"BOLD, UNTOLD STORIES Under the Spotlight"
Please be advised that the selection process is still ongoing, and the present brochure may change if another film submission makes it to the finalist stage.
We appreciate your understanding and look forward to celebrating all the remarkable talent showcased in this year’s event.

Animation
TIDY AWAY
After the death of her husband of forty years, Margaret keeps herself busy—washing, dusting, and folding away the reminders of a life once shared.
DIETER
As a once-renowned sculptor’s body weakens, his imagination carries him into a dreamlike landscape where memory becomes art.
THE WEDDING VEIL OF THE PROUD PRINCESS
When a proud princess demands an impossible gift from her suitors, she unwittingly sparks an endless war that consumes her kingdom.
CHRISTOPHER AND THE BUG
A solitary owl has his peaceful life disrupted by a tiny, unwelcome guest—leading to an unlikely friendship.
OUR MORNING VIEW
A grieving father and daughter struggle to reconnect in a world of screens, silence, and unspoken love.
FISH
After coming out as bisexual later in life, a woman dives back into dating with the nerves and thrill of a teenager.
PINING
On Fire Island, a jaded millennial clashes with a bold Gen Z newcomer, sparking a summer of ego, lust, and shifting queer identity.


SHOOBS
A chaotic noughties house party becomes Lisa’s crash course in crushes and identity.
HOT MILK
Sofia travels with her mother to a remote Spanish clinic, desperate to cure her mysterious paralysis.
LGBTQIA+
FEATURES
49 MILES MORE
On the way to their annual university reunion, Max and his free-spirited best friend Doug break down in the middle of nowhere.
BONE KEEPER
Six friends explore a remote cave in search of missing hikers—only to discover something ancient and hungry waiting in the dark.
SATU: THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT
When Bo flees the capital chasing her dream of photojournalism, she meets Satu, a quiet orphan with an unexpected depth.
MAJONEZE
In rural Ersekë, Elyria lives under her father’s strict rule.Obedience holds her anger in place—until it doesn’t.
A quietly fierce story of rebellion and self-awakening.
LEAVE ME ALONE
During an overnight shoot in a Victorian manor, Izzy faces a Churail that draws her into the haunting legacy of empire and identity.
OUT OF COMPETITION
HOT MILK
Sofia travels with her mother to a remote Spanish clinic, desperate to cure her mysterious paralysis.
DRAMA
LEARNERS
A widower teaching his son’s girlfriend to drive forms an unexpected, tender bond that helps them both move forward.
THE PEARL COMB
A fisherman’s wife gifted with miraculous healing powers challenges a skeptical doctor—and the limits of faith and reason.
THE AXE FORGETS
An explorer returns home haunted by atrocities in the Congo, forced to choose between silence and facing the truth of what he has done.
EVERYBODY KILLS
Returning home for his brother’s funeral, Giacomo uncovers a web of secrets and suspicion in a village ready to turn on him next.
THE OTHERS (“LES AUTRES”)
In near-future France, a factory worker’s marriage unravels when his wife falls for an android—mirroring a nation sliding toward fascism.
YASODHARA
Abandoned in a new country with her newborn, Yasodhara slowly begins to heal through the quiet kindness of a neighbour.
THE VISIT
A daughter tries to help her mother through grief, only to find some pain can’t be eased. A quiet, intimate portrait of love and loss.
FRACTURED FRAME
A young woman pursuing success in a ruthless industry slowly loses herself to the image she’s expected to perform.
RITUAL
Two teenage boys face a chilling loop of guilt and violence, revealing the quiet rituals that shape masculinity.
SUNBURN
A carefree day at the beach cracks open the buried trauma Jason thought he’d left behind.
EATING THE OTHER
A South Asian woman juggles love, work, and family as racial tensions rise—until her hunger for retribution finally breaks the surface.
HOARD
A lonely metal detectorist finally finds treasure—only to watch it slip out of reach again and again.
HOLDING TIGHT
Mila struggles to save her best friend from addiction, even as it threatens to pull her under too
MAKE THE BED
On Mother’s Day, a woman’s tightly controlled routine cracks, leading to a quiet act of release.
MANGATA
A lone astronaut who once survived a deadly sea crossing must confront the ghosts of her past when she loses contact with Earth.
BIRD BOY
After his father’s death, young Gabriël’s encounter with a dead dove invites a quiet, magical reckoning with grief and renewal.
KUCI ("GOING HOME")
On a lonely night drive, a chance lift turns into a tense unraveling of identity, memory, and what we fear in ourselves.
TIDE
At the seaside with her neglectful father, eight-year-old Nola takes their power dynamic into her own unsettling hands.
COMEDY
EASY SELL
A charity shop purchase turns into an absurd, high-stakes standoff over a wedding dress.
SHULLBIT
Two curators scramble to fake a destroyed painting, igniting a frantic comedy of ego and art-world chaos.
HARIJ WEDS SAJILI
When a groom’s missing dowry sparks a cruel “training” scheme, a darkly comic rebellion against patriarchy unfolds.
CODE/SWITCH
Rushing to a life-changing interview in the wrong clothes, Ashir must shapeshift through identities just to be taken seriously.
OK/NOTOK
OK/NOTOK is a genre-bending love story set in the very near future with a darkly comic edge.
DOCUMENTARY
AFRICA: A KUNG FU STORY
A filmmaking team trains young Shaolin martial artists in Tanzania, capturing their journey to becoming East Africa’s first action movie stars.
STREETVET
A volunteer vet team brings free care to the pets of people experiencing homelessness, revealing compassion’s power to restore dignity.
KUKRADJÀ
A vivid celebration of Kayapó festival traditions, honouring ancestral knowledge and cultural resilience in the Amazon.
NO SWAN IN SIGHT
As she gets ready for a date, a woman battles intrusive thoughts that threaten to break the calm surface she presents to the world.
THE VOLCAN AND THE BABY
A woman unable to conceive descends into surreal visions that reveal buried history, pain, and the possibility of renewal.
WOMANIFESTO II
A global chorus of women artists unites in a fierce, poetic call for solidarity, resilience, and creative freedom.
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Based in London, MiraBan specialises in promoting underground cinema and independent, diversity-driven, international film events. Our passion for bold and thought-provoking cinema has led us to showcase some of the most innovative and exciting independent movies from around the world.
Our annual event, the MiraBan UK Film Awards (MUFA), supported by the BFI Film Exhibition Fund in 2024, highlights under-represented, new, and experienced filmmakers, connecting them with film funders and distributors. Recently, we launched the MiraBan Independent Film Fund to help make short films and ensured valuable partnerships to create great opportunities for both cast and crew.
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