Film Academy Shorts

They seem to be a normal family but when the enigmatic house guest, Red Miss, returns home, normality turns swiftly to nightmare.

Princess doesn’t say much. She loves her dad, but charity does not always start at home.

In the land of fertile field, an escape to happiness is always promised, at least on the surface anyway.

When Emily is given a mysterious Christmas box from her grandmother, she rediscovers her sense of imagination.

Judy and Alan have vowed to stay true and to love each other for better or for worse. This is the worse.

After Christopher becomes a prisoner in his own home, the persistence of a scratchy stranger tugs him back into reality- feet first.

Lucy hasn't been the same since suffering a personal crisis, but will a malfunctioning robot help her regain her sense of what it is to be human?

Struggling with the pressures of homophobia when her partner is taken away by a hateful mother, a young gay woman struggles to cope with the traumas and anxieties of her life.

Waking in the mysterious forest, amnesiac Samantha undertakes a journey accompanied by the witty yet puzzling Sebastian...

An adopted orphan has a second chance at a happy life, but can he let go of his past in order to enjoy his future?

Aideen, a young teenager, takes on the brutal sport of boxing to prove that she can be the next Fighting Irish.

When misfit Poppy arrives home covered in blood, how far will her stepfather go to protect her and himself?

After Martin Stevens is killed in a car accident he finds himself in a waiting room, pending judgement.

In a dystopian future where a totalitarian government rules all, prisoner Hearn must make a choice: to stay incarcerated forever or participate in project Möbius.

A mismatched couple begin to realise that they need each other more than they thought.

Short film about a woman who fabricates her own version of a perfect fairytale to escape the harsh reality of her life.

A carefree retiree clashes with his authoritarian, health-and-safety obsessed carer in this charming short comedy.

After her world is shattered before her eyes, sixteen year old Maeve finds herself unable to escape the violence of her life.

Seduced by the glamour and promise of a god-like existence, James finds himself competing for the affections of both the charismatic Harry and the alluring Kate.

A struggling executive in a failing cat food business is tasked with finding a solution to save the company but is put under further pressure by a young office upstart.

When a world-weary wife decides to disappear on a spiritual retreat in India, her whole relationship with her husband is called into question, with comic and tragic results.

When Callum undertakes work experience with his embarrassing Nan, Madge, he soon discovers that the world of jacket potatoes can be complicated.

After a traumatic burglary, a mother and grown-up daughter find reconciliation and understanding through shared memories of the now departed ‘man of the house’.

Eddie and Johnny have to face up to their actions after an unfortunate run-in with intimidating neighbour Mr Smalls.

A city banker turned social worker has to starkly face his own anger, frustration and feelings of violence when he’s provoked by an aggressive and manipulative teenager.

The solidarity of an unstable, fatherless family is called into question when they find themselves in the midst of a greater enemy.

An irritated homeowner, frustrated by the grieving mother outside his house, manages to find the sympathy and fellow feeling which helps her to move on.

When teenage runaway bride Nelli encounters the rebellious De, she struggles with the decision of whether or not to marry childhood sweetheart Jake.

Locked in a basement during the summer riots of 2012, a WPC and the young tearaway she’s arrested have to learn to trust each other and find a common bond.

A grieving mother is helped to come to terms with the tragic death of her child by a mysterious stranger.