Quick Dips Shorts: Heritage, Identity, & Community Pt. 2

Seven short films from the UK and France, exploring identities across landscapes, time and generations.

Sealskin

A shifting interpretation of ancient folklore offers unexpected solace, connection and resolve in a poetic meditation on motherhood, identity and the threads that tie us to the past. In the wild coastal landscape around her home in north east Scotland and the intimacy of her family life, the filmmaker reflects on her changing understanding of the Selkie myth and how it weaves into the fabric of her own life. 

Sophia Sheppard | UK | 2025 | N/C | 14 mins 50 secs

Ginette

Ginette Kolinka is a Holocaust memory facilitator and survivor of the Birkenau extermination camp. She recently celebrated her 100th birthday and is still a radiant woman. 

Muriel Brunier | France | 2025 | N/C | 10 mins 38 secs

Accused Number 41

Maryam, arrested by Tehran's morality police despite adhering to hijab rules, delves into memories of her childhood and the Islamic Revolution, questioning her identity and the regime's strictures. As she confronts the sexualisation and political symbolism of the hijab, Maryam's journey culminates in a powerful act of protest, demanding autonomy over her own body and choices. 

Maryam Haddadi | UK | 2024 | N/C | 15 mins 54 secs

Criatura

A curious thirteen-year-old Lola befriends a mysterious sea creature on the shore of her new hometown. Together, they spend the day at the fun fair, where Lola confronts mixed feelings of longing and belonging as she invites her new friend into the place she now calls home. Cutout animation is Interwoven with documentary recordings from conversations with Lola and school peers speaking about migrating to London from Mexico as a child. 

Nitya Ramlogan | UK | 2025 | N/C | 9 mins 20 secs

It All Comes Down

Three generations of women sit around a table as the granddaughter begins asking questions about the past. A small spark reveals inherited family memories of conflict and struggle in Northern Ireland. Images emerge, marked by the profound absence of words.

Meg Earls | UK | 2024 | N/C | 6 mins 16 secs

Gone Fishing?

Gone Fishing? explores the past, present, and predicted future of the fishing industry in the charming coastal towns of Scotland's East Neuk, and the lives and livelihoods of townsfolk born with 'salt in their veins.' 

Heather Wallace | UK | 2026 | N/C |19 mins

Tŷ Unnos

It is said that Penrhos cottage was built in one night. 

According to Welsh folklore, if you could build a house overnight on common land, with smoke rising from the chimney by dawn, the place would be yours to keep. 

200 years later in rural Pembrokeshire, the house stands still in time. Beneath its thatched roof lived Rachel and Maria, two sisters who spent their days crafting a life that defied societal rules written for women. Quietly radical, the pair were celebrated by the whole community. 

Tŷ Unnos is a fairytale documentary told through the eyes of the children who once visited. Recounting memories of Penrhos and the legacy of its last owners, the past flickers back to life. 

Lily Tiger & Nina Maria Allmoslechner | UK | 2026 | N/C | 12 mins 20 secs