BFI Future Film Festival - Northern Perspectives

BFI Future Film Festival is the UK’s largest festival for emerging filmmakers aged 16 to 25.

The festival connects young people interested in working in the screen industries with leading experts and practitioners, and provides opportunities to meet fellow young creatives, find collaborators and build their networks.

This programme of short films showcases fresh voices from the Future Film Festival programme, and includes a special focus on Northern talent in the festival line-up.

Event/ This screening will be followed by a Q&A with some of the featured filmmakers, along with filmmaker networking in the bar area after the screening.

This event is supported by the BFI Film Academy awarding National Lottery funding.

Aged 25 or under? Grab a ticket for only £5!

Film programme:

The Golden Postbox (Dir Julia Mervis)

A wry and moving micro-documentary investigating the changing attitudes of Sheffield’s city centre towards a postbox. Shot as part of the 2024 Filmmaker Challenge at Sheffield Doc Fest.

A Few More Minutes Please (Dir Dylan Scott)

A quiet teen struggles to order at a restaurant while grappling with the building pressure to choose a purpose in life when he can’t even choose what to order.

ESC (Dir Pamela Simoes Gomez, Olivia Timms)

An office-worker rabbit lives every day trapped in his monotonous, repetitive work cycle until an encounter with a wild rabbit that turns his world upside down.

The Journey Home (Dir Noah Lei Underwood)

A creature considers its current bindings and finds them wanting. Winner of Film Hub North’s DIY Filmmaking Challenge.

Last Night in IRL (Dir Ola Adediji)

Insecure Ann is abandoned by her friend at a virtual reality house party. While trying out the beauty filters a mysterious man catches a glimpse of her natural face, sparking a fascination between the two.

Rebirth (Dir Joel Claudio)

After tragedy strikes a bustling London neighbourhood, a cherub-like figure appears which embodies the change the community and protagonist both crave.

Over There (Dir Shuqi Li)

An unemployed woman owns a small house in the digital world and seems to be living a good life, until she realises that something is not right.

Big Deal (Dir Isabella Thompson)

A coming of age stoner comedy that follows two best friends, Casey and Sarah, on their quest to smoke weed before parting ways for university.

Zizz (Dir Manyu Zhao)

A girl tries to fall asleep, but city noises, her too active brain and uncomfortable bed are stopping getting into her dream.

Everything Looks Simple from a Distance (Dir Conor Toner)

It’s 1969 and Noah has a plan to convince politicians, money men, religious figureheads and paramilitaries that a Northern Irish trip to the moon, might be the best route to peace.

Red Thumb (Dir Kolya Kishinsky, Geneva Huffman)

A gardener tries to control his environment as he discovers a pulsing red plant. As the plant grows so too does their connection, becoming his prized blooming obsession.