Join us at SFW: Shorts for an evening of short films to launch Southampton Film Week 2021. The evening celebrates the best in international, regional and local filmmaking talent in the specialism of short films.
Installed throughout Southampton Film Week in the John Hansard Gallery.
An older woman self-isolates in a stranger’s tiny white attic. This film explores her experience of becoming…what? Invisible?
INVISIBLE is made by Brenda Waite and and Anna Cady. Brenda came to live in Anna’s attic at the beginning of the first lockdown.
As post menopausal women each had discovered what it felt like to become invisible. But then there was Covid. And it was said, “if all the old people stayed inside we could get on with our lives.” The fight against ageism took on a whole new perspective.
Please note that the Gallery does not open on Sunday and Monday.
Gentle anime which sees a young girl embark on a magical adventure after finding a mysterious flower.
Set in the 1980s, a Korean family sets up a farming business in Southern America.
A celebration of short film, including the World Premier of Alaúde from exciting young Southampton filmmakers João Magalhães and Kieran Black, City Eye and Black History Month South’s exploration of Southampton: The Blackness, the winner of SFW: Shorts 21 Best Film award Hey, Ma and winner of Best Documentary and the Audience Award, Village Hours
A gorgeous slow-burn romance which won the Queer Palm at Cannes in 2019, becoming the first film directed by a woman to win the award. Sciamma also won the award for Best Screenplay at Cannes. Set on a Brittany island at the end of the 18th century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait...
SFW: Shorts 2021 will screen live on City Eye's YouTube channel on Thursday 11th November at 8pm and be available to watch at any time until the end of Southampton Film Week.
SFW: Shorts is 2-hour programme of short fiction, documentary and artist films from regional, UK and international filmmakers.