Short Film Competition: Stay in Control

What does it mean to feel safe? To feel in control?

From finding comfort in the mundane during wartime (Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid), to adopting a new language (Contradiction of Emptiness), to fighting your child’s friend’s Dad (1:10), we all cope differently.

Ranging from the profound to the ridiculous, our final short film competition programme shows there’s no one right way to keep your hands on the wheel.

Huge thanks to Matchbox Cine for providing Descriptive Subtitles for all six Short Film Competition screenings.

Films

The Death of a Hero
(Dir: Karin Franz Korlof, Sweden 2024, 14 mins)

Is this the Mansion I Will Live in?
(Dir: Rafelle Fillastre, Belgium 2024, 6 mins)

We Did Not Consent
(Dir: Dorothy Allen Pickard, UK 2024, 18 mins)

Contradiction of Emptiness
(Dir: Irina Rubina, Germany 2024, 3 mins)

Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid
(Dir: Vyacheslav Turyanytsya, Ukraine 2025, 16 mins)

1:10
(Dir: Sinan Taner, Switzerland 2024, 18 mins)