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Browse 27 movies from BFI Film Academy
Andy has never seen another human. Then a severed hand arrives in the mail.
Sep 2023
Two strangers bump into each other on the street, triggering a series of events which lead to a jarring confrontation with reality.
Apr 2022
When 19-year-old Frankie finds out that her sexual assault case has been closed due to a 'lack of evidence', she turns to her best friend Chloe, who encourages her to go back and confront the justice system that failed her.
Mar 2026
Satana is Angelica's new flatmate. Tensions arise.
Mar 2020
Bonfires follows the story of two brothers who get caught up in an illegal dumping scheme. But, as time goes on, the secrets they burn start to catch up with them.
Mar 2023
Clara is left with no one to talk to after a falling out with her friend Mary over a Buddy Holly CD. After misunderstanding her school counsellor, she decides the best way to deal with all this negative energy is to destroy it.
Jan 2026
With the recent passing of his mother, Anthony, attempts to cope with the grief through the power of music and his dream to perform. The complete film is now on Youtube titled The Buskerteer, the account is Tom James.
Feb 2025
Samantha (Sam) Rhodes needs a dress for the prom
Jul 2016
After receiving a mysterious note, Charlotte starts to develop an unlikely friendship. However, this slowly unravels to reveal something far more sinister.
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After a night of partying, a woman wakes up from a blackout, and finds herself and two others confronted with a dead body.
Mar 2024
A bubbly barista tries to make friends with a grumpy old man, but it's harder than it looks...
A short documentary about how "Fulton" the Ukrainian Football Club came together.
After receiving a mysterious note, Charlotte Blaine builds an unlikely friendship that slowly unravels, revealing something far more sinister.
A couple's relationship falls apart under the pressures of city life and their personal demons. Can they work through their issues, face their fears and realise they are meant to be together?
Mina, a clumsy culinary student, is forced to cook for a mysterious man when her coursework is due the next day. However, there may be more to this man than first thought.
Rose Tinted Glasses explores an intergenerational bond as granddaughter Sam reflects on her grandmother's life, her strength and her wisdom, prompted by watching old home movies. The piece celebrates the place of the grandmother in the family - from child to old age as well as the unique strength of a relationship between the two women - grandmother and granddaughter.
Mar 2021
This lyrical film is an impassioned plea to protect our country's rivers, using beautiful animation, historical materials, and a poetic script to detail the far-reaching and catastrophic effects that humanity and civilisation have had on the River Severn, but also highlighting hopeful plans to restore the river and return it to its natural state.
Nov 2024
Big shot presenter Hugo mills (that's what he thinks anyway) embarks on a journey to uncover the dark underworld of amateur detectives and finds more than what he bargained for in this mockumentary short.
Aug 2023
Catherine forgets about an important English assignment until the night before the deadline. Can she get it done in time with the help of a furry friend?
Jan 2025
Two strangers go on a blind date and discover they have more history than they first thought.