Join us in a final celebration as we re-screen some of the winning films announced at the Watersprite Awards Ceremony , followed by a closing reception in the University Arms Hotel from 14:00 – 16:00 where tea, coffee, and pastries will be provided.

Spanning cultures and continents, fiction and documentary, these five films explore critical junctures in the formation of identity. Whether it be the calculated curation of an online image or the process of interrogating one’s future, these films grapple with the process of ‘becoming’, of accepting - or rejecting - oneself and their decisions. 

Films: Vic, Idrissa Abara, Do You See Me in the Camera, The (W)hole, Harvest

These films hold a desire to remember and a fear of forgetting. Memory of a place, situation or individual can stimulate environmental thinking and inspire a call to action. Memories can also be disorientating; they can be distorted and fleeting, twisting the shape and form of the films themselves. 

Films: Remember?, The Last Skiers, Walking in These Shoes, Lullaby for the Lost, The Birthday Party

Home is the space of shelter defined by feelings of safety and security. These films challenge this definition - exploring what it means to have, lose and search for somewhere to call home.

Films: Song of the Waves, Bits, Homemaker, The Steak, Suitcase, Common Ground, Cloudy

Our lives can be understood in terms of passage from one stage to another, and these shorts focus on pivotal and vastly different periods in the lives of their protagonists. From journeys made to end a life, to ones that strive towards new beginnings, these films document both literal and figurative transformations of character and relationships. 

Films: In the Rough, Four Deaths, Song of the Tadpole, The Globe Trotters, Paradise Express, Near Light

Family is a screening of seven films which navigate the challenges and developments in family relationships. Often adopting the unique perspective of a child as they come to terms with the world around them, these films explore divorce, loss of a loved one, and the ever-complex dynamic between parent and child, no matter their age.

Films: Noham, On Purpose, Daddy, Mum’s Spaghetti, Allégresse, Nøkkelbarn, To the Moon and Back

Beneath the Surface presents films that speak to unexpressed desires, rising tensions, ideas, dreams, and the subconscious. The films focus on the inner world of their characters, featuring surreal worlds and often blurring the line between the real and the imaginary. Working together as a strand, the films make the invisible the main subject of their exploration.

Films: Plastic Touch, What Lies Between Us, Drown the Name, By Fire, The House of Residue and Hubble's Law.