Glowflare Short Film Festival
Glowflare Short Film Festival is an independent festival founded in 2024 by Daniel Smales, is produced and presented by Glowflare. The festival celebrates the art of short filmmaking, offering a platform for independent filmmakers from the UK and abroad to showcase their work. The festival is set to take place in Beverley, United Kingdom. The events are hosted at Parkway Cinemas an independent cinema known for its modern facilities and support for independent film events.
The festival welcomes short film entities of all genres that are under 40 minutes. Submissions are managed through FilmFreeway, a platform that simplifies the process for filmmakers to submit their works to festivals.
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History
Founded in 2024, submissions for the inaugural event were opened exclusively through FilmFreeway on 11 August 2024. Filmmakers were invited to submit their short films in genres such as narrative, animation, documentary, music video and experimental works. The festival was announced publicly by Daniel Smales, the festival director, in October 2024. In November, it was announced that its inaugural event would be held on 25 January 2025 at Parkway Cinemas. Tickets for the first festival were made available through the Parkway Cinemas website on 11 November 2024. A final call for submissions was issued in early December 2024, with submissions closing on 13 December 2024. Submissions have included works from both local and international filmmakers, with entries from the United States, Canada, and Europe, highlighting the festival’s openness to international participation. The official line-up was announced on 30 December 2024. Selections were announced on 20 December, with award nominations announced on 6 January 2025.Submissions opened for its 2026 season on 1 January 2025, reflecting its intention to become a recurring event on the film festival calendar.
Official Selection
The following is the list of films selected for the inaugural Glowflare Short Film Festival in 2025:| Project | Director | Runtime | Type | Country |
| The Nose Knows: Foreignness and Fortune in China | Bill Callahan, Kieran Hanson | 22:59 | Documentary | |
| Yen For Zen | James Pyle | 1:00 | Animation | |
| Meeting | Martin Keady | 14:00 | Narrative | |
| RCA Let The Artist Talk Sam Modder | Carlos Patrick Haney | 5:00 | Documentary | |
| Like, Comment, Share | Nick Noyes | 10:11 | Narrative | |
| Bruised | Lou Burns, Aaron Burns | 19:58 | Experimental | |
| The Barber, The Astronaut and The Golf Ball | Jonathan Richards | 25:00 | Documentary | |
| Roundabout | Patrick Sheard | 18:00 | Narrative | |
| Der Hof | Pete Mason | 10:10 | Animation | |
| Novablood Biblical | Clive Tonge | 4:25 | Music Video | |
| The Westwood Cows | Matthew McCloud | 2:48 | Experimental | |
| Cry Like a Guy | Anthony Rubinstein | 4:30 | Experimental | |
| Turn Over | Rick Endacott | 13:18 | Narrative | |
| Fahrenheit 2051 | Hadrien Genest | 2:30 | Experimental | |
| The Appliance of Science | Martin Cooper | 2:07 | Experimental | |
| Crashlanding the Persian Mothership | Martin Cooper | 29:59 | Documentary | |
| Homeless Tobez | Thomas Loone | 36:25 | Experimental | |
| In the Matter of Brian Franks | Lauren Patrice Nadler | 13:50 | Narrative | |
| Te Amo Papá | Dave Brown, Jake Zieman | 7:45 | Narrative | |
| Takeaway | Lou Sumray | 5:18 | Animation | |
| Reception | Lou Sumray | 2:25 | Animation | |
| Trigger-ed | Tyson Green | 11:12 | Narrative | |
| Beholden | Leon Lopez | 13:56 | Narrative | |
| Gretchen | Dean Addison | 18:19 | Narrative | |
| Bo Jacquo | Mikaël FITOUSSI, Grégory FITOUSSI | 18:40 | Experimental | |
| The Devil's Symphony | Andy Winward | 14:36 | Narrative | |
| Speaker | Alan Hamwan | 6:57 | Narrative | |
| Hunter Loading | Sasa Numic | 7:59 | Narrative | |
| Where Have I Gone? | Georgina May Haley, Elizabeth Bell | 25:25 | Narrative | |
| Echoes | Christina Araujo | 9:15 | Animation | |
| The Visit | Parmjit Kaur Gill | 10:55 | Narrative | |
| As We Fall Silent | Brian Quintero | 20:00 | Narrative | |
| Still Here / Immerdar | John Graham | 10:24 | Narrative | |
| The Dating Game | Keith Murphy | 10:58 | Experimental | |
| Girl in the Shadows | Herty Owusu | 15:00 | Narrative | |
| Pee Fright | Matt Colin Evans | 6:23 | Experimental | |
| Stationary | Robin Harvey | 7:38 | Experimental | |
| In Half | Jorge Morais Valle | 24:00 | Animation | |
| Confession | De Ville | 3:00 | Experimental |
Awards
The festival recognises the achievements of filmmakers in variety of the following awards.- Best Film
- Best Documentary
- Best Animation
- Best Director
- Best Screenplay
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Cinematography
- Best Editing
- Best Original Score
- Best Low Budget
- Audience Choice Award
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