Shortflix: New Voices, Big Stories

...Tide. Johnny Massahi's psychedelic rollercoaster set in a campervan stuck on the causeway at Lindisfarne, Northumberland, as the tide comes in.

...Die Today. Where gangs rule, can vengeance heal a troubled mind? John Akinde's ode to life and death on an east London estate.

...Behind. Carrie Battram's touching tale of surviving grief through the small things people leave behind, set in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

A fraught dinner date in a northern town, set in an absurd near-future, where taking offence has taken on a life of its own. From Danny Seymour.

...Sisters. A contemporary take on witchcraft in London, about a young woman coping with the aftermath of sexual trauma. From Isabella Culver.