Heathcote Film Festival

2026 Festival will be held on 28th and 29th of August 2026.

The 14th annual Heathcote Short Film Festival will be held at the Heathcote RSL Hall – subscribe below for more news and to receive notification of when tickets open.

Tickets go on sale on July 1st 2026.

Film maker submissions are now closed. Thanks to all the Film makers who submitted.

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2025 Festival – our 13th – is completed.

2 great nights held in 2025 – 280 people attended. The Winners for 2025 are

Jury Prize, People’s Choice for Friday & Saturday – A Guide to Dining out in Nairobi directed by Hugh Mitton

Emerging Filmmaker – The Mediator directed by Roman Anastasios

2024 Festival – our 12th.

The 12th annual Heathcote Short Film Festival was held over the weekend of 13-14th September, 2024 with over 230 people attending across the 2 nights.
We are pleased to announce the below winners of the Jury Prize, Emerging Film Maker and the 2 People’s Choice Awards.

The 2024 Jury Prize was awarded to La Banyera (the Bathtub) a film by Sergi Marti Maltas
The Inaugural Emerging Filmmaker Prize was awarded to: Ablaze a film by Danni Fenech

Attendees at each night were given the ability to vote for their favourite film. The People’s Choice voting was fierce with only 1 vote determining the winner on the Friday night – it was that close!
The winners are: Friday – La Banyera (the Bathtub) a film by Sergi Marti Maltas and Saturday – La Cena (The Dinner) by Jesús Martínez “Nota”