September 23 + 24 2023
The Smalls Film Festival returned to London with its sixteenth annual edition in 2023, heading to Curzon Hoxton for a monumental weekend of short film screenings. You’ll find the Official Selection below!
Film Programme
Animation
Fantastical worlds and striking personalities come to life in Animation, engaging viewers with daring style and vision. From a tennis ball on his day off to a psychological thriller at sea, the films in this programme capture humour, happiness, anxiety and romance with the limitless creativity that only animation can offer.
Sunday 24th September, 3.15pm
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Change
The Smalls Film Festival introduces Change, a programme that spotlights the stories, causes and characters that hold a mirror to society or seek justice in the world today. These seven remarkable documentaries take us across permeable borders and prison systems, into the Industrial Age, youth empowerment and human nature itself.
Sunday 24th September, 1pm
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Comedy
Dogs, dreams, duels and diamonds. From awkward entanglements to teenagers-in-the-woods horror, the seven short films in the 2023 Comedy programme are an unmissable, masterful insight into the genre-spanning ways that filmmakers expose the absurd, poignant and ever more unexpected ways to make us laugh.
Saturday 23rd September, 3pm
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Documentary
Framing life through the lens of others, Documentary reveals authentic voices and hidden stories that immerse us in different worlds, never far from our own. From a whimsical grandma super team to the effects of capitalism and corporate accountability on the opioid crisis, these six short films capture the complex truth of a moment - and touch us to our core.
Sunday 24th September, 5.15pm
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Drama
Jittery flight attendants, delicate teenage curiosity and an unearthly presence infecting the streets of New York… The enthralling films in the Drama programme showcase the astonishing ability of filmmakers and writers to find vision, meaning and purpose in original storytelling. An unmissable show of talent.
Saturday 23rd September, 6.30pm
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Music Video
Music Video continues its supreme domination of artistic filmmaking, unleashing everything freaky and experimental, heartfelt and relatable. Often simple in concept yet masterful in execution - and perfectly set to a beat, of course - this genre is designed to grab your attention, bury deep into your brain and get you dancing.
Saturday 23rd September, 5pm
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Student Film
Featuring an electric range of genres, award-winners and fresh voices, the Student Film programme presents ten exceptional shorts, picked for their full-blooded flair and intelligent originality. From talking animals and dystopian futures to adolescent escape and student life (naturally), consider this the future of film.
Saturday 23rd September, 1pm
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Venue
The Smalls Film Festival takes place at Curzon Hoxton.
Located in the heart of Shoreditch, Curzon is minutes from Old St. station (London Underground), as well as Hoxton and Shoreditch High St. stations (London Overground).
Curzon Hoxton, 55 Pitfield St, London, N1 6BU
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