Programmed by Josic Cadoret, BFI London Film Festival present a selection of new shorts from some of the capital’s most exciting upcoming filmmakers, supported by Film London.

Films:

Naptha
Dir Moin Hussain. UK 2018. 15min
Faraz lives and works in a petrol station with his ageing father Malik, whose increasingly bizarre behaviour is causing them to drift apart.

Little Miss Sumo
Dir Matt Kay. UK 2018. 18min
A female sumo wrestler fights against tradition and stigma to win her place in the ring.

Jerk
Dir Raine Allen-Miller. UK 2018. 10min
A Jamaican man of the community battles depression and disillusionment.

Holy Beef
Dir Dwayne Gumbs, Iain Simpson. UK 2018. 11min
Due to a bad case of the mumps, Slicker and his crew risk defeat in an escalating college beef. Only divine intervention will help them now.

Fly
Dir Nadira Amrani. UK 2018. 9min
When you are a female rapper from Bermondsey, you only have one chance to fly. Make it count.

HairCut
Dir Koby Adom. UK 2018. 15min
A middle-aged barber has to calm the situation when a desperate teenage drug dealer holds up the barbershop at gunpoint.

Night Out
Dir Amelia Hashemi. UK 2018. 10min
Being a teenager is hard. Figuring out who you want to be is harder. Sometimes a night out can change everything.

Alien Culture
Dir Iesh Thapar. UK 2018. 16min
Southall, 1979. Racial tensions are running high. Lucky thinks his brother is in trouble, but the truth is far from what he expected.