Quick Dips Shorts: Womanhood & Identity

Eight UK short films spanning drama to documentary and telling a range of human stories around safety, shelter, surrender and smartphones. 

Horizons 

When Fiona visits her childhood home for her mum's birthday, absent family members and her mum's unsettling indifference to it forces Fiona to consider whether clinging to tradition is the best way forward. 

Rachel MacLean | UK | 2025 | N/C | 13 mins 26 secs 

The Hat Method 

Alex is excited to meet with her line manager Milli for a social get together, only to discover that being friends with your boss never ends up favourably! 'The Hat Method' is an entertaining satire about toxic workplace culture and exploitative labour practices. This is a women-led project that weaves together voices from diverse generations and cultural backgrounds. 

Erifili Missiou | UK | 2025 | N/C | 10 mins 31 secs 

Strokes of Wildflowers 

Stroke survivors share their stories about the mental and physical struggles they face and the importance of community within their recovery. 

Livvy Seabrook-Wilkins | UK | 2025 | N/C | 3 mins 43 secs 

Fried! 

As Dev drives home from a mysterious, ageing nuclear facility, he becomes stranded at an isolated emu farm run by old mystic lesbians. Suspicious of their intentions, Dev fears they will sacrifice him at the local stone circle. 

Lizzie Watts | UK | 2025 | N/C | 9 mins 54 secs 

We Walk at Night

Short Documentary on the experience of walking home at night told by women and queer people. With the contribution of Caragh Campbell from StrutSafe UK. 

Agnes Athley | UK | 2025 | N/C | 5 mins 16 secs 

Gobhar

Gobhar is a bold, atmospheric west coast art-house film set on the mystical Isle of Arran. This is a film about transformation, memory, and the pull of the past. At its heart is Linda - a woman on the run, sheltered in a cave, navigating the raw terrain of heartbreak, motherhood, and the ancient spirits of the mountain. 

Carrie Day | UK | 2026 | N/C | 14 mins 54 secs 

Dawnbreaker

As her life-long guardianship of the sun's rise and set comes to an end, a ground-down recluse grapples with the scepticism of her eleven-year-old successor. A bittersweet dramashort about what it means to surrender your life to something beyond your understanding. 

Elinor Lower | UK | 2026 | N/C | 13 mins 40 secs 

Downstream

When a creative young woman becomes distracted by her smartphone, the digital world threatens to flood the physical one. 

Silvana Roth | UK | 2025 | N/C | 6 mins 5 secs