Soundtrack: Matthew James Kelly

Direction Gabriel Gauchet

Cast Peter Faulkner · Dominic Kinnaird · Graham Bohea

Plot Richard, an unemployed 55-year-old, arrives 3 minutes late for his appointment at a job centre. An advisor, stifled by the limits of the system she works in, has no choice...

Direction Rungano Nyoni

Cast Maggie Mulubwa · Gloria Huwiler · Travers Merrill · Chileshe Kalimamukwento

Plot After a minor incident in her village in Zambia, 9-year-old Shula is exiled to a travelling witch camp where she is told that if she tries to escape she will...

Direction Boo Junfeng

Cast Fir Rahman · Wan Hanafi · Mastura Ahmad · Boon Pin Koh

Plot Aiman, a 28-year-old correctional officer, is transferred to the territory’s top prison. He strikes up a friendship with Rahim, who is revealed to be the chief executioner of the prison,...

Direction Cathy Brady

Cast Nora-Jane Noone · Nika McGuigan · Martin McCann · Aiste Gramantaite

Plot The story of two sisters who grew up on the fractious Irish border. When one of them, who has been missing, finally returns home, the intense bond with her sister...

Direction Kirsten Tan

Cast Penpak Sirikul · Thaneth Warakulnukroh · Bong

Plot On a chance encounter, a disenchanted architect bumps into his long-lost elephant on the streets of Bangkok. Excited, he takes his elephant on a journey across Thailand, in search of...

Direction Martha Tilston

Cast Hannah Yelland · Kate Edney · Adrian Wheeler · Steve Jacobs

Plot Tally Green, Cornwall's worst cleaner, is living in a van and making ends meet. When she gets a job at an empty cliff-top house, she is drawn to the piano...

Direction Liao Jiekai

Cast Jerome Chee · Eshley Gao · Josh Lai · Cheryl Tan

Direction Kristina Yee

Plot 'Miss Todd' is a short, animated musical about the first woman in the world to build and design an airplane, made at the National Film and Television School, England.