Psychic Seamus
by Ella Baulcomb
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Bolton International Film Festival
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Open for submissions on FilmFreeway - next edition Wed 30th Sept - Sun 4th Oct 2026 - Patron Maxine Peake. BIFA & BAFTA qualifying short film festival
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by Mikey Slavich
Set in the fleeting twilight before its day. Inviting both legend and future generation. Within the silent desert...
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@boltonfilmfestival.comDeaf Jams: Dance With Me
by Bim Ajadi
Dancer and actress Raffie Julien becomes the mentor she never had! She's guiding an 11-year-old dancer struggling with her deaf identity at school, proving that what makes you different makes you unstoppable on stage and beyond.
@boltonfilmfestival.comBleat!
by Ananth Subramaniam
Torn between faith and the expectations of their community, an elderly Malaysian-Tamil couple struggle to decide whether to slaughter their male goat or face the wrath of the gods.
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@boltonfilmfestival.comRainy Day
by Jack Hartley
Small-time crook Victor Varnavas thinks he’s struck gold when kindly Beryl Cooke invites him into her home, until he discovers he can’t have his cake and eat it too.
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by Julia Jolliffe
Trapped in a self-destructive cycle on a far away planet, a lonely creature offers up pieces of itself in a desperate plea for acceptance.
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@boltonfilmfestival.comNio Gånger Bättre by Lorenzo Follari, Emma Dock Venus has lost hope in love and decided never to fall in love again. But when a stranger knocks on her door, she immediately forgets her vows and gets caught in a whirlwind of love, sex, and passion... until she is disappointed. Again.
@boltonfilmfestival.comBinderella
by Edie Barnabas
While we worry about the cost of living, a community prays to their Goddess of the Bins, Binderella, for food sovereignty and a fully intact trifle.
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@boltonfilmfestival.comAgnes
by Leah Vlemmiks
Under pressure from her adult daughter to move and become a live-in babysitter, Agnes finds agency in an unexpected place.
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@boltonfilmfestival.comHow to Wash a Body, How to Cleanse a Soul by Luke Bather The first time Jack ever sees Richard, his biological Dad, is two hours before Richard's funeral. When Richard's lifeless body starts talking back to him, Jack realises he's got a second chance at a first meeting.
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@boltonfilmfestival.comMuses
by Simon Vermeulen
A dancer struggles to break free from the hold of his choreographer now attracted to another.
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by Mike Cochran
A young man is forced to confront his greatest fear while trying to support his family after his grandfather's funeral.
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@boltonfilmfestival.comVote Gavin Lyle
by Aneil Karia
Told through a series of intimate, observational vignettes, it follows Gavin over the course of a single day, exploring nationalism, masculinity and the quiet absurdities of modern British life.
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by Mark Pluck
Over the course of one night in London, an unexpected encounter between two men from different generations unfolds into something intimate, fragile and uncertain.
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by Sophia Rose Seymour
In an unprecedented cinematic experiment, five strangers, led by an enigmatic facilitator enter a Nordic LARP (Live Action Role Play), about grief, love, and loss, where the line between performance and reality begins to dissolve.
@boltonfilmfestival.comGaffer
by Will Dennies
An amateur football manager’s pre-game preparations are thrown into disarray when his star player disappears in the run up to a crucial match.
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@boltonfilmfestival.comSuperposition
by Adora Wang
The concept of superposition - where particles exist in multiple states until observed - is transformed into the language of interactive fashion and wearable technology.
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@boltonfilmfestival.comSmall Hours
by Oscar Wyndham Lewis
Struggling with alcohol addiction and mental illness, a once-proud artist (Robert Bathurst) reaches out to an old friend.
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by Fêt-Nat Bailly
On a quiet summer morning, an old sand creature is enjoying the peace of the endless dunes he calls home. That peace doesn’t last long though, as a noisy flock of seagulls drops its lunch right on his lap: a helpless baby sea turtle.
