about this event
The Choices That Shape Us — four films about the decisions people make, the lives those decisions create, and what we carry when there is no going back. An evening that stays with you.
Aevolum Cinema Presents is a touring programme of award-winning short films — selected from BAFTA-qualifying festivals and screened on three continents, but hidden gems that most audiences will never have the chance to see anywhere else. These are honest, uncompromising films — made by independent voices, recognised by the world’s most rigorous festivals.
At the end of the evening, the audience will have the chance to vote for their favourite short film, with the evening hosted by a presenter.
YAKKA
Jack Shepherd
Australia · 15 min
Two brothers raised by a violent father. One becomes him. One resists. A searing portrait of what we inherit — and whether we can refuse it.
A Great Love
Aisha Schliessler
UK · 14 min
A sculptor's twenty-year love affair with horses in bronze. No drama, no conflict — just a man and the thing he chose to dedicate his life to.
When You Left Me
Jevan Chowdhury
UK · 7 min
A father and his young son on the tube. The boy won't cooperate. The father reaches his limit and makes a choice he immediately regrets. He runs back.
A Memory Owed
Martin Hemingway-Moseley
UK · 29 min
A WWII veteran returns to the airfield where he made the hardest choice of his life. With him, the young carer who helped him get there. A quiet reckoning with the past.