2025 LINEUP BELOW!
NEXT EVENT · MARCH 29th, 2025
at THE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON
SHORT FILM SCREENING
The BIFF aims to promote and support independent filmmaking from around the world and provide opportunities for independent filmmakers to have their work screened at great red carpet-style venues to a passionate audience of film professionals, film students, journalists and the general public.
It's our 16th edition this year, and we're back at the British Museum for March, 2025. Have a look at the lineup below!
FAMILY
6m | George Foote
Hugo Harrison examines how his family have defined his life choices and career path in this thoughtful portrait of a chef unconsciously chasing his fathers approval.
THE AUGE
5m | Rudolf "Ronny" Augenheimer
Camera specialist Ronny J. Augenheimer presents his latest invention: A camera helmet that can turn even the most daring POV shots into reality. At the same time we learn about his struggles and dreams as a filmmaker.
THE MERMAID WIFE (by The Apex Singers)
4m | Lydia Wonham
Beneath the serene hills of the Shetland Islands, mermaids dwell in underwater palaces made of coral and pearl. One moonlit night, as they danced on the shore, a Shetlander stumbled upon them and stole a mermaid’s seal skin, trapping her in the human world. Desperate, she was forced to marry him, living a cold and distant life while secretly longing for the sea.
SOLA
11m | Clàudia Orriols
A quiet housewife who plots a discreet escape, a box of paintings that is nowhere to be found and a husband who thinks he is the master of the house. SOLA is the cautious desire for freedom against a ticking clock, the last bit of faith to find what one is looking for.
NERVOUS ELLIE
7m | David Yorke
Ellie, new to dating and painfully shy, struggles to control her nerves during a date with Danni, resulting in some unexpecting and shocking results.
WISH YOU WERE HERE
7m | Ramzey Sabbagh & Fhuad Braimoh
The lengths a lonely old woman would go through to find some kind of human connection.
TWAIN
16m | Pip
A young man confronts his incarcerated twin brother unearthing secrets from the past. In the confines of a prison visiting booth, twin brothers face one another. The conflicted visitor, bearing a message for the inmate, grapples with scars of the past. As childhood memories and buried secrets resurface, these young men—though separated by glass—remain bound by fate.
Fergus, a retired sea captain, is placed under house arrest after robbing his local newsagent on a mobility scooter. While confined to his home, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with his Greek caregiver, Leni, sparking a journey of self-discovery for them both.
WRITER / DIRECTOR
Jamie Patterson
PRODUCERS
Jamie Patterson, April Pearson & Mark Tew
CAST
Patrick Bergin, Eleni Iordanopoulou,
Steve Oram & Tom Meeten
The Captain
1hr 20m
FEATURE FILM SCREENING
BEST FEATURE FILM
BEST SHORT FILM
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
THE DOUG MILSOME AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
THE BRITISH LION AWARD
BEST STUDENT FILM
THE RISING STAR AWARD
BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY WINNER
BEST UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY COMMENDATIONS
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