We are excited to announce the longlisted projects of the 2026 edition of our Short Film Fund!
If you didn’t make it on the list, please do not take this as a negative judgement on your project. We had to set the bar high.
Screenplays
- A Class Apart, written by Wilson James
- A Flute Named Desire, written by Steven Gullion
- A Scene From Death Row, written by Morgen Ludwig
- Afternoon Light, written by Giulia A. Cryan
- Becoming Amy Adams, written by Adam Dalton Blake
- Big Oops!, written by Elizabeth Archer
- Birdhouse, written by Maria Goikhberg
- Bitter Berry, written by Filippo Mira
- Blackhole, written by Offa Duncan
- Blueberry Season, written by Alina Dzmitrovich + Uliana Shargaeva
- Bottom Feeder, written by Ethan Manuel Homen
- By Any Means, written by Marcus Ellison Jr.
- Charlatan, written by Neil Staveley
- Coffin Up, written by Nadine Wilson
- Content, written by Jamie Luke Milligan
- Dandelion, written by Mishki Vaccaro
- Deep Dive, written by Amy Harris
- Dhishoom, written by Aanchal Kapoor
- Dial Tone, written by Clement Lefer
- Disc-Satisfied, written by Cyrus Wu
- Five Stars, written by Youstina Dawood
- For Those Who Are Dead Inside, written by Dominic Alexander Christopher
- Four Silver Bar, written by Tanaseth Tulyathan
- Glory, written by Olivia Lifungula + Lily Askenazi
- Grippy Socks, written by Carlen May-Mann
- Happy Birthday Ellie, written by Martha Godber
- Home Video_01, written by Sara Reshamwala
- How To Explain 9/11 As An 11-Year-Old, written by Amal Dalmar
- I Usually Skip This Part, written by Jennifer Hyde
- Inheritance, written by Elan Davies
- Makeshift Fam, written by Christine Chen
- Margate, written by Laine Slater
- Margo & Eduardo, written by Ashley King
- Mince Murder, written by James Mortimer + Felix Isherwood
- Mouthpiece, written by Christian Long
- Muezza, written by Khadija Khan
- My Everything, written by Flora Gill
- No One Took Her Seriously And Now They’re All Dead, written by Brandon Mercer
- Nobody’S Perfect, written by Adam Palmer
- Our Flat, written by Ollie Launn
- Pacific Pilgrimage, written by Carly Keyes
- Pheasant Cage, written by Alexander Capon
- Primal Play, written by Fabio Restelli
- Running On Empty, written by Kelly Condron
- Sentiment Acide, written by Ruxandra Porojnicu
- Shiny, written by Victor Hugo Bahman
- Split, written by James Mustard
- Standby, written by Estelle Warner
- Stroopwafels, written by Mark Van Heusden
- The Doorway, written by Bragi F Schut Jr
- The Last Sea Coal, written by Scott Pickup
- The Long Way Home, written by Shivraj Singh Aulakh
- The Point, written by Ali Maclean
- The Sapphire Of The Sea, written by Govind Chandran
- The Thairapist, written by Jonathan Hurwitz
- Tierra Fría, written by Federico Urdaneta Montealegre
- Total Slip, written by Kiera Sky Torpie
- Trackside, written by Ornella Hawthorn Gardez
- Waspringa, written by Molly Greville
- Waves Surging In Between, written by Xiaoxing Chen
- What Became Of Clarence Black, written by Stephen Spoth
- What Remains When Stillness Takes Hold, written by Ebru Ahuja
Rough Cuts
- After Birth, by Amy Cudden
- Caterpillar, by Vipin Venugopal
- Don’t Make Me Look Bad, by Meredith Lippincott
- Dummy, by Abi Polinsky
- Egghead, by Chelsea Courtney
- He’s Not Here, by Marcus Khoudair + Chloe De Brito
- Homecoming, by Skyler Knutzen
- Homeland Afloat, by Zoey Cao, Dan Huang
- Intertidal, by James Morgan
- Lemons, by Rachel Kitts
- Let’s Eat Frank!, by Corey Silverman-Lloyd + Molly Scotti
- Lullaby, by Lorenzo Nera
- Sacred Animals, by Myles Brewer + Sofia Rubin
- Sagar Sir, by Isha Ashta
- Songs Across Exile, by Hossam Aldeen Yousef + Kholoud Hajoun
- Stoked, Bouquet Napussorn Somlit
- Summer Came Early, by Miquel Sierra Altarriba
- The Interview, by Ksenia Naughton
- The Monster And Me, by Amelie Skerla
- The Ploughers, by Myles Green
- Two-Timing Gemini, by Fiona Kida
- Wellness, by Gayatri Everitt Bajpai