Anatomy of Place, Sites of Becoming

Films in this programme consider how spaces hold the weight of what came before and the traces of what may emerge, moving through landscapes where memory, body and terrain shifts and transforms against time.

Screening dates and booking

Check which tickets are still available across the festival – and find out about extra ticket releases and standby queues.

Credits

  • Total running time

    86min

  • Programmed by

    Hyun Jin Cho, Qila Gill, Erik Martinson

  • Content warning

    This short film programme contains scenes of animal cruelty.

the house was there before me

  • Director

    Elian Mikkola

  • Canada 2025. 26min

  • Languages

    English, Finnish
    With English subtitles

In a deserted family home, a queer couple facing isolation, ghosts and shifting realities explore love, fear and haunting change.

fugue notes

  • Director-screenwriter

    Selina Ershadi

  • New Zealand 2025. 21min

  • Language

    English

A fragmented voiceover drifts through darkness, where fading memories and abandoned images intertwine, revealing a fragile impermanence.

Radius Catastrophe

  • Director-screenwriter

    Jad Youssef

  • Lebanon 2024. 39min

  • Languages

    Arabic, English
    With English subtitles

  • Content warning

    Contains scenes of animal cruelty.

An alien drifts through Lebanon’s eroding coast, tracing a murder as lingering decay, quiet violence and fragile survival converge.

How to book

Tickets start from £10 for all screenings and events in London, with concessions available for many screenings. Booking information and ticket prices.

If you’re aged 16 to 25, sign up for free to BFI 25 and Under for a chance to get £6 tickets to all screenings and events (subject to availability).

Missed out?

More tickets may become available for these screenings before and during the festival. Find out about extra ticket releases and standby queues.

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