SHORT FILM SCREENING
The BIFF aims to promote and support independent filmmaking from around the world and provide opportunities for independent filmmakers to have their work screened at great red carpet-style venues to a passionate audience of film professionals, film students, journalists and the general public.
It's our 17th edition this year, and we're back at the British Museum for April, 2026. Have a look at the lineup below!
BIRDER
8m | Sam Rowland-Le
During a review with her psychologist, an outsider reflects on the consequences of an ill-fated vigilante rampage.
FORUM, KRAKOW (by Coldvein)
4m | Fleming Mason
Two strangers awaken in a forest, confused and plagued by visions beyond their control. As mysterious forces draw them deeper into the woods, the nature of their relationship becomes clear, and the boundaries between reality and illusion shatter — unearthing the remnants of a fatal love story.
HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN BIRDS?
3m | Jessica Fecteau & Robert Desroches
Historically, education in private Catholic schools was accompanied by strict control, rigid discipline, and an imposed morality—often at the expense of individual freedom. Possibly inherited from an austere Church that once played a central role in the witch hunts, defining witchcraft as a heretical and diabolical act. It is within this tension between authority and mysticism that our story unfolds: a quest for freedom in the face of a conservative ideology’s grip.
PRINCESSY
11m | Franciszek Korolczuk
22-year-old Diana is planning to move to England with her 4-year-old son. Her partner – the child’s father – has been living there for several years. Everything is ready: the suitcases are packed, and all Diana has to do is go and pick up her beloved from the station. When they finally reunite and Diana can finally breathe a sigh of relief, things begin to get complicated.
STROKE OF GENIUS
12m | Karel Van Bellingen
BLEEDING
5m | Dany Horiuchi
Mollie, a young woman in her twenties, is struggling with her mental health. She writes a diary entry, pouring out all the emotions she can’t express aloud. Her words reveal the depth of her isolation and the hopelessness of feeling all this pain bleed out of her without anyone noticing.
EGG TIMER
13m | Rosie May Bird Smith
As Megan faces her 30th birthday, the pressure to take the “next step” in life is overwhelming. But when her own opinionated ovarian eggs start chiming in on her every move, she finds herself navigating not just the expectations of family and friends, but also the brutally honest commentary from within. In a comedic clash between reality and her ovaries, Megan must decide whose voice to listen to.
HOME
4m | Martyn Thomas
A poetic journey into the 3 places Caleb Kunle calls home:
Lagos - Nigeria, His birthplace, Laois - Ireland, where he spent his teenage years, and London - England, where he now lives, raising a family.
Songs are performed in Yoruba and English.
SAFE
20m | Govind Chandran
When a compassionate helpline counsellor begins to grow concerned for the safety of one of her clients, she's forced to decide whether to trust her instincts or follow protocol. Safe is a tense, quietly powerful drama about the weight of responsibility and the courage it takes to listen.
A juxtaposition of the calm and emptiness of a morning spent waiting for a letter, where ostensibly little to nothing happens, with the turmoil on a cosmic scale caused by the waiting man’s existential ambivalence about his legacy and purpose.
WARP & WEFT
4m | Isolda Milenkovic
Warp and Weft is an animated documentary short about traditional textile crafts.
A love letter to the act of hand-making, traditional craft practices, and the people who love them. Stemming from the fear of these artforms slipping away in a society that no longer values the human labour behind them.
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