:: TRUTH - Director Mark Robbins - 3 mins ::
Using a mixture of still photography, animation and live action, this dark and surreal thriller about a man on the run pays homage to Chris Marker's 1962 classic La Jetée.

:: DELETED - Director Martyn Holmes - 5 min s::
Shot entirely on a mobile phone, this remarkable film uses images, text and video from a man's handset, accompanied by a woman's voice-over to tell the seriously creepy story of how two strangers met in a bar and fell in love - and why the affair ended.

Warning: some of the images used in this film are genuinely disturbing.

:: HARD CASE - Director Brian Barnes - 7 mins ::
In a clever, well-made comedy drama we meet Child Support Agency investigator Emma Lewis, currently engaged in a particularly tricky assignment to track down an errant husband with an unusual double life

::SHAOLIN FUNK - Director Jason Davison - 3 mins ::
Brighton-produced animated music video that features a strong track and plenty of striking imagery.

:: STUNG - Director Chris Hopper -10 mins ::
Assured, intelligent film set in an English country garden one summer afternoon. It tells the story of an elderly bee-keeper as she sifts through distant memories to recall the roots of her love for honeybees.

:: OFF THE BEATEN TRACK - Director Leo Bridle - 2 mins::
Using cut-out animation and live-action, this first-time animation tells the story of a young man cycling through a park who suddenly takes a wrong turn into the woods.

:: IMBROGLIO - Director Ian Sciacaluga - 16 mins::
Powerful and exceptionally well-made drama about a man's search for his wife's lover.

:: 3 - Director Steve Piper - 3 mins::
Lee gets an unexpected visit from best mate Jon, fresh from a break-up with his girlfriend. She surprised him with some bad news and now he's going to surprise Lee.

:: PINCH ME JESUS - Director James Scott 3 mins ::
Another festival outing for a truly hilariously bad-taste send up of American evangelical TV and its wall-to-wall money-grabbing 'ads. Totally authentic in look and feel, yet made in Hove!

:: 3 DEGREES - Tim Hunt & Christopher Perkins - 8 mins ::
From the Burgess Hill directors of The Long Walk, one of last year's festival hits, comes this oddball split-screen comedy. It tells the story of a young woman (pictured) who is contemplating drastic action to ease the pain of a split-up from a boyfriend who is already chasing after another woman.

:: TRUE LOVE - Director Paul Dugdale - 13 mins ::
Meet Andrew Tucker, a lonely Brighton resident devoted for many years to his house-bound mother - until he met Julie. But it didn't work out. So, where is his mother now and whatever happened to Julie?

'Really good' - Henry Normal (Steve Coogan's co-writer)

:: STANDING DOWN - Ross Shepherd - 5 mins ::
Tense WWII drama with an unexpected and satisfying twist in which a British and German soldier find themselves locked in a life or death face-off. Although neither can understand the other, the German is intent on explaining something of great importance to the Brit who stubbornly refuses to listen. Typical.

:: PATIENCE - Director Martyn Holmes - 2 mins ::
Hilarious sepia-toned 'silent-movie' shot on Super-8 and miniDV, with an original music score, telling the story of Patience, the world's rudest person.

:: MYRIA - Director Chris Thomas - 8 mins ::
Hilarious sepia-toned 'silent-movie' shot on Super-8 and miniDV, with an original music score, telling the story of Patience, the world's rudest person.

:: THE WEDDING DAY - Director Tony Ryan - 1:23 mins ::
Clever ultra-short about a man leaving his lover's bed one Saturday morning - to marry another woman.

:: PEST - Director Matt Sunderland - 5 mins::
Clever and well-executed music video combining live action and animation to promote a new song from The Ogres. London-born Sunderland moved down to Brighton last year and did a great job editing our special Joel Kuwahara doc for our May 9th festival screening.