CFF-15
Short Fusion: Funny Games
From pickled eggs to post-apocalyptic pork, these playful shorts revel in life’s quirks, exploring rituals, rivalries and the curious rules we invent to make sense of love, loss and lunacy.
Short Fusion: Dangerous Liaisons
Desire, delusion and defiance collide in these bold, unsettling stories of women navigating power, danger and intimacy in a world where the lines between control and vulnerability blur.
Short Fusion: Transfigurations
From dancing rituals to dogs reborn as boys, these eerie, imaginative tales probe the edges of identity, grief and transformation, where the human and uncanny blur in unexpected, unsettling ways.
Short Fusion: Violet Delights
From rooftop awakenings to rural romances, these vivid, tender and fearless shorts celebrate queer identity in all its complexity, charting love, longing and community across continents.
Surprise Film
A beloved CFF tradition returns! One film, no clues. Expect the unexpected in this secret screening that never fails to spark debate, delight and a little drama. Take a chance, and join the mystery.
Mark Kermode's Surround Sound
Mark Kermode and Jenny Nelson explore the magic of film music, sharing personal favourites, inside stories and sharp insights in an evening of lively conversation and audience questions.
Lost for Words [showing together with short film Saturday Night Butch]
When Lana bumps into an old friend in a bookshop, an unexpected night of reflection begins. A gentle, hopeful drama set in Ely, this local gem offers warmth, heart and quiet transformation.
Illusions
Spanning five decades and two entwined couples, this tender debut probes love’s shifting truths, asking whether permanence is possible—or if all we have are the stories we choose to believe.
Mad Bills to Pay
Selling cocktails on Orchard Beach, Rico lives for the moment—until news from his girlfriend shakes his world. A vivid Bronx summer comes alive in this bold, heartfelt indie debut.
The Crossroads
When a brief encounter ends in tragedy, an elderly doctor is forced to confront guilt, memory and shifting family ties in this quietly powerful study of regret, responsibility and redemption.
Is This Thing On?
As their marriage dissolves, Alex and Tess face midlife, parenthood and second chances in this tender, funny love story set against the backdrop of New York’s vibrant comedy scene.
Bugonia
A beekeeper kidnaps a pharma CEO he believes is an alien. Lanthimos blends paranoia, satire and sci-fi in this wildly funny, chilling remake that asks: who can we trust in a post-truth world?
The Love That Remains
As a family reshapes itself in rural Iceland, moments of quiet magic and tender absurdity reveal how love endures. A lyrical, gently surreal gem—complete with a scene-stealing sheepdog.
The Ice Tower
When runaway Jeanne hides in a 1970s film studio, she meets a star who might be the Snow Queen herself. A visually stunning, dreamlike tribute to cinema’s power to enchant and transform.
A Private Life
When a patient dies under suspicious circumstances, a Paris-based analyst dives into a tangled mystery. Jodie Foster leads this twisty, darkly funny whodunnit with style and sharp intelligence.
Peter Hujar's Day
In 1974 New York, photographer Peter Hujar recounts a single day in a candid, intimate conversation with writer Linda Rosenkrantz. A quiet, riveting portrait of art, friendship and everyday life.
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Rose Byrne shines in this tense, tender portrait of a mother pushed to the brink. A gripping psychological thriller that explores the quiet terror of holding everything together.
Salve Maria
In this bold, genre-blurring tale of new motherhood, a woman battles postpartum despair and buried truths. A gripping, empathetic portrait of the contradictions at the heart of maternal identity.
Timestamp
In post-invasion Ukraine, school life unfolds in fragments of grief, resilience and hope. This moving portrait captures a nation’s youth navigating war’s shadow with strength and quiet defiance.
Lowland Kids
As rising waters threaten their Louisiana home, two teens face relocation in this lyrical, deeply moving portrait of family, loss and the quiet courage needed to start again.
Forever A Woman
A poet faces illness and heartbreak in post-war Japan, using verse as defiance and self-discovery. Kinuyo Tanaka’s bold, lyrical drama remains a landmark of female creativity and resilience.
All That's Left of You
Spanning three generations, this moving drama traces a Palestinian family’s journey from 1948 to today. A deeply personal tale of loss, resilience and the lasting echoes of inherited trauma.