Louis le Prince International Short Film Competition 4

The fourth of five programmes in our prestigious international competition for short films, with selections from Haiti, Bangladesh, Lebanon, Puerto Rico, Norway, and Sweden.   A silent phone rests against Haiti’s steady pulse as Marianne and Pétion wait for a call that never comes, their son gone chasing the American dream. A breathing portrait of migration’s hidden ache quietly carried by those left waiting in wake.UK Premiere | Samuel Suffren | Haiti, France | 2025 | 15 mins | Haitian Creole In a coastal Bangladeshi town where women’s voices are muted, teenage Ali enters a singing contest to flee to the city. Yet his voice conceals a darker truth: the burden and invisible bonds kinship and society inscribe upon us.UK Premiere | Adnan Al Rajeev | Bangladesh, Philippines | 2025 | 15 mins | Bengali A sleepless night for a Lebanese couple begins with the fear their glass walls could shatter on them in an Israeli airstrike. Caught between dread and absurd humour, they confront the fragility of safety and the daily paranoia of living in the shadow of war.UK Premiere | Samir Syriani | Lebanon | 2025 | 17 mins | Lebanese Arabic Cheito is trying to find his brother. Hurricane season has once again ravaged his hometown, including the cemetery where his brother was laid to rest. He decides to take matters into his own hands and rescue what remains of his loved one.UK Premiere | Fran Zayas | Puerto Rico | 2025 | 14 mins | Spanish Shintaro receives a cucumber from his neighbor: an innocent act that spirals into wild overthinking. A darkly comic tale inspired by a true Hikikomori story, revealing how a simple gift can unravel a mind.Yorkshire Premiere | Harald Furuholmen | Norway, Japan | 2024 | 11 mins | Japanese A widow interrupts a medium’s seance in the hopes of reuniting with her ex-husband. When holes begin to appear in his act, his legitimacy is put into question. An irreverent and unnerving exploration of performance, grief, and exploitation.International Premiere | Christofer Nilsson | Sweden, France | 2025 | 23 mins | Swedish, Danish