The final day of Bitesize Film Fest bursts with bold storytelling, biting humour, and emotional depth. Opening with Push, a hilariously raw take on impending motherhood, the day sets a tone of honesty and irreverence. Comedic highlights include P is for Penis, a pub-set confession gone wildly off-script, Heterogeneity, a clash of worldviews in a parked car, and the outrageous Four Diamonds and a Funeral, where a heist meets hilarity. Horror chills arrive with The Unfinished Game, a haunting tale of guilt and ghostly revenge. Animations like Peckasso, Till Death Us Do Part, and If You Meet A Coyote add poignancy and whimsy, while dramas such as Now That You’re Back, Under the Glitter, and The Steak (an award-winning standout) explore grief, identity, and fractured relationships. The day closes with the visually striking The King of Forks (France), a surreal desert odyssey of transformation and fate. Day 3 is a fitting finale: strange, funny, and deeply human.
Bitesize Short Film Fest is sponsored by Godfrey's Popcorn
Push
Comedy
United Kingdom
Runtime: 10:00
Directed by Elly Condron
Being 9 months pregnant is not a beautiful fucking miracle - at least not to Mags, who’s exactly that. Lonely, she seeks advice from a visitor, but instead is prodded out of self-pity and pushed towards the acceptance of what is about to become her new normal.
P is for Penis
Comedy
United Kingdom
Runtime: 9:09
Director: Joe McGowan
It all comes out after a few pints.
An overdue catch up down the pub between two old friends is thrown into chaos by the inclusion of a terrifying third wheel with an embarrassing secret.
Notable Accolades: RUNNER UP - British Comedy Guide Pro Talent Awards for Production 2024
SEMI-FINALIST - Kino London Short Film Festival 2024
The Unfinished Game
Horror
Runtime: 8:03
Directed by: Prabu Prasad.S
A deadly secret. A ghostly revenge. And a game that was never meant to be finished.
A group of five young women, haunted by the recent and mysterious death of their friend Jenny, spend one final eerie night in their isolated hostel before moving out.
Peckasso
Animation
Runtime: 2:50
Directed by Amy Guo, Moyra Donnelly, Caroline Coppenhall
Can the old clockmaker bring joy to a lonely bird?
Till Death Us Do Part
Animation
United Kingdom
Runtime: 2:00
Directed by Verity Broad, Rhiannon Vignes, Livia Torres
A grief stricken widow comes to the church for consolation or confession?
Four Diamonds and a Funeral
Comedy
Runtime: 7:32
Directed by Oscar Lock
A Crime-Comedy following brothers Vince and Ted as they go to a Funeral Home, with the goal of retrieving valuables from a dead body. When their boss calls to check in, everything goes wrong.
Now That You’re Back
Drama
United Kingdom
Runtime: 14:03
Directed by Seth Hope Barnard Chodzko
After the suicide of a childhood friend, Connor and Liam are reunited by the difficult task of choosing their friends burial clothes.
Heterogeneity
Comedy
United Kingdom
Runtime:7:00
Directed by: Neizan Fernandez
In the confines of a parked vehicle, three men embark on a journey marked by their contrasting perspectives on God, faith and the state of the world. However, the question in the end is do their opposing beliefs make them good or bad people?
The Foul
Comedy
United Kingdom
Runtime: 3:42
Directed by James Button
Someone has to do something about all that dog sh*t.
Under the Glitter
Drama
France
Runtime: 6:10
Directed by: Paul Marques Duarte
One winter evening, Emmanuelle steps into a countryside bar to see Olivia, her former husband now queen of the night. Under the tired neon lights, glitter sparkles and words falter. How do you piece things back together after eight years of silence?
If You Meet A Coyote
Animation
Runtime: 4:02
Directed By: Will Seymour Murphy
A coming of age tale where a teenage son doubts the wisdom of his father
Notable Accolades: Official Selection (Royal Television Society London Student Awards)
The Steak
Drama
Runtime: 8:13
Directed by: Kiarash Dadgar
A birthday party preparation is thrown into chaos by an awful event.
Notable accolades: Young Director Award (Cannes), Fellowship Award winner, (Slamdance), Film of the Year (Watersprite)
The King Of Forks
Comedy/Adventure
France
Runtime: 24:00
Directed by: Raphaël Lopez
A humanitarian is tasked with transporting a box of unknown contents. When his vehicle becomes immobilized in the heart of a relentless desert, he continues on foot, accompanied by a mysterious companion he meets along the way. Together, they face a landscape as magnificent as it is hostile, while the initial mission transforms into an epic quest, revealing a destiny far grander than they could have imagined.