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!
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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.​
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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.
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WINNERS
MOST TIME SPENT IN THE SHED - AN EXERCISE IN PERSPECTIVE dir. Reuben Armstrong
MOST IMPRESSIVE USE OF LIMITED RESOURCES - NEPENTHE dir. Jovi Kerr​
