Louis le Prince International Short Film Competition 5

The finale of five programmes in our prestigious international competition for short films, with selections from Denmark, Bangladesh, Indonesia, France, and USA.   At five years old, Magne is committed to not attending his grandfather’s funeral unless he can wear his Batman costume. A tender and memorable portrayal of a father and son’s dynamic, Ladybugs explores the vulnerability in compromising to individual processes of grief.International Premiere | Thor Zing | Denmark | 2024 | 14 mins | Danish When a bookkeeper gets aroused during a haircut, it plunges him into an existential crisis that turns everything phallic. A comedic dig at the absurdity of masculinity, the violence of internalized homophobia, and late-in-life sexual awakening.UK Premiere | Bijon | Bangladesh | 2025 | 17 mins | Bengali In a landfill where landslides have fused graveyards with plastic waste, young boy Eki searches for a memento of his late mother to bring to school. His tough quest reflects a deeper need for care, belonging, and the unfulfilled need of familial completeness.World Premiere | Amar Haikal | Indonesia | 2025 | 18 mins | Indonesian In her AR dreamscape, a lone soul meets Iliona – silent, uncanny, tender. This poetic debut constantly blurs the real and virtual, unfolding a haunting study of digital longing and the fragile architectures of perception.UK Premiere | Elisabeth Caravella | France | 2025 | 24 mins | French Two young artists desperate to make it in the big city decide that in order to tap into their true creative genius, they must break up with their boyfriends. This razor-sharp comedy, executive produced by Spike Lee, asks us what we would sacrifice for greatness.UK Premiere | Eve Liu | USA | 2025 | 16 mins | English, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, French