Festival of Funny: Shorts

A dinner party kicks off with the last guest to arrive, the oddly named Asparagus Tips. Upon introducing herself we soon gather that her name comes from her asparagus hands.

A Friday night in braiding hair and discussing dates leaves Fola, Tash and Sandra debating the origins of Shakespeare’s ‘uneasy lies the head that wears the crown’, as they discover this verse is very present in one of their lives.

Girls Night is an ode to the lost art of gossip and pre-drinks that combines live-action footage with animation to build a world where the earrings are huge, facial hairstyles provoke intense debate and star signs are gospel.

Uloaku works the graveyard shift at a dead end service station and is bored out of her mind. An encounter with a suspicious stranger soon fixes that.

Single mother and immigrant Sonia works in sheltered accommodation. When a resident makes an official complaint against her, she must continue to face each one of them without bias.

After 20 years apart, Kevin bumps into a very special old friend.

Mum has enough on her plate with a date night to plan - the last thing she needs is this.

A short film about love and patios.

At her mother's funeral, Becky Hello is shocked to discover that her father has already found a new fiancee. Is it true love, or is she after the family inheritance? Shot in the style of telenovela set in suburban England.

An unsuspecting citizen is ambushed, kidnapped, and forced to endure a strange experiment. His life will never be the same.

King of the court Carl is forced to question his idea of masculinity after an obsession with a mysterious new member of his badminton club spirals out of control.

A satirical exploration of homophobia in young men. Liam has news concerning a mutual friend, Sean: he’s gay. None of the lads can believe it, nor can they believe the homophobic rant which follows and inevitably crumbles under its own weight.

Award-winning short film about Bella, an unemployed disabled actress who is frustrated because all the disabled acting roles go to non-disabled actors. She gets a job as an advisor to spoilt up and coming British film star Josh, advising him how to be disabled for his latest role, a role which might just win him a Bafta.

Created in lockdown, W(*)nk Wiggle is dedicated to female pleasure and encouraging women to use the time to get to know their anatomy. W(*)nk Wiggle features women in cities all over the globe including Seoul, New South Wales, Tiblisi, New York and Los Angeles, and was remotely directed by Raine Allen-Miller through a series of zoom shoots.

A meal shared by young lovers Gabriel and Shay, is abruptly interrupted when a heartfelt confession from Shay puts Gabriel on the spot to make an important decision about the future of their relationship.