2017 Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York

The BAFTA recognised Aesthetica Short Film Festival was founded in 2011 and is now an established annual event in York. This year’s festival showcased more than 400 films from emerging and established filmmakers in various venues across the city. It has now become a regular event in my calendar, and with the festival now running for five days there was ample opportunity to see some fabulous films. Here are just a few of my favourites I managed to see.

Ins Holz by Thomas Horat & Corina Schwingruber Ilić

Lux by Issy Snailham

Spelliasmous by Ben Garfield

Mrs McCutcheon by John Sheedy

Safe Haven by Marty Stalker

Paint by Graeme Robertson

Deighties by Mason Fleming

Natalie by Mikey Murray

Mamie by Benoît Monney

Game by Jeannie Donohoe

Zoya by Sahirr Sethhi

Hell’s Bells by Luke Jeffery

All That You Love Will Be Carried Away by Tom Barbor-Might

Wave by Benjamin Cleary & TJ O’Grady Peyton

A couple of new features in the festival this year were a couple of showcase screenings of last years best films and a guest Polish programme..

90 Grad Nord by Detsky Graffam

Evil Deeds by Piotr Domalewski

Lay Me Low by Marlene Millar

Close Ties by Zofia Kowalewska

Silence by Dejan Mrkic

Rhonna & Donna by Daina O.Pusic