The festival’s internationally-renowned competition selects emerging filmmakers’ works from South Asia and around the world. All the selected films are, in different ways, felt to enshrine the legendary director Satyajit Ray’s humanist vision and subtlety of story and eye.

Multiple languages with English subtitles.

Moti

Dir: Yash Saraf | 16 mins | Bengali with English subtitles

At the start of the pandemic, a family in Kolkata discovers that their pet dog Moti has turned into a boy – leading to a journey of ridiculous science and absurd evolution, all in search of a new normal.

Abracadabra

Dir: Amay Mehrishi | 20 mins | Hindi, English with English subtitles

On a school bus ride that feels both endless and fleeting, 12-year old Agastya wrestles with identity, guilt, and unspoken emotions when his best friend chooses to sit elsewhere.

11:11

Dir: Mahnoor Eupoch | 15 mins | English

When 16-year-old Pakistani-American Noori’s wish at 11:11 to be her crush’s type goes awry, she’s magically transformed into a white, blonde, blue-eyed girl — and she must undo the wish before losing herself completely.

Permanent Guest

Dir: Sana Jafari | 15 mins | Urdu with English subtitles

A young woman’s world is rattled by the arrival of a relative who forces her to weigh family obligations against growing discomfort.

Barber of the Gods

Dir: Sushant Nagpal | 20 mins | Hindi with English subtitles

In an unnamed town in 2000s India, a barber and his son possess a strange gift – they can regrow people’s hair in exchange for years from their lives. In a parallel realm rooted in Hindu cosmology, a divine barber and his curious apprentice tend to the gods themselves.

Kuchar (The Itch)

Dir: Vaidaangi Sharma | 20 mins | Hindi with English subtitles

After the whirl of a washing machine unexpectedly introduces her to new sensations, teenage Chanda struggles to conceal her new discovery within the household. Meanwhile, her strict and composed mother is keeping secrets of her own.

Cactus Pears2025

Senior Community Cinema x Queer 60s: The Queen + Jazmin1968

Disclosure Day2026

Paprika2006

Irreversible2002

People Will Talk1951

Obsession2026

Disclosure Day2026

Vertigo1958

Man Bites Dog1992

The Awful Truth1937

Toy Story 52026

Tuner2026

Effi o Blaenau2026

Familiar Touch2025

Pride2014

Paper Trail2026

The Little Sister2025

Hen2026

Threads1985

Angel's Egg1985

Mystery of the First Temple2026

Orwell: 2+2=52025

Lesbian Space Princess2025

Nino2025

Forbidden World1982

Persona1966

The Mother and the Whore1973

Oceanic Global Short Film Festival: London Premiere

Cactus Pears2025

Backrooms2026

All About Lily Chou-Chou2001

The Lady in Red1979

Angel's Egg1985

Enzo2025

Pink Narcissus1971

Bait2019

Kokuho2025

The Misfits1961

Effi o Blaenau2026

Nino2025

Heat1995

Köln 752025

Queen Margot1994

The Panic in Needle Park1971

Disclosure Day2026

Toy Story 52026

Cactus Pears2025

Strictly Ballroom1992

Tuner2026

Possum2018

Mikey and Nicky1976

Obsession2026

Seance on a Wet Afternoon1964

Cactus Pears2025

The Little Sister2025

Queer 60s: Gay Erotica from the 1960s + ScreenTalk2026

Dry Leaf2026

Being There1979

Familiar Touch2025

The Stranger2025

Lesbian Space Princess2025

Miracle Mile1989

Backrooms2026

Bad Timing1980

World Cup- England vs. Ghana2026

Surviving Edged Weapons1988

Preschool Pics: Jasmine and Jambo - Midsummer Magic2024

Return to Oz1985

Pink Narcissus1971

Enys Men2023

Mare's Nest2026

Nino2025

The Misfits1961

Midsommar2019

Disclosure Day2026

Breaking the Waves1996

Boogie Nights1997

Toy Story 52026

Midnight1939