Quick Dips Shorts: Motherhood | Love & Grief

Eleven short films on motherhood, love and loss from the UK and Brazil.

Contemplating Motherhood

Taking a moment away from the noise of life, thoughts of THE decision creep into the quiet. As Woman slips into the murky bath waters of her own mind, she is forced to explore every imagined road of motherhood. Does she or doesn’t she? She emerges from her bath, none the wiser. Pruney but no epiphany.

Claire Pinegar | UK | 2026 | N/C | 4 mins 52 secs

Party Pooper

Days after giving birth, Megan must face up to her postpartum poo fears. Armed with a pack of tictacs, her sister Sophie is determined to do anything she can to get Megan from the toilet to a night out. 

Sharon Mackay | UK | 2025 | N/C | 10 mins 4 secs

Conception Game

When single MISSY (39), fresh from heartbreak and desperate to conceive, discovers a world of free sperm, she dives right in. But semen with no strings attached is scuppered when newbie PATRICK (40) unwittingly breaks the rules of the game. (Inspired by the UK's real underground world of sperm.)

Natalie Arle-Toyne | UK | 2025 | N/C | 8 mins

Eggs

Eggs explores Sophie and Alec’s relentless IVF journey, where hope and heartbreak coexist. Against the remote Scottish Highlands, the film captures quiet, intimate moments of care, tension, and vulnerability, showing how love is tested, connection can falter, and resilience is quietly found in the spaces between grief and determination.

Kelly Goudie | UK | 2026 | N/C | 8 mins 42 secs

Morning

A couple seek to find solace in the aftermath of a domestic tragedy.

Olivia Jane Middleton | UK | 2024 | N/C | 6 mins 30 secs

Somewhere Very Near

In this tender story of connection between the dead and their loved ones, Jace and Bryan welcome newly passed Lina to the cemetery. Can they help her find a way to connect to her sister?

Rachel Fowler | UK | 2025 | N/C | 7 mins 21 secs

Pinwheels Up Above

Heather’s and Sarah’s relationship dynamic has recently shifted as Sarah’s chronic health condition has worsened. When Sarah locks Heather out from helping her after a fall, it makes evident the conflict between Heather’s responsibility as a carer and as a romantic partner. Sarah takes Heather to a windfarm, a place of their youth, to confront her about her need for romantic connection. After an explosive argument, they share an intimate moment and start their journey to rekindling their flame.

Masha Byelova | UK | 2026 | N/C | 10 mins 12 secs

Blueland

In a world where midwifery means far more than birth, “Blueland” unveils the unspoken world of a community midwife, where behind every door lies a story of trauma, resilience, and unconditional care — a haunting portrait of love in a system on the brink and the quiet strength of a woman’s hands.

Fran Spaeth | UK | 2025 | N/C | 14 mins 25 secs

Submerged

A young woman waits for her lover for a secret trip. However, he does not show up and does not respond to her messages. That’s when strange and inexplicable events begin to happen in her house. She asks for help from her lover, who ignores her. Realizing that she is hopelessly alone, she gives up waiting for salvation and surrenders to her own shadow. 

Heloísa Cardoso | Brazil | 2024 | N/C | 14 mins 3 secs

Breadseed

Breadseed is a short live-action film that interweaves two worlds, Afghanistan and the UK, through the experience of one family affected by opioid addiction. Inspired by real events, the film explores how addiction reverberates far beyond the individual, shaping families, cultures, and lives across borders. 

Linda Carmichael & Lauren Muchan | UK | 2026 | N/C | 19 mins 40 secs

Sissy Puss

Kat lives alone, her flat equal parts sumptuous and suffocating. She's performing her strange daily ritual until she is disrupted, catching sight of Cat in the garden. It is with the animal impulse that Kat knows she must have her. Together, they wreak havoc upon the flat, and their feral mania becomes increasingly intimate. However, the outside world threatens to claim Cat back.

Lara Delmage | UK | 2025 | N/C | 10 mins