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Our Cinema 26 Shorts: ‘What is felt but not spoken’ with Scott Graham

Our Cinema 26 Shorts: ‘What is felt but not spoken’ with Scott Graham

Our Cinema is an innovative new approach to film education in Scotland delivered by Transgressive North and Folk Film Gathering and modelled on Japan’s world-leading Children Meet Cinema project. Join us for a unique celebration of the freshest young filmmaking...

117 mins
U

Headphones

World Premiere

Headphones

Headphones that once played music now only muffle the sound of Zoë's parents ongoing arguments. Could meeting a stranger at the beach open new perspectives?...
World Premiere
Zoë Allmer-Sears, Freya Drever, Jannat Khan, Antia Quintero Villaverde, Andrew Watson, Isla Watt
2026
12 mins
U

The Last Whisper

World Premiere

The Last Whisper

Three school friends celebrate a birthday before heading into the woods for a camping trip. When one of them hears strange whispers calling from the darkness, she disappears into the forest alone. As night falls, will she return to her...
World Premiere
Jewel Binoy, Leon Bruce, Keira Keicher-Alanis, Adel Navratilova, Eilidh Smrek, Lexi Tait
2026
7 mins
U

Departures

World Premiere

Departures

With her home life deteriorating and her best friend and confidante Maya getting close with the new girl Elizabeth, will Abigail take the life changing decision to run away forever? And will Maya come with her?...
World Premiere
Ohenewaa Ewurama Amanfo, James Dodson, Clara Grace Mackie Gallardo, Anna Julia Melideo Redman, Laila Magdalena Orpel, Jay Elizabeth Pfohl
2026
8 mins
PG

Passing Place

World Premiere

Passing Place

A young Asian woman awakes on a surreal island after being mistakenly declared dead. Trapped in a bizarre afterlife bureaucracy that mirrors modern immigration systems, she must complete absurd tasks to prove her identity, or risk being erased and forgotten...
World Premiere
Hamza Bin Bin Tahir
2026
16 mins
U

Subharmonics

UK Premiere

Subharmonics

Calming and curious, this ambient mix of colour washes, fine lines and brush strokes is deceptively complex and delightfully meditative. -Jake Cunningham...
UK Premiere
Marcell Mostoha
2026
5 mins
U

I am a River

UK Premiere

I am a River

Inspired by Pablo Neruda’s Book of Questions—a collection of lyrical, unanswerable poems that playfully interrogate nature, life, and the cosmos—the film weaves poetic inquiry with visual abstraction through the rarely used mordançage technique. Its veil-like formations evoke the fluid, fragile,...
UK Premiere
Heidi Piiroinen
2026
6 mins
U

How to Listen to Fountains

UK Premiere

How to Listen to Fountains

This film is about public space. This film is about the destruction of culture. This film is about fountains that have had enough. What would happen if fountains could speak?...
UK Premiere
Eva Sajanová
2025
10 mins
U

Singing of the Evening Stars

UK Premiere

Singing of the Evening Stars

One night in downtown Los Angeles, a man hears the call of a cuckoo from his childhood. Seeking the source of the elusive sound, he slips into a dream where the songs of vanished birds uncover what has long been...
UK Premiere
Iris Sang
2026
22 mins
12A

Sisters’ Swim

UK Premiere

Sisters’ Swim

Every year, Rose and Lina, two sisters who aren't particularly close, have to make the trip to Ostend in Belgium for the traditional New Year's Day swim imposed by their mother. Problem: she is no longer there... she's dead. Between...
UK Premiere
Lola Degove
2026
15 mins

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