Mapped Out Futures

From war-torn homelands and displaced identities to livelihoods society has forced on them, these shorts examine how people push beyond the futures that the world has already mapped out.

Screening dates and booking

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Credits

  • Total running time

    104min

  • Programmed by

    Victoria Millington, Sky Lewis

  • Content warning

    This short film programme contains scenes of domestic violence or abuse and sexual violence, graphic violence or injury, homophobic attitudes and language, and nudity.

Coyotes

Watch for free on BFI Player until 26 October

  • Director-screenwriter

    Said Zagha

  • Palestine-UK-France-Jordan 2025. 20min

  • Languages

    Arabic, Hebrew, English
    With English subtitles

  • Content warning

    Contains scenes of graphic violence or injury, and homophobic attitudes and language.

When Israeli soldiers interrupt her commute home, a Palestinian doctor is forced down a desolate road and her future is thrown into disarray.

Forgotten Routes

  • Director

    Varta Arutiunian

  • UK 2024. 14min

  • Language

    English

A young Ukranian woman tracks the past, present and future of the Ukraine she calls her home.

My Blood is Palestinian

Ana Dammi Falastini

  • Directors-screenwriters

    Jay Scanlan-Oumow, Omar Ismail

  • UK 2024. 13min

  • Language

    English

Separated from his roots, a young Palestinian man in the UK tries to define his own path of belonging.

Baby

  • Director

    Simisolaoluwa Akande

  • Screenwriter

    Mojola Akinyemi

  • UK 2025. 18min

  • Languages

    Nigerian, English
    With English subtitles

  • Content warning

    Contains scenes of domestic violence or abuse and sexual violence.

Trapped in a sex trafficking network, Baby’s guilt over her complicity compels her to save someone else’s future.

Original Sin

  • Director-screenwriter

    Amrou Al-Kadhi

  • UK 2025. 14min

  • Languages

    English, Arabic

  • Certificate

    LFF18

  • Content warning

    Contains scenes of nudity, and homophobic attitudes and language.

A feuding mother and son clash as they rail against the paths that have already been laid for them.

Highway to the Moon

  • Director-screenwriter

    Letitia Wright

  • UK 2025. 25min

  • Language

    English

Finding himself in a realm called ‘The Inbetween’, Micah embarks on a journey to rediscover his way home.

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?

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