Short Film Competition: Growing Up + Q&A
Short Film Competition: Growing Up + Q&A
Friday 15th May, 2026
Dir: Various
Cert: 15*
Doors: 15:45
Screening Starts: 16:00
Content warnings: Death and dying, Abortion
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This film has descriptive subtitles. Introductions or Q&A's will either be recorded with descriptive subtitles or live captioned via CART captioning. Scan the QR code on screen and captions will appear live on your phone or tablet.
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We all have those turning points in life that change us fundamentally.
Whether it’s realising that the job you’ve worked so hard at isn’t for you (see Inflatable Bear, Hourly and Am I calling at a Bad Time?). Or concluding that you’re more than the sum of your belongings (i have a). Perhaps you mark a key moment in life with an unorthodox get-together (Abortion Party).
The films in this programme explore those milestones in life that will stick with us forever.
Films
Inflatable Bear, Hourly
(Dir: Elisabeth Werchosin, Germany, 12 mins)
Am I Calling You at A Bad Time?
(Dir: Martta Tuomaala, Finland, 15 mins)
Hematology
(Dir: Ben Young, UK, 8 mins)
i have a
(Dir: Rory Waudby-Tolley, UK, 5)
THE SPECTACLE
(Dir: Bálint Kenyeres, France, Hungary, 17 mins)
Abortion Party
(Dir: Julia Mellen, Spain, 13 mins)
Monday
(Dir: Erkka Nissinen, Finland, 2 mins)
