram obsession

Now & Next

Be Different Today

Describing sunrise for the visually impaired

Now & Next

More from New Creatives

Women in Film

Janina Ramirez presents a collection of intriguing short films by emerging female directors and storytellers

BBC IPLAYER

New Creatives Dramas

Fresh storytelling from first-time writers and producers

BBC SOUNDS

Staff of Life

A portrayal of a working day in an Egyptian bakery that creates versions of Western pastries

BBC iPlayer

Episode Two: Introducing Arts with Huw Stephens

Featuring Under the Noise, Day 271, Volcanoes in Ice and Rory's Alternative Guide to The Woods

BBC SOUNDS

To My Younger Self

Short drama reflecting on being segregated in a young offender institution

BBC iPlayer

A Toast to the Old Apple Tree

Exploring the ancient tradition of wassailing in modern Britain

BBC SOUNDS

"They'll tell me to man up"

Five powerful short films exploring mental health from BBC Introducing Arts

BBC Arts

STONEWALL 2069

What might the next fifty years of queer liberation look like?

BBC iPlayer

About the schemes

New Creatives

BBC and Arts Council England partner for new talent development scheme

BBC Media Centre

Now & Next

Supporting Scotland-based artists to realise their ideas in short films

LUX Scotland

Two Minute Masterpiece

BBC Northern Ireland funds emerging film talent

The Arts Show