A warm, family-friendly shorts programme from South East Filmmakers that brings together playful animation and gentle sci-fi with stories of kindness, imagination, and care for our world – perfect for audiences of all ages!
Each package has been curated by our experienced film programmers, is free to book, and includes BBFC age certification and a bespoke marketing pack with stills, a trailer, and filmmaker bios.
Made available in partnership with the BFI NETWORK, Film Hub South East and Young Film Network South East.
Target audiences: Young audiences/children (5 and up); fans of animation and puppetry; young filmmakers; fans of British cinema.
How to get involved
Firstly, browse the packages currently available to book. Select which works best for you – we can send screeners if you’d like them. Once you have made your choice, email us to let us know what you would like to show. Include in your email:
- the format you need (digital file or DCP)
- the dates of your screenings
- the number of screenings
- anticipated admissions
- if you’re planning wraparound activity (e.g. filmmaker Q&A)
The Wickywock and the JubJub Berry
2025 / 6 min
Cat Johnston (Writer/Director) | Joseph Wallace (Writer/Director) | Ruyi Meer (Producer)
In a woodland glade, an exhausted mythical creature is suffering from insomnia. When a small, verbose forest sprite appears and offers a sedative, it sounds like a perfect solution, but the fatigued Wickywock is too impatient to heed the Sprite’s terms.
The Man Who Was Given The Biggest Home
2026 / 6 min
Fiona Poda (Writer/Director/Producer) | Short Cut Film Fund
A young boy brings a chessboard to a local park and ends up playing with someone whose sadness he begins to notice over time.
Traces
2026 / 6 min
Matilda Wallace (Writer/Director) | Markus Øvre (Producer)
There is a photograph of a child left on the moon, a golf ball, flags, a lost glove. When the glamour of space exploration fades, what remains?
Red Rover
2020 / 14 min
Astrid Goldsmith (Writer/Director) | Hank Starrs (Producer)
When a robotic rover starts drilling for signs of life on Mars, the race is on for one tiny rock-beast to save her native community from the invader from Earth.
Marketing
We will send you the marketing pack after we have confirmed your booking.For each package, you will find a range of pre-made assets, film stills, copy for social media, newsletters, and webpages, as well as filmmaker bios, headshots and contact details to plan any speaker Q&As.