31 filmmakers have premiere screenings at BFMAF, including world festival premieres of new films from Jenny Brady (Ireland), Éiméar McClay & Cat McClay (UK), Basim Magdy (Switzerland),  Sophio Medoidze (UK), Anya Tsyrlina & Sid Iandovka (USSR, Switzerland) and Christopher Ulutupu (New Zealand, UK).

We can’t wait to share these films with you.

WORLD FESTIVAL PREMIERES

A Mother’s Love For Her Baby • Dir. Éiméar McClay & Cat McClay • UK • 2022 • 17 mins

Bridge to the Future • Dir. Kathryn Elkin • United Kingdom • 2023 • 9 mins

Cabbage • Dir. Holly Márie Parnell • United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada • 2023 • 28 mins

FEARDEATHLOVEDEATH • Dir. Basim Magdy • Switzerland • 2022 • 17 mins

Let Us Flow • Dir. Sophio Medoidze • UK • 2022 • 63 mins

Music for Solo Performer • Dir. Jenny Brady • Ireland • 2022 • 20 mins

The Pleasures of Unbelonging • Dir. Christopher Ulutupu • New Zealand, UK • 2023 • 11 mins

Signal to Noise • Dirs. Anya Tsyrlina & Sid Iandovka • USSR, Switzerland • 2023 • 35 mins

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERES

After The Dust • Dirs. Colectivo Silencio • Peru • 2022 • 25 mins

Is it a knife because… • Dir. Eitan Efrat & Sirah Foighel Brutmann • Belgium • 2022 • 25 mins

Terror Has no Shape • Dir. Luis Arnías •  US, Venezuela • 2021 • 10 mins

EUROPEAN PREMIERES

Bigger on the Inside • Dir. Angelo Madsen Minax • US • 2022 • 12 mins

F1ghting Looks Different 2 Me Now • Dir. Fox Maxy • US • 2022 • 17 mins

UK FESTIVAL PREMIERES

Anerca, Breath of Life • Dirs. Markku Lehmuskallio & Johannes Lehmuskallio • Finland • 2022 • 87 mins

AQUERONTE • Dir. Manuel Muñoz Rivas • Spain • 2023 • 25 mins

Arnold is a Model Student • Dir. Sorayos Prapapan • Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, The Netherlands, France • 2022 • 85 mins

Being in a Place – A Portrait of Margaret Tait • Dir. Luke Fowler • UK • 2022 • 59 mins

Code Names, a screening-performance • Artist Maryam Tafakory • Iran, United Kingdom • 2022 • 60 mins

False Wife • Dir. Jamie Crewe • United Kingdom • 2022 • 16 mins

Hello Dankness • Dirs. Soda Jerk • Australia • 2022 • 69 mins

Home Invasion • Dir. Graeme Arnfield • United Kingdom • 2022 • 92 mins

Last Things • Dir. Deborah Stratman • France, Portugal, United States • 2023 • 50 mins

Life on the Caps • Dir. Meriem Bennani • US • 2022 • 75 mins

Love & Revenge • Dir. Anhar Salem • France, Saudi Arabia • 2021 • 30 mins

Maid • Dir. Lucrecia Martel • Argentina, Mexico • 2022 • 12 mins

Maputo Nakuzandza • Dir. Ariadine Zampaulo •  Brazil, Mozambique • 2021 • 60 mins

Sepa: Our Lord of the Miracles • Dir. Walter Saxer • Peru, Germany, Switzerland • 1987 • 77 mins

Ungentle • Dirs. Huw Lemmey & Onyeka Igwe • UK • 2022 • 37 mins

Who Is Afraid of Ideology? Part 4: Reverse Shot • Dir. Marwa Arsanios • Germany, Lebanon • 2022 • 34 mins

Wisdom Gone Wild • Dir. Rea Tajiri • United States • 2022 • 84 mins

Wolf and Dog • Dir. Cláudia Varejão • Portugal, France • 2022 • 111 mins