The following short films have been selected for the 2022 Ealing Film Festival.
We are proud once again to have such a distinctive and incomparable group of short films. All the filmmakers who entered outdid themselves.
Schedule: Click here to see when films are screening in the cinema
The Online Film Festival will be for a limited time on our YouTube channel
Do you use Letterboxd? The selected films are listed here.
| 10-35 Narrative Short | Yaser Barzegar | Iran | 12mins Online |
| 201 DAYS (201 Jours) Narrative Short | Anne Zinn-Justin | France | 4mins Online |
| 30 Meetings / 30 Days Narrative Short | Duane Andersen | United States | 20mins Online HONOURABLE MENTION: Narrative Short |
| 402 (Road To The Riches) Animation, Music Video | Ishma Yusaf Vaelnti I | United States | 3mins Sat 26 Imaginary Worlds | Online SPECIAL MENTION: Animation |
| 86 CHX: The Rite of Restock Student | Sean McSweyn | UK | 10mins Thu 24 Horror Night | Online |
| A Brief Inquiry Documentary | Efrat Kashai | United States | 7mins Sat 26 Real Worlds | Online |
| A Change in Time Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Pat Knight | UK | 17mins Online |
| A High Price for Ginger Beer Homegrown | Olivia Maiden | UK | 15mins Sun 27 Comedy & Drama | Online |
| A Killer Outside Horror/Suspense | Joe Zalias | UK | 8mins Thu 24 Horror Night | Online Trailer |
| A Morsel Of Love Student | Helia Behrooz, Sana Norouzbaki | Iran | 12mins Online |
| A Moveable Feast Animation, Experimental, Music Video, Student | Yixue Wang | China | 3mins Fri 25 Pitzhanger Manor | Sat 26 Imaginary Worlds | Online HONOURABLE MENTION: Music Video |
| Achilles’ Prayer Student | Alessandro Magnabosco | UK | 18mins Online |
| again and again … Experimental | Lutz P. Kayser | Germany | 1min Fri 25 Pitzhanger Manor | Online |
| Alice Guy’s Dream (Le Rêve d’Alice Guy) Experimental | Camille Laurentie Pellicer | France | 5mins Online |
| All my life (Całe moje życie) Student | Jędrzej Gorski | Poland | 18mins Sat 26 Laughter & Tears | Online Trailer WINNER: Student HONOURABLE MENTION: Student (Cinematography) |
| All Your Words Music Video | James Xander | Canada | 3mins Online |
| Allowed Green Planet | Zillah Bowes | UK | 4mins Online |
| Almost Christmas Animation, Student | Xinyuan Zhao | United States | 4mins Wed 23 Student Night | Fri 25 Pitzhanger Manor | Online Trailer HONOURABLE MENTION: Animation HONOURABLE MENTION: Student (Directing) |
| aLONE Animation | David Lopez Ramirez | Colombia | 4mins Sat 26 Imaginary Worlds | Online Trailer |
| Antiques Roadshow 3000 Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Adam McNicol | UK | 3mins Online |
| At Home with… @TheTimTwenty Comedy | Paul Longley, James Longley | UK | 10mins Sun 27 Comedy & Drama | Online Trailer |
| Backbone of the Urals (Хребет Урала) Smartphone | Mark Krivoshein | Russian Federation | 5mins Sat 26 Real Worlds | Online WINNER: Smartphone |
| Backseat Driver Comedy | Jake Balfour-Lynn | UK | 7mins Online |
| Backyard Blackbird Narrative Short | Andrew Huggins | United States | 15mins Online |
| Bedroom Narrative Short | Elham Pagarx | Iran | 7mins Online |
| See No Evil (Betur sjá augu) Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Sesselía Ólafs, Peter Callow | Iceland | 20mins Online |
| Between Two Worlds (Nos Univers) Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Sofia Gutman | France | 15mins Online |
| Bluff Cove Narrative Short | Jack Catterall | UK | 12mins Wed 23 Student Night | Online Trailer |
| Born From Fire Documentary | Marta Di Giovanni, Turlough Ó Cinnéide | Ireland | 12mins Online |
| Bradford in The Frame Documentary | Dave Marshall | UK | 11mins Sat 26 Real Worlds | Online |
| Bright Like The Sun Experimental, Documentary | Thida Nathalie | UK | 7mins Sat 26 Real Worlds | Online Trailer |
| Burns Night Student | Dennis Blass | UK | 16mins Wed 23 Student Night | Online |
| But I Want to Leave the Party (Mais Je Veux Quitter La Fête) Narrative Short | Gilles Plouffe | Canada | 15mins Not Available |
| Can’t Go Home Again Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Anthony J. Cook | UK | 11mins Sat 26 Imaginary Worlds | Online Trailer 1 | Trailer 2 WINNER: Sci-Fi/Fantasy HONOURABLE MENTION: Audience Award |
| Changing Skin Experimental | Maxime Coton | Belgium | 6mins Fri 25 Pitzhanger Manor | Online HONOURABLE MENTION: Experimental |
| Chapel of Rest Horror/Suspense | Iain Cash | UK | 14mins Thu 24 Horror Night | Online |
| Charter (Tamazight) Narrative Short | El Houssine Hnine | Morocco | 18mins Online |
| China in a Box Music Video | Jane Gull | UK | 4mins Sat 26 Imaginary Worlds | Online HONOURABLE MENTION: Music Video |
| Chocolate Tronchetto Student | Nicole Favarelli | UK | 11mins Wed 23 Student Night | Online |
| Dana Gavanski – I kiss the night Music Video | Gaia Alari | Italy | 3mins Online HONOURABLE MENTION: Music Video |
| Dante Narrative Short | Amin Tabaar | Iran | 18mins Online |
| Dark Room (Pimeä Huone) Experimental | Juha Antero Lilja | Finland | 4mins Thu 24 Horror Night | Online Trailer |
| Desk Defender Animation, Student | Sebastian Soler | United States | 11mins Sat 26 Imaginary Worlds | Online WINNER: Animation |
| Dispatched Dream Student | Aziz Altamimi | UK | 9mins Wed 23 Student Night | Online Trailer |
| Dispensary of Death Comedy | Simon O’Neill | Ireland | 14mins Sun 27 Drama & Awards | Online WINNER: Comedy |
| Doubts and Fantasies Narrative Short | Guy Taylor | UK | 20mins Online |
| Dream Animation | Majid Sabri | Iran | 4mins Not Available |
| Empty (خالی) Narrative Short | Jafar Pooyandeh | Iran | 15mins Online |
| Last Time We Play Hooky (Escuela de Corte) Narrative Short | Richard Allen | United States | 12mins Sat 26 Real Worlds | Online |
| Everything And Nothing Experimental | Andy Madjitey | Ghana | 2mins Not Available |
| Extraterrestrial Message (made with AI) Experimental | Jean-Baptiste Martinoli | Canada | 3mins Online |
| Fish Out of Water Narrative Short | Jacob Melling | UK | 7mins Sun 27 Drama & Awards | Online Trailer HONOURABLE MENTION: Narrative Short |
| For I Am Dead Narrative Short | Patricia Delso Lucas | Belgium | 18mins Online |
| Forget Me Knot Narrative Short | Polly Coombes | UK | 13mins Sun 27 Drama & Awards | Online Trailer |
| Fresh Hell Is This Student | Bernard Visser | UK | 11mins Thu 24 Horror Night | Online Trailer |
| Gaslighting Narrative Short | Tina Matzat | Germany | 15mins Online |
| Gloves Up Student | Baillie Braund | UK | 16mins Wed 23 Student Night | Online HONOURABLE MENTION: Student (Writing) |
| Good Evening, We’re From Ukraine (Buonasera, siamo dall’Ucraina) Documentary | Sergei Antonov | Italy | 8mins Sat 26 Real Worlds | Online |
| Good Lok Narrative Short | John Dorsett | United States | 16mins Online |
| Gravedigger Narrative Short | Kevin Ó Flatharta | Ireland | 10mins Sat 26 Imaginary Worlds | Online Trailer |
| Griefcake Narrative Short | Roxanne Cavanagh | UK | 10mins Sun 27 Comedy & Drama | Online |
| Harper Student | Poppy Sutch | UK | 13mins Sun 27 Drama & Awards | Online HONOURABLE MENTION: Student (Acting) |
| He Takes The Lead Narrative Short | Tomas Quezada Manchester | UK | 15mins Online |
| HELP Green Planet | Lesley Manning | UK | 2mins Sun 27 Drama & Awards | Online WINNER: Green Planet |
| Home Wreckers Comedy | Joe Ferrera | UK | 11mins Online |
| I Want to Breathe Sweet Air Green Planet | Pamela Falkenberg, Jack Cochran | United States | 11mins Sat 26 Real Worlds | Online |
| It Could Have Been Me Narrative Short, Student | Romana Carén | Austria | 12mins Online |
| It is Quiet Here. (Поки тут тихо.) Narrative Short | Olena Podolianko, Novruz Hikmet | Ukraine | 13mins Online |
| Johnny Spittoon Animation, Student | Neil Whitman | UK | 1min Online |
| Just Like Water (Σαν Το Νερό) Narrative Short | Manos Triantafillakis | Greece | 13mins Sun 27 Drama & Awards | Online Trailer |
| Kingsdown Narrative Short, Student | Eliza Riley | UK | 8mins Online |
| Kurosawa’s Grave Documentary | Ben Lopez | United States | 14mins Online |
| L’amour Rebelle Animation | Leo Crane | UK | 4mins Sun 27 Drama & Awards | Online |
| Lamb Narrative Short | Lynna Yee | United States | 9mins Online |
| Let’s Documentary | Annabelle Gangneux | France | 12mins Online |
| Life Before Life Narrative Short | Mark Kozlowski | UK | 8mins Wed 23 Student Night | Online |
| Love. Homegrown | Jane Ashmore | UK | 19mins Sun 27 Drama & Awards | Online Trailer WINNER: Best Film WINNER: Homegrown |
| Macaque Narrative Short, Student | Kane Wilson | United States | 7mins Online |
| Magnetic Narrative Short, Horror/Suspense | Mike Waugh | UK | 14mins Wed 23 Student Night | Online Trailer HONOURABLE MENTION: Horror/Suspense |
| Malpelo: Mountain of Sharks Documentary | Kevin Mannens | United States | 15mins Sat 26 Real Worlds | Online Trailer |
| Man Up in Lockdown Student, Documentary | Ruicheng Liang | UK | 20mins Online |
| Marsh Clouds: The Oysters of Harris Neck Documentary | Kevin Mannens | United States | 14mins Sat 26 Real Worlds | Online Trailer |
| Matcha Latte, law sama7te Narrative Short | Shamila Lengsfeld | Spain | 9mins Online |
| Mirage Student | Ben Sapir | UK | 8mins Wed 23 Student Night | Online |
| Monochromatic Narrative Short | Alexandria Anfield | UK | 5mins Online |
| My Dead Boyfriend’s Girlfriend Narrative Short | Evie Ayres-Townshend | UK | 15mins Not Available |
| Mystic Minnie Comedy | Barry Smyth | Ireland | 12mins Online |
| Naji Narrative Short | Hosein Torkjoosh | Iran | 18mins Online |
| NEOSHIN Music Video, Student | Sebastian Selg | Germany | 4mins Sat 26 Imaginary Worlds | Online Trailer WINNER: Music Video |
| Never Ask Why Documentary | Saurabh Dubey | India | 19 mins Sat 26 Real Worlds | Online |
| Nowhere To Escape (无处可逃) Horror/Suspense, Student | ZiYuan Wang | United States | 11mins Online |
| Odds Horror/Suspense | A. D. Cooper | UK | 3mins Thu 24 Horror Night | Online WINNER: Horror/Suspense |
| One More Guest? Narrative Short, Student | Edilberto Restino | UK | 17mins Online |
| One Of Us Narrative Short | Adrian Burt | Sweden | 5mins Online |
| On The Beach… (Sur La Plage…) Narrative Short | Salih Branki | France | 8mins Online |
| Outsider Narrative Short | Darren Loughlin | UK | 11mins Online |
| Panah Narrative Short | Fatemeh Ghadirinezhadian | Iran | 15mins Online |
| Pink Reef Experimental | Chloe de Brito | Australia | 11mins Online |
| PlayBack Experimental | Pouya Aghelizadeh | Iran | 13mins Online |
| Press Key 5 Narrative Short | Lipa Hussain | UK | 10mins Sun 27 Drama & Awards | Online Trailer WINNER: Narrative Short |
| Pub Quiz Narrative Short, Student | Paddy Wilson | UK | 14mins Online |
| Quarantine Narrative Short | Majid Mirhashemi | Iran | 18mins Online |
| Queen Student | Mari Orstavik | Norway | 19mins Online |
| Rachel’s Law Documentary | Cameron Ilan | United States | 14mins Sat 26 Real Worlds | Online |
| Rainbow Animation, Student | Hui Tan | United States | 8mins Fri 25 Pitzhanger Manor | Online Trailer |
| RE:FRAME Narrative Short, Student | Philip Erskine | UK | 4mins Online |
| Rutunn’ Narrative Short | Fabio Patrassi | Italy | 14mins Online |
| Samuel Student | Jack Haynes | UK | 18mins Sun 27 Comedy & Drama | Online |
| Saved By Jane Green Planet | Damian Sciberras | Malta | 6mins Sat 26 Real Worlds | Online WINNER: Green Planet |
| Scape Learning Experimental | Hiroshi Atobe | Japan | 1min Fri 25 Pitzhanger Manor | Online HONOURABLE MENTION: Experimental |
| Second World Country Narrative Short | Usha Sharma | UK | 10mins Online |
| Secret Santa Animation | Lynn Kristmanson | Canada | 10mins Fri 25 Pitzhanger Manor | Online Trailer |
| Sedalia Horror/Suspense | Brandon L. Pennick | United States | 18mins Thu 24 Horror Night | Online Trailer |
| SEE ME: A Walk Through London’s Gay Soho in 1994 and 2020 Experimental | Lee Campbell | UK | 7mins Sun 27 Drama & Awards | Online Trailer WINNER: Experimental |
| Self Assessment Narrative Short | Howard Smith | UK | 10mins Online |
| Sem Student | Joke Duwaerts | Belgium | 6mins Wed 23 Student Night | Online Trailer |
| Sensibility Comedy | Ben Kernow | UK | 14mins Online |
| Shakespeare For All Ages Animation | Hannes Rall | Germany | 3mins Fri 25 Pitzhanger Manor |
| Shaking a Singapore Spear Documentary | Hannes Rall | Germany | 17mins Sat 26 Real Worlds |
| She Is So Perfect Narrative Short | Olivier Hero Dressen | China | 8mins Online |
| Six Feet of Separation Narrative Short | Toni Nordli | Norway | 18mins Not Available |
| Sliced Bread Comedy | Gulliver Moore | UK | 3min Sun 27 Comedy & Drama | Online Behind the scenes |
| Small Talks Student | George Sheard | UK | 17mins Online |
| Solus Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Jonathan Brooks | UK | 13mins Sat 26 Imaginary Worlds | Online HONOURABLE MENTION: Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Sonar Sci-Fi/Fantasy | James Hughes | UK | 6mins Sat 26 Imaginary Worlds | Online |
| Spoon Animation | Arthur Chays | France | 3mins Sat 26 Imaginary Worlds | Online Trailer SPECIAL MENTION: Animation |
| Strange Waters Horror/Suspense | Andy McLeod | UK | 16mins Thu 24 Horror Night | Online Trailer |
| Switch Experimental | Desiree Faust, Stefana D. Brancastle | UK | 5mins Online HONOURABLE MENTION: Experimental |
| Talia Narrative Short | Cara Bamford | UK | 10mins Sun 27 Drama & Awards |
| Tetiomell Music Video | Jean-Baptiste Martinoli | Canada | 3mins Online |
| The Author (O Autor) Animation, Student | Luiz Máximo | Brazil | 3mins Wed 23 Student Night | Online |
| The Crossroads Comedy, Student | Anna Nosatova | Russian Federation | 15mins Online |
| The Debater Comedy, Student | Maya Miller | United States | 4mins Sun 27 Comedy & Drama | Online |
| The Electricity In Me Narrative Short, Student | Mat Sheldon | UK | 10mins Sun 27 Comedy & Drama Trailer |
| The First Circle Narrative Short | Maximilian Dobbyn, Anthony Le | UK | 16mins Online |
| The First Wave Smartphone | Jimmy Gannon | Australia | 10mins Online |
| The Good Christian (O Bom Cristão) Student | Eduardo Vietri, Flávia Campos | Brazil | 8mins Online |
| The Hole Narrative Short | Farzad Ranjbar | Iran | 20mins Online |
| The Interrogation Animation | Marisa Cohen, Peter Issac Alexander | United States | 6mins Sat 26 Imaginary Worlds Trailer HONOURABLE MENTION: Animation |
| The Invisible (L’invisibile) Narrative Short | Michele Antonio Parisi | United States | 9mins Online |
| The Last Mechanic Green Planet | Jonathan Cross | UK | 11mins Online |
| The Parable of the Leaf Blower Experimental | Rachel Ara | Jersey | 11mins Fri 25 Pitzhanger Manor | Online |
| <The True Story of the REALIFE Crash> Narrative Short, Comedy, Student | Srdan Jankovic | Germany | 8mins Online |
| The Sands of Time Sci-Fi/Fantasy | James Hughes | UK | 14mins Sat 26 Imaginary Worlds | Online |
| The Secret Life of Astrid North Narrative Short | Ray Jacobs | UK | 10mins Sun 27 Comedy & Drama | Online |
| The Soldier’s Post Narrative Short | Joseph Archer | UK | 10mins Online |
| The Star Who Fell To Earth Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Alessandro Magnabosco | UK | 15mins Sat 26 Imaginary Worlds | Online HONOURABLE MENTION: Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| The Unseen Smartphone | Tom Major | UK | 3mins Sat 26 Real Worlds | Online |
| The Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Student | Victor Nauwynck | UK | 17mins Sat 26 Imaginary Worlds | Online Trailer HONOURABLE MENTION: Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| The Way Back Homegrown, Student | Alina Bichieva | UK | 18mins Sun 27 Comedy & Drama | Online |
| There Alone Experimental | Erin Malley | United States | 17mins Online |
| There’s a Bison on The Prairie Animation | Morgan Miller | United States | 7mins Online |
| Tina & Peter Comedy | Dan Hodgson | UK | 6mins Online |
| Touch Experimental, Student | Tom Taylor | UK | 6mins Online |
| Tourettes & I Narrative Short | Jack RH O’Sullivan | UK | 19mins Sun 27 Drama & Awards | Online Trailer |
| Two Stars Short Comedy | Zak Klein | UK | 11mins Sun 27 Comedy & Drama |
| Ukraine’s Soul – A Tribute to Heroes Documentary | Marcelle Abela | Malta | 13mins Sat 26 Real Worlds | Online Trailer WINNER: Documentary |
| Uncut Narrative Short | Mark Hensley | United States | 19mins Online |
| Until the End of Time Student | Daarya Serji | UK | 17mins Online |
| Untold Stories – Sophie Documentary | Anastasia Tolmacova | 9mins Online |
| Vultures Experimental | Daniel Denegre | United States | 13mins Online |
| Walkies Narrative Short | Cole Paviour | UK | 8mins Sun 27 Comedy & Drama | Online HONOURABLE MENTION: Narrative Short |
| Wall of Sound Narrative Short, Student | Kane Wilson | UK | 18mins Sun 27 Drama & Awards | Online |
| West Hill Narrative Short | Alex Hughes | UK | 12mins Online HONOURABLE MENTION: Audience Award |
| What’a’Bucket Comedy | Sergiy Pudich | Ukraine | 7mins Online |
| When The Clapping Stops Narrative Short | Cameron Perry | UK | 11mins Online |
| When the Rain Sets In Narrative Short | James Hughes | UK | 17mins Sun 27 Comedy & Drama | Online |
| Wolf Narrative Short, Student | Nicolas Mouren | France | 20mins Online WINNER: Audience Award |
| Working Blue Narrative Short | Henry Hopkin | UK | 11mins Sun 27 Comedy & Drama | Online |
| Wrought Narrative Short | Joel Penner, Anna Sigrithur | Canada | 19mins Fri 25 Pitzhanger Manor | Online Trailer |
| Yearmates (Jaarsgenoten) Narrative Short | Sjoerd van Wijk | Netherlands | 11mins Online |