Short - OBSCURAE (Page 2)

Young woman with orange bangs and dramatic blue eye makeup wearing a cross necklace, in a colorful bedroom with people behind her.

Film

Shorts Programme: LGBTQIA+ 2 - HIGHLIGHTS | OBSCURAE @ Raindance 2025

Hot Young Geek Seeks Blood-Sucking Freak, Hands On, A Friend of Dorothy, Big Bass

Watercolor illustration of a smiling person with red flower crown, wearing a blue top, with artwork pinned on wall behind them.

Film

Shorts Programme: Animation | OBSCURAE @ Raindance 2025

Birth Controlled, Percebes, Larval, Have I Swallowed Your Dreams, There Will Be No Other End

Raindance Film Festival poster, London 2025, 18-27 June. Man swings on lamppost, orange umbrella, red bench, pigeon.

Festivals

Student Showcase HIGHLIGHTS | OBSCURAE @ Raindance 2025

The filmmakers of the future, in their element (and some familiar names too!)

Two shirtless people facing each other in close intimacy, bathed in warm golden light, with curly hair and small earring.

Raindance Film Festival 2025

Shorts Programme: LGBTQIA+ 1 - HIGHLIGHTS

Freak, I'm So Sorry Baby, Bisexual Crisis!!!

Woman lighting a cigarette on a city street as multiple hands offer lit lighters, with two men and graffiti in background.

Festivals

ATTAGIRL! | OBSCURAE at TriBeCa

In what can only be described as the most colourful, explosive and beautifully kitchy Short I have had the pleasure to see this year, Klimovski rampages.

Woman with blue eyes and dark hair saluting in a World War I-era British military uniform and officer's cap outdoors.

Sweet and Short

Sweet and Short: "Dear Dorothy" (Dir. Matthew McPherson)

In a haunting, resilient and sharp war short based on a true story, 'Dear Dorothy' gets behind allied lines, and writes the glory from the dirt.

Blonde woman in blue polka-dot apron over white blouse holding cash at a British fish and chip shop counter.

Sweet and Short

Sweet and Short: "OCD and Chips" (Dir. Joe Borg)

In this brilliantly down to earth and hilarious mini-mockumentary, we peek into the disrupted but colourful life of a woman working a chip shop with OCD

Blonde woman in sunglasses and scarf holds a burning piece of paper over a metal trash can on an urban street.

Festivals

Sweet and Short: Midnight Movies @ SXSW London

Four shorts that blew my mind.

Movie poster for "Dark Palette" showing a person standing in a dark room facing an easel, lit by dramatic side light.

Sweet and Short

Sweet and Short: "Dark Palette" (Dir. Lucas Pelizaro)

With brilliant colour, Pelizaro paints an incredibly beautiful, terrifying miniature.

Felt fox puppet wearing a pink cowboy hat and ruffled dress, playing a red accordion against a dark background.

BFI Flare (All Years)

Trans Shorts

Jack's odyssey into the outstanding shorts from BFI Flare continues!

Person with long brown hair wearing a blue "Big Sky" t-shirt and turquoise earring, speaking indoors near large windows.

Documentary

Seat 31: Zooey Zephyr

You're always a little bit scared, but you're never deterred.