Shorts catalogue

This catalogue includes live action, animation, documentary, artists' moving image, and virtual reality/immersive shorts. Many of the films selected have been showcased on the British Council’s UK Shorts Portal. We've also included some of our top picks and key names to watch.

Download the 2025 UK Shorts and New Talent catalogue

You can also still see our 2024 UK Shorts catalogue

Snapshots from the shorts catalogue

The selection below gives you a flavour of what's included in the catalogue. For each film you can read a synopsis and find contact details for the production company and sales agent.

Sleepyhead

In this dark comedy, sixth-former Rae is chronically ill and stuck at home with her glorious imagination and seething rage for company.

Milk

A filmmaker sets out on a journey to discover the mother she never knew.

Dream Car Wash

Following Sara, an Iranian-Italian immigrant in London, through her daily struggle at a car wash.

And Granny Would Dance

Marmar listens to the stories told by her grandmother’s friends as they play an illicit game of cards. Based on childhood memories and shared stories, this is a tale of love, grief, and resilience - a tribute to the solidarity of Iranian women.

Tender Loving Care

A woman in her 30s living in London struggles with the feelings of isolation, decides to call up various customer care lines in search of connection. She seeks dating advice from her bank, talks about films with her doctor and bonds with her Internet provider over the topic of reincarnation.

Download our 2025 catalogue here