60 mins | Recommended 18+

Join us on closing night where Two Short Nights will platform this year’s Exeter Phoenix Short Film Commissions on the big screen for the first time. An exciting celebration of the dedication, hard work and talent of filmmakers and artists based in the south west.

PROGRAMME

LIPSTICK 
Dir. Natasha lay | 4 mins | Micro Short Film Commission 
A young woman on her first night out in town learns more about her new friend, and herself, in the women’s bathroom of a bar. 

OTHER 
Dir. Emma Johnson | 3 mins | Micro Short Film Commission 
Overwhelmed and unimpressed by school, Olivia tumbles into her imagination, realising that by embracing this vibrant inner world and sharing her ideas with others, life can be empowering and extraordinary. 

ABIGAIL’S AN ACTIVIST NOW 
Dir. Micha Colombo | 14 mins | UK 
When downtrodden Abigail begins a spontaneous protest to save a tree, her family think she’s lost the plot, but soon come to realise that her unravelling is what they all need. 

STABLE SPEAK 
Dir. Alice Clough | 4 mins | Artists Moving Image Commission 
Stable Speak juxtaposes two intimate interactions, with horse and human, in a poetic and poignant moment of disclosure. 

FISHWIFE 
Dir. Lydia Jenkins | 8 mins | South West Short Film Commission 
When Maggie is left as a sacrifice to an elusive Sea Monster, she must find her strength or be condemned to a dreadful fate. 

A YEAR AND A MINUTE 
Dir. Sapphire Medeema | 9 mins | 19-25 Devon Film Fund 
Exactly a year after their grandmother’s death, a restless teenager and her older brother attempt to reconcile their conflicting memories of the grandmother they both adored but recall differently.

About Two Short Nights

Two Short Nights returns for its 23rd edition on 06 & 07 February, 2025. We’ll once again invite our audience to celebrate creativity, diversity and variety and help us nurture new and emerging talent through selected screenings, commissions, and our famous 48 Hour Film Challenge!

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VENUE: EXETER PHOENIX, Studio 74

*Subject to a £1.50 ticketing system charge. We don’t charge this to make a profit. Find out more >>