Join us for the inaugural 19 – 25 Young Adult Competition, showcasing some of the very best short films made by emerging young filmmakers, spanning all genres from animation and documentary to comedy, thriller and drama.

The winning films will be selected by an esteemed industry panel: Chantal Rickards OBE, former CEO of BAFTA Los Angeles; Damian Keogh, Executive Producer of Disney+’s A Thousand Blows and former Head of Drama at BBC Worldwide; and award-winning actor, director and producer Louisa Connolly-Burnham.

The winner will be presented with a specially commissioned award from Ephemera Rose jewellery.

• Surface Tension – Benjamin Wright
• One Second Late – Noah Berridge, Yuli Freed
• Dinner Guest – Josh Workman
• Scab – Alex Hogarth, Lara Dervish
• The Hero – Oliver Woolridge
• The Witches of Pool Bottom – Ava Bounds
• Pushed Together – Ben Sapir
• Filthy and Wrecked – Blythe Paynter
• Ayomikun – Euphemia Olaiya
• Finished – Rachel MacLean
• Drift – Samuel Joseph Chesire, Benedict Hutchinson
• Good Choice, Joseph – James Farrell
• Weeyagale – Ainslie Senfuka
• Warp and Weft – Isolda Milenkovic