Wimbledon Shorts is dedicated to showcasing new and innovative work in film and video from around the world.
Submissions are now closed for our 2024 festival. Thank you so much everyone for the incredible films submitted this year.
Get your tickets now for our 2024 Festival at the Polka Theatre in Wimbledon on the evening of the 5th October! Just click the link below.
WISFF 2024 OFFICIAL SELECTION
Black Stroke – dir. Olivia Smart
El Extraño Caso del Hombre Bala [The Strange Case Of The Human Cannonbal] – dir. Roberto Valencia
I.N.E.R.T.I.A. Gear – dir. Leon Akpan
Philophobic – dir. Safien van Westing
Bordovasca [Pool Edge] – dir. Giuseppe Zampella
The Hearts of Bwindi – dir. Charli Doherty
love bubbles – dir. Marcel Hobi
Safe – dir. Debbie Howard
Crusts – dir. Alfie Dale
The Heaviest Order – dir. Peter Böving
Nipi Utaiamun (The Voice of Water) – Uapukun Mestokosho McKenzie
Stones – dir. Matthew Hopper
Thanks for the Milk – dir. Côme Ferré
OUR 2024 TRAILER
‘Ruthless are utterly thrilled to take home 2 awards last night @WimbledonShorts for Best UK film and The Audience Award! A real pleasure to screen at such a great fest and congrats to the other winners. GET IT ON! ‘ Kate Perry screenwriter of Ruthless
”Top night watching the outstanding finalists of the Wimbledon Shorts Film Festival awards @polkatheatre It was emotional, poignant, scary, intriguing, engaging, beautiful, funny, sad, captivating. Everything you could want from good short films.’ Lucy Kane MD Time & Leisure
‘The Wimbledon Festival is something special. A fantastic evening was had in the newly refurbished Polka Theatre for the 2021 awards night. My film CANDLE COPS could not have premiered at a better run event. A big THANK-YOU to the dedicated team who make this festival happen year after year!’ Tony Collingwood director of Candle Cops
‘WSIFF is a charming grassroots festival with a focus on uncovering resourceful new filmmakers around the world. The organisers do a fantastic job curating a quality range of up and coming talent, across various genres, and I’m very grateful to have taken part in this festival and won.’ Chris Shenkman director of Copper and Nickel
‘For once (amongst many of the festivals I have visited) the audience was large and included lots of members of the public as well as film makers. It was extremely well organised and the viewing and audio amongst one of the best I have seen.’ Kate Cheeseman director of What Happened to Evie
Huge thank you sponsors and supporters Marcus Beale Architects, Cut To: Plan, Curzon Cinemas and Wimbledon BookFest, and our friends at the Polka Theatre.
2023 Awards Jury
Dominic Buttimore – Executive Producer
Andrew Chowns – Chair, Directors’ Charitable Foundation
Fiona Clarke-Hackston – Media Consultant, Memini
Deborah Haywood – Writer & Director
Manu Luksch – Artist and Filmmaker
Lila Rawlings – Head of Creative; Film and TV for Alfonso Cuarón
Matt Smith – Head of Distribution Lionsgate
Nick Toon – Director of Rational[e] Consulting