Look Aside Film Fund 2025
Full official shortlist & winners.
We’re so unbelievably excited to announce the full official shortlist & winners list for our inaugural film fund.
We looked at hundreds and hundreds of decks and read dozens and dozens of scrips. Assembling this list - and particularly picking which two films to fund - was no easy feat as the level of talent, originality, creativity, and dedication is truly unbelievable. We’re beyond excited and honoured to contribute financially to the two chosen films and we cannot wait to watch every other film on our shortlist (as we have no doubt they will get made and they will be amazing).
For more details on the teams and to read loglines for every project, go to our Instagram where we’ve been showcasing all the works in the last week.
PRIMARY FUND WINNER:
PETER
A trans man caring for his father with alcohol induced Dementia finds unexpected reconnection when the disease grants him temporary anonymity.
Written & directed by Hannah van der Westhuysen.
Produced by George Somner.
Production company: 13:8 Films. With support from SLICK Films, the Alzheimer Society, and Not A Phase Charity.
DEBUT FUND WINNER:
WATER
A slice of life, where a young son must look after his ill mother.
Written & directed by Yilmaz Ustunkaya.
Produced by Keevy Wardhaugh.
PRIMARY FUND SHORTLIST:
RECIPE FOR DISASTER, director Oscar Albert.
BYSTANDER EFFECT, director Em Smith.
FRESHERS, director Gaia.
ROYAL, director Anna Dobos.
LAY IN HIS LAP, director Ivo Bright.
NOBODY’S PERFECT, director Adam Palmer.
LUNA, director Galina Chakarova.
THREE, TWO, ONE, director Isadora Canguçu.
ENDLING, director David Hubbard.
THE DOG DIES IN THIS ONE, directors Alex Bar-Cayetano and Chloe Beddoes.
DEBUT FUND SHORTLIST:
TUCKER IS GONE, director Becca Lynes.
CLEAN, director Leah Eddleston.
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND THINK OF ENGLAND, director Vivian Tsitampani.
TRIP WITH BEN, director Thomas Liam Bergmann.
ASHORE, director Shruti Soumya Nayak.
WAYSIDE, director Cameron Goodchild.
HANDBRAKE, director Lydia Steiner.
THE CAT, THE CHAOS, AND THE MACHINE, director Matteo Del Maestro.
CONNECTING…, writer Kayla Hendy.
THE ART OF LETTING GO, director Sarah Wong.