2021 Short Film Programme

Our short film line-up for 2021.

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Quarantine With Love

Jose Manuel | 2020 | Spanish | Action,Comedy | 5 mins

Joseph filled his fridge with his favorite candy to face quarantine, while Dagmar forgot to buy her own and is taking his chocolates one by one. While they are a happy couple it will be a duel towards love when Joseph realizes she is eating all of them one by one. A homage to Jackie Chan and the silent greats will take place when these two lovers face each other.


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The Cocktail Party

Jessica Sanders | 2020 | English | Action,Comedy | 5 mins 

A Cocktail Party turns into an unexpected martial arts action film.


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Duty - Out of Line

Felix Fukuyoshi Ruwwe | 2020 | German | Action,Comedy | 10 mins

Miss Special Agent (Julia Schunevitsch) has to escort a high ranked scientist (Khoi Chau) to a safe place when a masked killer (Felix Fukuyoshi) crosses their path to eliminate the scientist. Protecting lives is a task our skilled special agent is very well prepared for, but things don't go as smooth when it turns out that the scientist is a naive misogynist who isn't quite willing to be saved by a woman…


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Jiu Jitsu Saved My Life Twice

Tin Brendel | 2021 | English | Documentary | 15 mins

Born in the favelas of Brazil, we follow the unbelievable life story of Neto Nunes - the journey of London's strongest Jiu Jitsu fighter and family man.


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State of Mind

Olaf Crato, Paul Philip Clark | 2020 | English | Experimental | 5 mins 

Tired of the daily grind a businessman escapes into the farthest reaches of his own mind.


Elizabeth Hardy: Private Investigator

Emory Rice | 2020 | English | Animation | 3 mins

Crime and corruption has taken over her neighborhood. Cops have refused to help and the government has called them a lost cause. But she believes that if no one else can save her home then she must step up and be the one to do it! Her name is Elizabeth Hardy.


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Small Town Strength

Darryl Haugen | 2020 | English | Documentary | 25 mins 

Grande Prairie, Alberta has a group of athletes, coaches, promoters and commission members who dedicate their time to the growth of mixed martial arts. Small Town Strength delves into the past, present and future of what this sport has to offer.


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Jayro

Wojciech Lorenc | 2020 | English | Documentary | 15 mins

When a seven-year-old Texas boxer steps into the ring to face his next opponent, the pressure of the fight is not the only thing on his mind. The film is constructed as an allegory for the challenges faced by people of color and immigrants in the US.


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Vagabond

Marcos de la Rosa, George Karja | 2020 | Spanish | Action | 9 mins

 An ex-soldier with a trauma from the past who lives now on the street as a homeless man, a mother with her son who decides to pass through that area, and a very dangerous gang.

Some lives are destined to collide.


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Falling Sparrow

Justin Wang Powell | 2020 | English, Chinese | Action | 15 mins

A young warrior sets out to take back her mother's sword from her murderous uncle


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奇妙功夫手 Deadly Shapes of Shaolin

Jiachen Peng | 2020 | English | Action | 9 mins

A tribute to the Kung Fu classics of old, dedicated to the onscreen heroes of Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, and many others...


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Extraction

Zac Fudge | 2021 | English | Action, Comedy | 8 mins

A seasoned operative is called in to retrieve an asset on a particularly emotional day off.


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Fight to Win

Flávio Colombini | 2021 | Portugese | Action | 5 mins

A man fights against the coronavirus. Who shall win?


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Echelon - Schism: Alpha

Benjamin L Brown | 2021 | English | Action | 4 mins

After more than a decade, the decision to leave Echelon was difficult. Not only was it all he knew, but no one had ever left before. The process is a series of fights called The Schism. It was the only way out. Fight. Win. Next round.


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Closet Combat

Augustus Hinton | 2021 | English | Animation | 3 mins

A closeted high school boy handles the stress of social interactions that risk “outing” him by fantastically imagining them as a situation he’s more comfortable tackling: a classic, 2D fighting game.


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Weapon of Choice

Matthew Merritte | 2021 | English | Action | 3 mins

A Hammer, A Hook, A Knife and 2 Police batons. How will this play out?


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The Coach Vol 2

Wilson Ng | 2021 | English | Documentary | 11 mins

A documentary short film about an elderly martial arts coach.


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Welcome to the Sting

Christopher Sheffield | 2021 | English | Action | 12 mins

A fresh faced fighter takes his first step into the deadly world of crime syndicates, endeavoring with an undercover detective to bring it all down, but he has to survive his audition first. 


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Mon Boxing

Tate Zandstra | 2021 | English, Thai | Documentary | 31 mins

A Mon refugee village in Thailand holds bare fist boxing matches for kids to win cash prizes.


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Poythu

Ramesh Menon | 2021 | Malayalam | Action | 16 mins

The North. Land of Kolathiri, Konathiri & Samoothiri. People here, unable to let go of their bloodlust inside, found ways to pacify it. They saw dreams of martyrdom on the banks of Nila for every 12 year cycle. Waged naval battles with the Portuguese and Dutch, drowning the great ships of the west into the depths of Arabian sea, Battled and died on the ‘Anga thattu’ in front of crowd and chieftains to settle disputes of others, waited every year to offer themselves to gods as theyyam, leaping into the heaps of amber piled over a man’s height.This is the story of the north. A story about men who could never quench that fire within. ‘POYTHU’ means duel for settling personal disputes or egos.


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Survivors

Harry Kirby, George Kirby | 2021 | English | Action, Horror | 7 mins

When the unexpected side effect of a trial cancer treatment brings about the apocalypse, a group of young friends must use their martial arts skills to survive the infected hordes.


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Woden - Let Me Explain To You the Language of the Sword

Thomas Hacikoglu | 2021 | English | Action | 21 mins

An reputation precedes assassin that lives in 2020. People want to force him to work for them by taking the power of his sword. But the real connection to this weapon exceeds all expectation.


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Deviants

Godefroy Ryckewaert | 2021 | French | Action | 12 mins

Paris is the cradle of an underground war. To one side, individuals with altered genes due to the worst experiences of the past. On another side, a gouvernemant agency called the EYE whose mission is to eliminate this new kind of threat.

 

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Dogfights

Fakhereddine Houf | 2021 | Dutch | Action, Drama | 10 mins

A young boxer wastes his time away in the underground fighting world. However, new possibilities arrive, and he must decide for himself why he fights.


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Stalkers

Teen Gohan | 2021 | English | Action, Horror | 8 mins

A young mother attempts to protect her daughter from demons invading their home. Can they survive the night?


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One Fight Five Times

Tim McLachlan | 2021 | English | Action, Fantasy | 9 mins

Two inter-dimensional warriors battle each other across five different timelines.


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Losing Control

Filippo Capuzzi Lapietra | 2021 | English, Portugese | Action, Comedy | 5 mins

One AC, one remote control and two gym bros.


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Deadlock

Samuel Delitans Lee | 2021 | English, Mandarin, Hokkien | Action, Drama | 20 mins

A mercenary for hire is caught in a dilemma between saving his fiancee or taking down his former comrade