Over the past few days, the Super Shorts London Film Festival once again hosted its annual event at the lovely BFI Stephen Street. Out of almost two thousand local and international submissions, an eclectic batch of 38 short films were selected to be showcased at the 19th edition. A big thanks to all our guests for coming out to enjoy these independent film gems!

 

Festival curator Kris De Meester: "With up to ten shorts a night, each screening of this 19th edition of Super Shorts London was a true roller coaster of inspiration, styles, and ideas. After weeks of careful selection, it’s always astonishing to see how the final program comes alive — a vivid testament to the sheer range of talent out there. We were fortunate to have several of these remarkable filmmakers join us at BFI Stephen Street, making the exchange between creators and audience all the more rewarding."

With the jury members having cast their votes, we are pleased to announce to you today the 2025 Super Shorts London award winners:

Best Narrative Film: 

The Steak (Canada, Iran) by Kiarash Dadgar

 

Best Documentary Film: 

Tainted by the Visual (United Kingdom) by Laura Calzada

 

Best Experimental Film: 

The journey (United Kingdom) by Mel Steele

 

Best Animated Film: 

Stitch (United Kingdom) by Ailsa Madill

 

Best Underground Film: 

The End in Slow Motion (United States) by Joshua Kaufman

 

Best Super Short Film: 

Editorial (United Kingdom) by Riccardo Fusetti

 

Best Director: 

The Cascade (Mexico) by Pablo Delgado

 

Best Actor (gender neutral): 

Ayaka Onishi in Scenario (Japan) by Kazunori Miura

 

Best UK Film: 

The Missing Man (United Kingdom) by Morgan Peter Sinclair

 

Congratulations!

​Official Selection / winners of The Tarkovski Grant

 

Editorial (United Kingdom) by Riccardo Fusetti

The Steak (Canada, Iran) by Kiarash Dadgar

Stay Strong and Be Quiet (France) by Anne Loriot

The Missing Man (United Kingdom) by Morgan Peter Sinclair

The Cascade (Mexico) by Pablo Delgado

Filicide (France) by Christophe Ideal

The End in Slow Motion (United States) by Joshua Kaufman

Humanism (Italy) by Nicolò Faietti

Maricarmen (United States) by Aimee Hoffman, Chris Llerins

We Who Remain (Norway) by Sindre Mangen Haram

Subway Crush (United States) by Oriana Ng

You Can't Find Love (United States) by Tom Bessoir

Tainted by the Visual (United Kingdom) by Laura Calzada

Super V (France) by Franck Janin

Measurements (Italy) by Marta Capossela

Terror Tunnels (United Kingdom) by Antony Crossfield

Stitch (United Kingdom) by Ailsa Madill

Bananahead (United States) by Christopher Greenslate

The House Where He Belongs (United Kingdom) by Hans Lo

Violet (Germany) by Laura Engelhardt

The journey (United Kingdom) by Mel Steele

Car (United Kingdom) by Louie Carrigan

A Mother Goes To The Beach (Portugal) by Pedro Hasrouny

SOS, But Don’t Worry If Not (United Kingdom) by Florence Poppy Deary

Emperica (Belgium) by Kris De Meester & Ron Chiers (out of competition)

Popo (United Kingdom) by Chiara Sgatti

After Dark (Norway) by Iain Forbes

Scallywags (United Kingdom) by Nenda Neururer

Scenario (Japan) by Kazunori Miura

Life Support (United States) by Jamon Tolbert

Kicking Toward Tomorrow! (South Korea) by Yunbin AN

The Floating Life|UNTAMED by yuyang cheng

Menagerie (United Kingdom) by Lingyi Cong

A Robot of Me (Belgium) by Ron Chiers

Dragonfly (China) by Siyang Liu

Knife, Chocolate (Iran) by Hooshmand Varaei

Hairy Dreams (Canada) by Lina Cruz