NRFF London 2026
New Renaissance Film Festival London 2026 — Where imagination takes flight
Close-Up Cinema ProgrammeFriday 25 September · 12:00–1:30pm← Full programme
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Close-Up Cinema · Includes Q&A

Changing Course

Friday 25 September 2026 · 12:00–1:30pm

Confronted by illness, ageing, disrupted relationships and unexpected crises, these films follow people whose lives suddenly veer off course. Moving between dark humour and emotional reflection, the programme explores what it takes to let go, adapt and begin again.

Total film runtime1:16:19
01Shadowash

Music or Dance Short · United Kingdom · 4:40

Shadowash

Director Eve McConnachie

Choreographed by Andrea Azzari, Shadowash explores the experience of someone whose mind has been compromised. A film by Scottish Ballet.

02Dashcamera Obscura

Experimental Short · Australia · 6:53

Dashcamera Obscura

Director Henry Stone

A man desperate to capture a traffic accident on his new dashcam accidentally unleashes a car-crash day in his personal life.

03Learners

Comedy Short · United Kingdom · 20:00

Learners

Director Paul Testar

A cantankerous widower teaches his son’s struggling actress girlfriend to drive, and through stalls and false starts, they form an unlikely friendship that may end just as it begins.

04HOME

Short Short · United Kingdom · 3:27

HOME

Director Jai Sarvesh

The complex dynamics of a family whose lives are uprooted by a debilitating truth.

05BOX 3

Drama Short · Spain · 10:35

BOX 3

Director Sara Sálamo

A young man arrives unconscious at a hospital with a “Do Not Resuscitate” tattoo. With no documents and no time, a medical team must decide whether to save his life—or respect his will.

06The Fuck It List

Drama Short · United Kingdom · 10:44

The Fuck It List

Directors Sheridan Seraphin and Helen Mead

An emotionally repressed woman diagnosed with a terminal illness creates a list of all the people who have wronged her, with the aim of confronting each and every one of them.

07Stopped

Documentary Short · United Kingdom · 20:00

Stopped

Director Rachel Fielding

Stopped follows Rachel and a recently retired ballet dancer as they rediscover movement, vulnerability and the courage to let go and begin again.

Close-Up Cinema · Shoreditch

Seven films.
Seven lives changing course.

Friday 25 September 2026
12:00–1:30pm · Includes filmmaker Q&A

Close-Up Cinema
97 Sclater Street
London E1 6HR

Doors open before the advertised start time. Please arrive early to take your seat.

Block D · Changing CourseFriday 25 September · 12:00pm
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