ThE Oxford
international
film festival
OXIFF is a BIFA qualifying event, designed to be an intimate, boutique and eloquent filmmaker festival of discovery where film enthusiasts can get first hand insights from directors, writers, actors and producers from the premiering films, a style which blends well with the beautiful city of Oxford.
The 11th edition
of the OXFord
international film festival
official
selection
announced…
The 11th edition of OXIFF will take place on the 19th Feb. Full details and ticketing information will be released here on Jan 23rd. The Line up of exciting films are as follows…
Mimic
Directed by Christopher Bonwell
Maggie, the last remaining Mimic in England, has her world turned upside down by a patient and the lines of her reality start to blur.
Terra
Directed by Rory Wilson
Inspired by true accounts - Set in a war-zone, a war doctor and his medical staff are forced underground into a make-shift hospital, only to be faced with a desperate father willing to do whatever it takes to be helped. When survival is everything, morality is the first casualty.
The Mudlarks
Directed by Jamie Lee Carrington
Set against the shifting tides of the River Thames, this five-minute documentary follows three London mudlarkers from different walks of life.
clown song
Directed by Brady Dowad
An exploration of the inability to escape our DNA, Clown Song examines the death of the American dream under a darkly-comedic lens.
terminus vi
Directed by Loic Zimmermann
Margaret is, Margaret is, Margaret is... Margaret is taking action.
1+1+1 Life,love,chaos
Directed by Yanie Dupont-Hébert
Dramedy. Childish almost 40-year-old, fiery aspiring writer Pat (she hates Patricia) has an overwhelming and unreliable inside voice that urges her to act before her brain can stop the damage.
wavelength
Directed by Kate Auster and Holly Warburton
Two people tune into each other across the noise of the world. When the signal fades, what remains?
Your Email Has Not Found Me Well
Directed by Karolina Papp
Becky is a freelance artist desperately clinging to the belief that her work is IMPORTANT and MEANINGFUL - despite her empty bank account and constant reminders from Instagram that everyone else is younger, more talented, and emotionally stable.
plastic surgery
Directed by Guy Trevellyan
A doctor on her last day before maternity leave is thrown into chaos when a hidden threat emerges.
another day
Directed by Andrew Whitney
Tucked away in the modern city are lonely lives, marked out by dreary habits and routines, propped up by hopes, dreams and fantasies. And sometimes art.
stalling
Directed by Jasia Ka
An unlikely queer love story unfolds when two women bond over a shared cheating ex, and they connect year after year in the same bar bathroom.
stroke of genius
Directed by Karel Van Bellingen
STROKE OF GENIUS, starring Maxim Baldry (Rings of Power, Years and Years) and narrated by Tim Key (Mickey 17, The Double), juxtaposes the calm and emptiness of a morning spent waiting for a letter, where ostensibly little to nothing happens, with the turmoil on a cosmic scale caused by the waiting man’s existential ambivalence about his legacy and purpose.
89 seconds to midnight
Directed by Vasilii Mesropov
Told through a haunting blend of global voices, 89 Seconds to Midnight is a cinematic manifesto warning of humanity’s fragile future on its accelerating road to self-destruction — as marked by the current setting of the Doomsday Clock.
finn
Directed by Marsha Jean Lui
“Finn” is a raw exploration of trauma and female vulnerability set against the backdrop of 1991s South West London. All interior scenes were shot on a constructed set.
freya - beyond the mat
Directed by Arthur Lopes
A young athlete navigates the highs and lows of competitive jiu-jitsu, driven by passion and grit.
the banjo boys
Directed by Johan R Nayar
The Banjo Boys follows the electrifying rise of Madalitso Band, a Malawian duo—Yobu Maligwa and Yosefe Kalekeni—who built their own instruments into a banjo, a one-stringed babatone (bass), and a foot drum, crafting a sound that really gets people on their feet..
dreamtown
Directed by Steven McKenna
Mickey Richards, a delusional, aging rocker who never realized his dreams, lives a carefree, rock-and-roll lifestyle—spending his nights in bars, spinning tales about his glory days to a group of youths. Then there’s Gina Fox, the young bartender, the only one in the world who still believes in Mickey.
you are not alone
Directed by Marie-Helene Viens
Little does Leo know that a mysterious taxi driver will jeopardize his blossoming romance with Rita, a young woman he’s falling in love with.
stranger in paradise
Directed by Gabriela Fernanda Orozco
In his last few breaths, a man drifts between vivid memories of the world he's leaving behind and haunting visions of what it might yet become.
when you left me
Directed by Jevan Chowdhury
When You Left Me is a tense short film exploring the breaking point of a father pushed to his limit. After a morning of escalating frustration, he does the unthinkable—leaving his young son behind on a London Underground platform.
ruth ( ルース)
Directed byDrey Jordan Singer
An abstract live action pixar-esque portrait of love, loss, grief, and healing.
the influence of ping pong
Directed by Caleb Yule
"The Influence of Ping Pong is Big" tells the story of the Brighton Table Tennis Club through the eyes of coach Wen Wei Xu, revealing the impact of the game on both players and mentors alike.
the worth of things
Directed by Jane Ballentyne
At their mother’s deathbed, an emotionally repressed woman tries to force her newly therapised sister to forget the past and say goodbye like a normal person. But with neither of them willing to admit how badly their mother’s legacy affected their relationship with pizza, they revert to childish behaviour to work things out.
biology
Directed by Oz Arshad
One night on holiday with Jess’ family, Liz freaks out in their Airbnb bedroom after she discovers that Jess asked her brother Simon to be their sperm donor.
state organs
Directed by Raymond Zhang
When two youths mysteriously disappeared in China, their families embarked on a perilous 20-year journey to search for lost loved ones. Along the way, they uncovered a most secret state crime and a grassroots movement that inspired a nation and then the world.
the companions
Directed by José María Flores
A young couple walks down the street, they have left the children at home and are going out to dinner. A crowd gathers around something.
strong woman
Directed by Theo Gee
"A Strong Woman" is a short documentary celebrating the strength of three record-breaking female athletes. Beyond their incredible lifts, it explores their resilience, dedication, and ability to shatter societal perceptions of female power in sport and life.
craggy confidant
Directed by Thomas Crilly
When Jim's car is stolen, he reaches out to his insurance agent Pete. But a late night chat in a dingy wine bar gets tense, as Jim’s stolen car is revealed to be a part of an eccentric and fraudulent plan that he seems to have no say in
mary
Directed by Dunyasha Althaus
When a young live-in nurse takes the elderly Peter into her care, she attempts to distract him from believing that his dead wife Mary is still alive, until she begins to feel her presence, too.
paper city
Directed by Alex Hargreaves
Sofa music Video
twain
Directed by Pip
A young man confronts his incarcerated twin brother unearthing secrets from the past
escape
Directed by Masha Maroutitch
A young woman discovers a way to escape her reality through dance.
hometime
Directed by Jonathan Lambert
An inner-city boy, Sam, spends his birthday in a pub, waiting for his mother, Leanne, to call it a night.
cry like a guy
Directed by Anthony Rubinstein
KIERAN BEW (HBO's 'House of the Dragon', Netflix's 'Warrior') leads us on an educational, emotional, gruff and goofy adventure through the hidden world of male tears. A feast for the feels.
uncomissioned screenplay selection of the OXford international film festival edition 11…
The long shade - Gregg Thomas (USA)
Ghost Life - Fred jacks (USA)
Wait - Clare Bordeux (France)
Class Jump - Adam Baskerfield (UK)
OXIFF award winners
Best Director - Colleen McGuinness
Best Feature - Long Haul
Best International Short - Loser
Best UK Short - Cold Mine
Best Documentary - The Bloodline
Best Documentary Short - Ravens
Best Animation - Have I swallowed Your Dreams
Best Performance in a Lead Role (Actress/Actor) - Angourice Rice
Best student - Badge
Best Experimental - The Untranslatable Forest
Best Music Video - Rigmor
Best Screenplay - Burning
OXIFF2025
OXIFF2025 is a BIFA qualifying event, designed to be an intimate, boutique and eloquent filmmaker festival of discovery where film enthusiasts can get first hand insights from directors, writers, actors and producers from the premiering films, a style which blends well with the beautiful city of Oxford.
oxiff2023
official
selection
Award Winners
announced…
Best Feature film - THE TEACHER
Best international short film - THE OLD YOUNG CROW
Best UK short film - FREDERICKS
Best documentary - THE EXCHANGE GIRL
Best Experimental - HALDIIS
Best Student Film - THE PRINCESS’ DILEMAS
Best Animation - REGULAR RABBIT
Best un-commissioned screenplay - MARY MY DEAR
Best Music Video - TELL ME WHERE TO GO
Best Director - FARAH NABULSI
Best Actor - SALEH BAKRI
Best Actress - IMOGEN POOTS
Film of the Festival - THE TEACHER
official
selection
2022
oxiff2022
award winners
Film of the Festival – A Crack in the Mountain
Best Documentary Feature – A Crack in the Mountain
Best Feature film – A Weekend Away
Best international short film - What Really Matters
Best UK short film - Deloping
Best documentary Short - Village hours
Best Experimental - Woman
Best Student Film Lachesism
Best Animation - Stalker
Best un-commissioned screenplay - Red Coats by Gabrielle Canet
Best Music Video – Got to Move
Best Director – Alastair Evans (A Crack in the Mountain)
Best Actor – Michael Grady-Hall (Through the Larkin Glass)
Best Actress - Patricia Fuertes What Really Matters
oxiff2021 award winners…
Best Feature - The Laureate - William L Nunez
Best International Short - One of Us - Adrian Burt
Best UK Short - 22. Anna Matthews - Ben Hector
Best Documentary Feature - Misha - Brian song
Best Documentary Short - Águilas/Eagles - Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, Maite Zubiaurre
Best Student Film - Uncle Zsiger - Edit Jakab
Best Experimental Film - If Only - John Behring
Best Music Video - Dawn - Timon Birkhofer
Best Animation - The Winter - Xin Li
Best Uncommissioned Screenplay - Point 88
Best Director - William L Nunez (The Laureate)
Best Actress - Emma Keele (22. Anna Matthews)
Best Actor - Tom Hughes (The Laureate)
Film of the Festival - The Laureate - William L Nunez
Our exciting and eclectic selection for 2021 can be discovered below by clicking the film title and or director…
narrative features
The Catch - Matthew Ya-Hsiung Balzer
The Laureate - William L Nunez
Documentary features
Kiss the Ground - Josh Tickell, Rebecca Tickell
Ed Asner: On Stage and Off - Kurt Jacobsen, Warren Leming
Eye of the storm - Brooke Harris Wolf
uk narrative short films
The Rebirthing club - Valentina Carrasco Thayer
Conversations at Dusk - Amber Tordoff- Gibson
22. Anna Matthews - Ben Hector
Doughnut - Liam White, Larry Ketang
International narrative short films
A Circle Line Train - Martin Venier
Carl the Exorcist - Jordan McKittrick
A Letter To My Friend In France - Akram elbezzawy
The Fourth Wall - Kelsey Bollig
Rosario - Rogelio Salinas de la Torre
Draped in a Dragon - Jeremias Nussbaum
documentary short films
Right There Part 2 - Florence Buchanan
The Last Vaquita - Ed Harrison
Águilas/Eagles - Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, Maite Zubiaurre
California Creole - Abby Berendt Lavoi, Jeremey Lavoi
Running Through Life - Craig Bingham
student films
insomnia - Haerim Yang *also ani
Right Now, I Am - Ciara Kerr *also ani
animation films
insomnia - Haerim Yang *also stu
Right Now, I Am - Ciara Kerr *also stu
experimental films
Les Dieux Changeants - Lucio Arese
The Invisible Mirror - Luigi Rizzo
Phone In Hand (On Balloons With a Sheet Over Dead Belongings) - Matt Whitman
music videos
Open the Blinds - Timm Gillner
Noize MC — League of Legend - Vitaliy Kapitonov
screenplay finalists
A New G - Clarence Simons - USA
Point 88 - Josie Clarke - UK
WiFi - Christopher Wilde - Australia
Happy Birthday to Me - Charlie Cook - Canada
OXIFF2020 AWARD WINNERS
The Oxford International Film Festival 2020 came to a close on Sunday 4th October. Sadly due to the COVID-19 crisis the festival was unable to host the annual awards ceremony but festival is still delighted to announce the winners of this year’s awards!
Official Selection Announcement
The Oxford International Film Festival is delighted to announce the line-up for the 5th annual event, taking place 2nd-4th October both in cinema and online.
Important Update for OXIFF2020
Due to the COVID-19 crisis we wanted to provide a brief update on our plans for OXIFF2020. As everyone reading this will be aware there is no guarantees that cinemas or indeed any other venues will be open at the current re-scheduled date of 2nd-4th October.