EFF 2026 Official Selection
Our judges have shortlisted 75 incredible films from local talent, across the UK and overseas to be screened at the 2026 Ealing Film Festival, celebrating outstanding filmmaking, creativity and storytelling.
We have also recognised a number of standout films specially recommended by our judges. These EFF 2026 Longlist films are not part of this year’s screening programme, but were selected for their quality, originality and impact.
Film List (Alphabetical)
- A Night at Morgrave Manor | Student Homegrown | Xavier Grehan | UK
- Acting Normal | Documentary Student Homegrown | Nathan Wallace-Auguste | UK
- All Change | Narrative Drama Short Cuts | Joe Molander | UK
- Among the Smoke | Documentary Animation | Austin Salt-Cowell | New Zealand
- At This Moment, It’s Us | Homegrown | Theodore K Emile Rodney Chaa Ustaoglu | UK
- Banana Crabtree Simon | Homegrown | Richard Elson | UK
- Boot Room | Homegrown Narrative Drama | Atul Malhotra | UK
- Chekhov’s Bun | Horror/Suspense | Beau Fowler | UK
- Clarity/Peter | Homegrown Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Oscar Tracey | UK
- Clause and Effect | Homegrown | Taylor Simpson | UK
- Cleared For Takeoff | Animation | Maddy Wink, Sophia Bass, Arwyn McCollough, Joshua Oak | USA
- Close | Narrative Drama | Robert Ripley | UK
- Codec | Student | Lilly Mellor | UK
- Crunch Point | Documentary Animation | Will Taylor | UK
- Deli Meat | Comedy | BRICK | UK
- Discord | Homegrown | Jen Lim | UK
- Dobrina | Animation | Hannes Rall | Germany
- Dodgeball | Student Animation | Jesse Van Norman | USA
- Exeat | Narrative Drama | Abigail Cruttenden | UK
- Falcon Eyes | Sci-Fi/Fantasy Narrative Drama | Annlin Chao | UK
- For Sale | Horror/Suspense | Barney Pell Scholes, Thomas O’Meara | UK
- friendship was a safe bet | Comedy | Nara Toktoshova | UK
- Fruity | Comedy | James Baines | UK
- G.S.W. | Narrative Drama | Jonny Durgan | UK
- Game Over | Homegrown | Cleo Samoles-Little | UK
- God of Mischief | Comedy | Christian Stevens | UK
- Goddamn Gorilla | Comedy | Valentin Coste, Florent Beaudot | France
- Hell | Animation | Parker Croft | USA
- Imperfect Cadence | Homegrown | Ewen S Henry | UK
- In Between | Comedy | Hannah Mamalis | Ireland
- Invisible Boy | Narrative Drama | Cameron King | UK
- Lilly’s House | Narrative Drama | Matthew Howell | UK
- Melatonin | Narrative Drama | Hannaneh Daliri | Iran
- Mimic | Homegrown | Christopher Bonwell | UK
- Mr Vertigo | Narrative Drama Homegrown | Marios Hamboulides | UK
- Night Whispers | Horror/Suspense | Adrian Leon | UK
- No Human’s Land | Narrative Drama | Eloi Sellier | France
- Now’s Your Time | Comedy | Kieran Bourne | UK
- On the Pursuit of Greatness | Student Documentary | Oliver James Welsby | UK
- Overtones | Narrative Drama | Ollie Gardner | UK
- Pawen | Homegrown Horror/Suspense | Richard Elson | UK
- Plastic Surgery | Horror/Suspense Green Planet | Guy Trevellyan | UK
- Pushed Together | Narrative Drama Short Cuts | Ben Sapir | UK
- Recalculating | Horror/Suspense | Ray Gower | UK
- Reclaim the Night | Narrative Drama | Elise McLeod | France
- Resonance | Horror/Suspense | Benedict Goddard | Ireland
- Route 23 | Student | Joshua Shea | UK
- Run Outs | Homegrown Narrative Drama | Dhillon Shukla | UK
- Skopein Fobos | Horror/Suspense | Rui Wang, Yu-Ming Huang | UK
- Spiderling House | Horror/Suspense | Xan Gilmour | UK
- Stumbling Blocks | Animation | Tortor Smith | UK
- Tamago | Comedy | Orso, Peter & Benjamin Miyakawa | Italy
- That Summer | Narrative Drama | Remi Giordan | France
- The Ambrose Finch | Student | Dunyasha Althaus | UK
- The Bluebird’s Daughter | Narrative Drama | Nathan Glendinning | UK
- The Cleanse | Horror/Suspense | Tim Auld | UK/USA
- The Following People DO NOT Smoke Weed | Documentary | Julia Mervis | UK
- The Hiring Protocol | Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Francois Choquene | France
- The Last Dance | Narrative Drama | Hayden McLean | UK
- The Left Behind | Narrative Drama Student | Charlotte Bienenfeld | France
- The Pocket Dial | Comedy Short Cuts | Pete Vulinovich | Australia
- The Test | Horror/Suspense | Grattan Aikins | Ireland
- The Tide | Narrative Drama | Anne-Marie Scragg | UK
- The Trap | Student Narrative Drama | Vitali Havura | Poland
- The Witches of Pool Bottom | Student | Ava Bounds | UK
- To Fly or Float | Homegrown | Charlotte Peters | UK
- Troll Story | Homegrown/Animation | Oliver Smith | UK
- Twenty Twenty | Student Narrative Drama | Alex A Salam | UK
- Two Creatures | Homegrown | Ainhoa Garbalena | UK
- Undertone | Horror/Suspense | Shaun Munro | UK
- Up & Down | Homegrown | Richard Elson | UK
- We Dream in Colour | Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Kane Wilson | UK
- Well-Being | Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Kevin McNally | UK
- With You Again | Homegrown | Kulbir Singh Maras | UK
- Ya Hanouni | Short Cuts | Lyna Tadount, Sofian Chouaib | France
- “47:10′:00”, directed by Serna Amini | Iran
- #MeToo, directed by Vitalina Kazban | UK
- 7 times 7 times 7, directed by Anderson West | UK
- A Reciprocal Arrangement, directed by Daniel Higley | UK
- A Silent Beat, directed by Brenda Huerta Rodriguez | UK
- Ape of the Unknown, directed by Rushil Vyas | UK
- Bank Holiday, directed by Poppy Conway | UK
- Blackpool, directed by Stephen Gallacher | UK
- Bloom, directed by Conan Gionovan | Japan
- Bluff, directed by Naomi Wright | UK
- Breaks, directed by Christina Yianni | UK
- Brighter Days, directed by Sheida Sheikhha | Czech Republic
- Brocolopolis, directed by Charlotte Foster | UK
- Bury Your Gays, directed by Charlotte Serena Cooper | UK
- Cake For Breakfast, directed by Owen McCourt | USA
- Cherry B, directed by Ornella Hawthorn Gardez | UK
- Choked 2.0, directed by James Bennett, Noel Sullivan | UK
- Cliff Edge, directed by Ann Hawker | UK
- Coarse Truth, directed by Joshua Murphy, Leni Lauritsch | Austria
- Come Back, directed by Helen O’Reilly | Ireland
- Coupon, directed by Taylor Caddick | UK
- Croydon Cowgirl, directed by Phoebe Barran | UK
- Daayan, directed by Rohan Sudan | UK
- Dark Palette, directed by Lucas Pelizaro | UK
- Desk to Dance, directed by Chantelle Awere | UK
- Discovering Davina, directed by India Riley | UK
- Do NOT Open, directed by Barathi Subramanian | UK
- Don’t Look, directed by Danny Murphy | UK
- Downsized, directed by Ed Willey | UK
- Driving Lessons, directed by Anastasiya Gruba | Ukraine
- Easy Sell, directed by Ken Abolas, Ash Meshkati | UK
- Exploring the Intersections, directed by James Hough | UK
- Fear Is A Rose, directed by Isabel Stub | USA
- Fly Over, directed by Max Ward | UK/USA
- Goldfish, directed by Akhil Kumar | UK
- Gourmanium, directed by Benjamin Sitton | UK
- Grandpa’s Garden, directed by Emmett Sparling | Canada
- Him Then Us, directed by Elika Norowzian | UK
- Hitchhiker, directed by Lilianna Popi, Mo Reed | USA
- Holding On, directed by Jake Mash | UK
- How to Get a Guy to Fall In Love, directed by Rio Brown | USA
- Identity, directed by Andy Winward | UK
- Ikebana, directed by Katya Iwasko | UK
- Imbalanced Love, directed by Yiping Gu | China
- In My Words, directed by Andrew Burrell | UK
- Ingest, directed by Callum Wilkins | UK
- Insetti, directed by Greta Zamparini | Italy
- Irpinia, directed by Jameisha Prescod | UK
- Jamie’s Wager, directed by Sean Kardar | UK
- Just a Pill Away, directed by Frederick Shih | USA
- Just Kids, directed by Alessandro Ricondo | UK
- Koyo, directed by Rachel Eunbea Chung | UK
- Lady, directed by Jordon Stevens | UK
- Lake on the Cabin, directed by Jem Karto | UK
- Matilda and the Brave Escape, directed by Ash Reed | UK
- Memorial, directed by David O’Mahony | UK
- Mirror, Signal, Manoeurvre, directed by Anabella Forbes | UK
- Misdirected, directed by Aum Patel, Emma Wessleus | UK
- OK/NOTOK, directed by Pardeep Sahota | UK
- One Brother, directed by Oskar Nilsson | UK
- Our Circle in the Storm, directed by Ray Jacobs | UK
- Over, directed by Duncan Ragg, Anna Philiips | Australia
- Pet Extermination, directed by Mikkel Storm Glomstein | Norway
- Play Ground, directed by Shiva Rastegar | Iran
- Polka Dot, directed by Silveri Yunlan Zhang | UK
- Pomegranate, directed by Zoe Morgan Chiswick | UK
- Precious, directed by Sean Frost | UK
- Reality Reset, directed by Roberto Constantin | UK
- Reconsolidation, directed by Abbie Lucas | USA
- Roam Unleashed III, directed by Kamil Dymek | UK
- Rot, directed by Euan Pollock Foulis, Saorsie Selway | UK
- Route 310, directed by Julia Mervis | UK
- Seasons, directed by Keefer Carteen | UK
- She Fishes, directed by Sabine Gilley | Jersey
- Shepherd Moon, directed by Michaela Wadzinski | USA
- Sisters, directed by Josh Cowle | UK
- Something For Your Mind, directed by Kamil Dymek | UK
- Straight Ahead, directed by Becalelis Brodskis | UK
- Surprise!, directed by Dave Gardner | UK
- Take Me Away, directed by Victoire Vaille | France
- Talking Rubbish, directed by Ian Donnelly | UK
- The Actor, directed by Austin Hurt, Connor Matthews | USA
- The Big Bad Wolf, directed by Leo Wright | UK
- The Box, directed by Dan Perry | UK
- The Detectorists, directed by Sarah-Jane Walsh | UK
- The Discovery, directed by Ernesto Rodriguez Cruz | USA
- The Donkey with the Baby on her Back, directed by Isabella Chaves Gutierrez | UK
- The Edenbound, directed by Andrew McGee | UK
- The Fireplace, directed by Ben Daly | UK
- The Flaming Man, directed by Aaron Place | UK
- The Friendship of Fish, directed by Sherice Griffiths | UK
- The Influence of Ping Pong is Big, directed by Caleb Yule | UK
- The Last Days of Barbara Miller, directed by Milleny Marques | Canada
- The Line Between, directed by Dakota Truscott, Trinity Korunic | NZ
- The Playground, directed by Bella Glanville | UK
- The Pretty, directed by Miguel Corcoles | Spain
- The Removed, directed by Rebecca Rose | UK
- The Second Time Around, directed by Jack Howard | UK
- The Seeker, directed by Matt Sears | UK
- The Song of Flying Leaves, directed by Armine Anda | Armenia
- The Tall Dark Man, directed by Taylor Phillips | USA
- The Voice, directed by Djofray Makumbu | UK
- The Wanderer, directed by Michael Lavine | UK
- There’s a Robbery in Progress, directed by Morgan Miller | USA
- Thick Skin, directed by Danielle Russell | USA
- Thug Citizen, directed by Jevashan Mahendran | UK
- Tommy The Super Hero, directed by Sam Turnbull | UK
- Tracey, directed by Gino Lynch | UK
- Trust Me, directed by Marc-Antoine Turcotte | UK
- Two Black Boys in Paradise***, directed by Baz Sells | UK
- Uncapped: A Green Journey, directed by Amber Annelle Hicks | UK
- Unforgettable, directed by Joshua Jonathan Taylor | UK
- When You Left Me, directed by Jevan Chowdhury | UK
- Wink, directed by Emma Lindley | UK
- Witness, directed by Aida Tebianian | Iran
- Wonders of Evolution, directed by Francisco Arango Ceballos | Colombia
- Wrapped in Celluloid, directed by Oli Greck | UK
- You’ll Make It Home, directed by Sheryl Jenkins | UK
- 3.400KG, Directed by Atefeh Nafari, Samira Mokhtari | Iran
- A City is also a Wounded Body, Directed by Nikka Zavalia | Argentina
- A Farewell on Time, Directed by Edgar Soberon | Spain
- A new world on Earth, Directed by Tianli Zu | Australia
- A Positive Contribution, Directed by Nuri Moseinco | United Kingdom
- Alleged, Directed by Joe Foster | United Kingdom
- Ariane, Directed by Emeric Gallego | France
- Art. Is. Remedy., Directed by Ismail Wasfi | United Kingdom
- Attrition, Directed by Brendan Pascal Lonergan | United Kingdom
- Belladonna, Directed by Felix Sutton | United Kingdom
- Beneath the soil, Directed by Peter Edward Hartwig | Australia
- BonBon Track in Cyprus, Directed by Olkan Erguler | Cyprus
- Botching., Directed by Brian Williams | United Kingdom
- Brothers, Directed by Tristan Head | United Kingdom
- Burnt Country, Directed by Kirsten Slemint | Australia
- Chimera, Directed by Neil West | United Kingdom
- COLORS, Directed by Manju Subberwal | Canada
- CR7, Directed by ANESH CHANDRAN AZAD | India
- Crave, Directed by Lois Norman | United Kingdom
- Dedicated, Directed by Gwynneth VanLaven | United States
- Denmark Doesn’t Exist, Directed by Joseph Archer | Denmark
- Deserters, Directed by Guido Zanghi | United Kingdom
- Diary of a Ghost, Directed by Caroline Hajny | United Kingdom
- Didn’t It Rain, Directed by JORDAN JOHNSON | United Kingdom
- Dream Car Wash, Directed by Edoardo Brighenti | United Kingdom
- Elixir, Directed by Marcus Mills | United Kingdom
- Evenfall One, Directed by Naphtali Cave, Matt Mitchell | United Kingdom
- Fighting Chance, Directed by Om-Kalthoom Bashmailah, Adesh Sekhon | United Kingdom
- Firefly, Directed by Anne-Marie Scragg | United Kingdom
- Florescence, Directed by Harry Rylott | United Kingdom
- Florida Plates, Directed by Kyle Garrett | United States
- Flower, Directed by Elva Zhang | China
- Forever Yours, Directed by Elliott Louis McKee | Germany
- Girl With A Cigarette Earring, Directed by E E Martin | United Kingdom
- Give Me Your Phone, Directed by Itunu Olowo | United Kingdom
- Hallowed, Directed by Olivia J Loader | United Kingdom
- Haunted, Directed by Jon Amiel | United States
- Hometime, Directed by Jonathan Lambert | Ireland
- Hot Mess, Directed by Tortor Smith | United Kingdom
- How Do I Say Goodbye, Directed by Rachael G | United Kingdom
- How to Build a Life, Directed by Matthew Reese | United Kingdom
- I am Kanaka, Directed by Genevieve Sulway | United Kingdom
- In Depth , Directed by Stefano Moscone | United Kingdom
- Kazhal, Directed by Ali Azhari | Iran
- Last Fare, Directed by Sam Press | United Kingdom
- Last Orders, Directed by Fergus Mclean | United Kingdom
- Le Charade, Directed by Erika Totoro | United States
- Level Par, Directed by Joe Banks | United Kingdom
- Little Fire, Directed by Chen Wu | Taiwan
- Living Australia, Directed by Chris Tangey | Australia
- Lunatic, Directed by Robin Noorda | Netherlands
- Make Me Murder, Directed by Rahel Peker | United Kingdom
- Maximum Security , Directed by Richard Mann | United Kingdom
- Me&You, Directed by Haosong Xu | China
- message, Directed by saeed moltaji | Iran
- Missing the Trailers, Directed by Max Walters | United States
- Nature Matters, Directed by Andy Burns (Editor), Graham Relton (Producer) | United Kingdom
- Neutopia, Directed by Kane Wilson | United Kingdom
- Night Intruders, Directed by Dominik Klimowski | United Kingdom
- Number32. Giant Fish, Directed by Seunghyun Si | Korea, Republic of
- One for the Road, Directed by Sarah Leigh | United Kingdom
- Out Like a Lamb, Directed by Fern Jessop | United Kingdom
- Out of Time, Directed by Henry Chebaane | United Kingdom
- Pasture & Storm, Directed by Chris Frazer Smith | United Kingdom
- Peace Process, Directed by Marco Jonathan | United Kingdom
- Pitstop, Directed by Alan Rosenfeld | Canada
- Reminders, Directed by Nikolay Malakhov | United Kingdom
- Richard Long: Ultimate Speed Walker, Directed by Andy Smith | United Kingdom
- Ride The Line, directed by Matthew Reese | United Kingdom
- Rocket Girl , Directed by Anna Cottrill | United Kingdom
- Sandcastle – The Secret Life Of Potter Wasps, Directed by Roman Willi | Switzerland
- Saviour of our Streets, Directed by Andrew Rainnie | United Kingdom
- Scraps, Directed by Mohamed-Zain Dada | United Kingdom
- Shorebirds, Directed by Khushil Doshi, Emily Chae | Canada
- Simon, Directed by Ed Willey | United Kingdom
- Sincopat, Directed by Pol Diggler | Spain
- Skulk, Directed by Max Ward | United Kingdom
- So Wrong, Directed by David Kline | United Kingdom
- SoulMates, Directed by Ellis Walker | United Kingdom
- Stressy Squishy, Directed by Katherine Fan | United States
- Tea Party, Directed by Alan Mark Livesey | United Kingdom
- Teardrops From A Clown, Directed by Jack RH O’Sullivan | United Kingdom
- THATCH to the FUTURE!, Directed by Nicolas Neuhold | Luxembourg
- The Black Dune, Directed by Daniel Elkin | Peru
- The Book of Love, Directed by Anderson J West | United Kingdom
- The Cage, Directed by Hamideh Motavali Zadeh | Iran
- The Ceiling, Directed by Sonja Kröhn | Czech Republic
- The Cloud, Directed by Dean Walton | United Kingdom
- The Dance of Being, Directed by Paul London, Infinity Bunce | United States
- The Elements, Directed by Wheeler Winston Dixon | United States
- The Flow of Shadows , Directed by Hing Tsang | United Kingdom
- The Friend, Directed by Nanni Mann | United Kingdom
- The Future Can Be Yours, Directed by Simon Ball | United Kingdom
- The Generators, Directed by Georgie Cowan-Turner | United Kingdom
- The Golden Boy, Directed by Elizabeth Peace | United Kingdom
- The Holiday Maker, Directed by Harry Mead | United Kingdom
- The Last Child, Directed by Serna Amini | Iran
- The Last Run , Directed by Hardeep Giani | United Kingdom
- THE MAD AFTERS, Directed by Oliver Charles Madeley | United Kingdom
- The Nun Slayer , Directed by Ben Bovington-Key | United Kingdom
- The Other Guy, Directed by Kit Ramsay | United Kingdom
- The Sea, Directed by Ian Bartholomew | United Kingdom
- The Sin Eater, Directed by Sam Pilbeam | United Kingdom
- The Soldier on Smithdown Road, Directed by Barney Pell Scholes, Thomas Harnett O’Meara | United Kingdom
- The Theatre Ghost, Directed by Brooke deRosa | United States
- The Tipping Point , Directed by Jasbir Nangla | United Kingdom
- Threads of Life, Directed by Anna Davydova | France
- Tiff, Directed by Sebastian Canning | United Kingdom
- Time Between Us , Directed by Isabella Campbell | United Kingdom
- True lies, Directed by Roni Levkowitz | France
- Tsunami scene, Directed by Johanne Nilsen | United Kingdom
- Under Heavy Lead, Directed by Harry Norton | United Kingdom
- Up, Up and Away, Directed by Kai Yin Canice Tam | Hong Kong
- VARANUS, Directed by Kiarash Bokaeyan | Iran
- Velo Love, Directed by Carlos Cruz, Sam Méndez | United States
- Vexting, Directed by Jim Page | United Kingdom
- We’re Not Really Here, Directed by Andy Twyman | United Kingdom
- Whit’s Fur Ye, Directed by Ashley Catherine Dick | United Kingdom
- Would you rather, Directed by Fabrizio Quagliuso | United Kingdom