Horizons Short Film Showcase (18)

Everyone is welcome for a captivating evening of innovative, enlightening short films poignantly exploring migration, belonging and community. With styles ranging from experimental to documentary to artist film and beyond, the showcase will proudly highlight bold North West filmmaking talent whose creative practice is informed by their lived experience.

We look forward to seeing you there, along with many of the film-makers featured, to unite in community and solidarity! 

The screening will be hosted by Nuala Shaar, Horizons Film Programme Producer, and will include the following films:

A Light Is Always On  (dir. Vicky Best) - A window into the rituals, perspective and history of Gujarati Hindus in Bolton.

Nowhere in Hong Kong (dir. Shiu Yu Law) - Quiet murmurs confess a lost home and ask: if home is gone, where can it exist?

SAY IT AGAIN?  (dir. Bianca Di Lella) - Experimental film exploring the disorientating vulnerability of confronting a new language.

Blood and Rope (dir. Twamsen Dana’an) - A young Igbo apprentice relocates to Kano to pursue the ancient Hausa art of Dambe combat.

Light Tales  (from London to Iceland) (dir. Sky Fong) - Traces a journey from loneliness in London, to a family trip chasing the Northern Lights in Iceland.

a love letter for the remaining softness left in brown boys, for when the rest is taken from them  (dir. nasima bee) - A sequence documenting the existence of brown boys and men, in light and love.

A Sudanese Dinner (dir. Mohammed Aljeally & Alejandro Small) -  The Sudanese tradition of sharing a weekly meal with family and friends reshapes itself on the other side of the world.

Station (dir. James Emmanuel Kalu) -  A man waits for a train to his destination.

About the Horizons film programme 
The Horizons Festival 2026 Film Programme was produced, curated and facilitated by Nuala Shaar, Horizons Film Programme Producer, with the final screening lineup voted for by Ana Lucía Cuevas, Linnae Yllane, Maryam Nazari and Tina Ramos Ekongo. Read more about their collaborative process. Read more about their collaborative process. 

Some works contain flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

This event will begin at the advertised time with no ads or trailers. 

(Images - A Light Is Always On and a love letter for the remaining softness left in brown boys, for when the rest is taken from them)