HOMEGROWN SHORTS
THE BEST OF THE SOUTH WEST
Homegrown Shorts is a short film festival and filmmaker network focused on developing talent in the South-West. It is a way of giving emerging cinematic voices a platform, and connecting them to other filmmakers and industry contacts.
It is also (until someone points out otherwise) the only British film festival that actually pays filmmakers for their films. Submission fees via FilmFreeway contribute to the cash prizes given out, and 50% of the box office is split evenly between the exhibited filmmakers. The more people come to the screening, the more the filmmakers get paid!
Featuring short films shot in, inspired by or created by filmmakers hailing from our cosy corner of the British Isles, Homegrown Shorts is proud to call Curzon Cinema & Arts in Clevedon home. As one of the oldest still functioning purpose-built cinemas in the UK, this cinema has an incredible legacy of entertaining the filmgoers of Somerset, and it's a privilege to be an ongoing part of its legacy.
Have a read about submission criteria as well as news on past and upcoming events below, and get in touch to find out more or submit a film.
Homegrown Shorts 2026 went down on the 28th March Curzon Cinema & Arts in Clevedon, North Somerset. Yet again, a storming success and a wonderful flock of fabulous films on show.
HOMEGROWN SHORTS 2026 IS A WRAP!
PRIZES
This year, two prizes were handed out, each with a £250 cash award. The prizes were MOST TIME SPENT IN THE SHED - the award for the film we felt had the most love and time poured into it by a single filmmaker - and MOST IMPRESSIVE USE OF LIMITED RESOURCES. Aka, who did the most with the least.
WINNERS
MOST TIME SPENT IN THE SHED - AN EXERCISE IN PERSPECTIVE dir. Reuben Armstrong
MOST IMPRESSIVE USE OF LIMITED RESOURCES - NEPENTHE dir. Jovi Kerr
