Brain Space

BAFTA Cymru WINNER - Best Short Film 2026

Longlisted for the EE BAFTA Awards 2026 in the British Short Animation category

Screened at over 50 festivals worldwide

Collected 9 Awards and counting! 🏆

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Festivals & Awards to date

  • Aug 2025 Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology (USA) - WINNER Silver for Best Stop Motion

  • Sep 2025 Golden Grape International Short Film Festival (Georgia)

  • Sep 2025 Chaniartoon - International Comic & Animation Festival (Greece)

  • Sep 2025 Encounters Film Festival (UK)

  • Sep 2025 O 2º ITAICINE - Festival Internacional de Curtas de Animação de Itaiópolis (Brazil)

  • Sep 2025 Cyprus Film Festival (Cyprus)

  • Sep 2025 Weird Market & WFest - International Animation Short Films Market & Festival (Spain)

  • Oct 2025 TAF Thessaloniki Animation Festival (Greece)

  • Oct 2025 International film festival of wales (UK)

  • Oct 2025 Bucheon International Animation Festival (S.Korea)

  • Oct 2025 Kuandu International Animation Festival (Taiwan)

  • Nov 2025 Aesthetica Film Festival (UK)

  • Nov 2025 Manchester Animation Festival (UK) - Jury Special Mention for Best British FIlm

  • Nov 2025 Animalcoi (Spain)

  • Jan Longlisted for EE BAFTA’s in the British Short Animation Category

  • Jan 2026 Cardiff Mini Film Festival (UK)

  • Feb 2026 Animatex (Egypt)

  • Feb 2026 Animac (Spain)

  • March2026 Animation Dingle (Ireland)

  • April 2026 Stop eMotion Days in Venice(Italy)-WINNER Best Animation in International Shorts

  • April 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival (USA)

  • April 2026 Beirut International Women Film festival (Lebanon) WINNER Best Animation Award in International Shorts Competition

  • April 2026 Cardiff Animation Festival (UK)

  • April 2026 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL Izmir (Turkey) WINNER International Animation Film Jury Special Award

  • April 2026 Columbus International Film & Animation Festival (USA)

  • May 2026 Sci-on! (USA) WINNER Best Animated Short Film

  • May 2026 Timeline Film Festival (Italy)

  • May 2026 Focus Wales Film Festival (UK)

  • May 2026 Sunderland Shorts film festival (UK) WINNER Best Animation Film

  • May 2026 Camarthen Bay Film Festival (UK)

  • June 2026 Pune Short Film Festival (India)

  • June 2026 SMOF Stop Motion our Fest (Argentina)

  • Aug Maramures International Film Festival (Romania)

  • Aug 2026 Odense International Film Festival (Denmark)

  • Aug 2026 Frame Fest (Ireland) WINNER Best Stop Motion

  • Sep 2026 Darwin International Film Festival (Australia)

  • Sep 2026 Women X Film Festival (UK)

  • Sep 2026 Jane Austen International Film Festival (UK) WINNER Animation Best Original Concept

  • Sep 2026 Bang Awards - International Animation Film Festival (Portugal)

  • Sep 2026 Wigan & Leigh Short film Festival (UK)

  • Oct 2026 New York Indie Short Awards (USA)

  • Oct 2026 BAFTA Cymru Awards WINNER Best Short Film

  • Oct 2026 London Breeze Film Festival (UK)

  • Oct 2026 Craft International Animation Festival (Indonesia)

  • Nov 2026 Cannes Indie Shorts Awards (France)

  • Nov 2026 St Louis International Film Festival (USA)

  • Nov 2026 Chaktomuk Short Film Festival (Cambodia)

  • Dec 2026 Les Nuits Magiques France (France)

    More to be announced…


“Propelled into her own mind, Rhi explores the thoughts, fears and impulses that shape our internal world. When her inner child is threatened by the shadows of her own trauma her fear turns to anger & she must fight back to regain control. From desperation to acceptance, she learns to choose life.”

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