Best Friends For Now

Sunday 21st September 16:00pm (60m)

Celebrating friendship in all its messy, magical glory. Acknowledging that often, it’s not forever.

Content Guidance: none specified.

DOG HAIR STICKS TO EVERYTHING

They’ve both only known goodbye. When a woman adopts an abandoned dog, she unexpectedly finds the sense of community and belonging she's craved her whole life, in this poetic meditation on love, loneliness, and the quiet ways animals heal us.

Director: Megan Mcritchie

Writer: Charli Morachnick

Producer: Charli Morachnick

EIGHTY-SIX

A girl seeks to remind her friends that extraordinary things can happen when she chases after a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon. 

Director: Megan Channell

Writer: Sarah Grant

Producer: Nicola Docherty

THE HEAVY PENCIL

Two friends meet up for their weekly coffee catch up to discuss the 'actor's life'. However, this meeting could change the entire course of their friendship.

Director: Heather Elise Nelson

Writer: Heather Elise Nelson

Producer: Heather Elise Nelson, David Addison

I’LL TELL THEM ABOUT US ONE DAY

When Linnea’s best friend of eleven years suddenly wants a break, she’s thrown into a whirlwind of emotions, struggling to make sense of it all.

Director: Anna Adell

Writer: Anna Adell

Producer: Sofia Sörlin

KITTY PARTY

Director: Amit Kaur

Writer: Rousha Browning, Shakia Kadri

Producer: Aaliyah Yaqub, Dominique Unsworth, Lesley-Anne Macfarlane, Amanda Dorsett

TYPE OF RAIN

Following the untimely death of her closest friend, a young woman finally finds some comfort in the form of a new ally: cold water.

Director: Saskia Steinberg

Writer: Saskia Steinberg, Madison Hookway

Producer: Saskia Steinberg, Madison Hookway

UGLY INSTAGRAM

Lost in a world of hashtags, likes, and lies, Libby finds herself and her sister Tola in a sticky situation.

Director: Temi Yussuf

Writer: Testimony Ogunrin

Producer: Winnie Imara, Kathryn Roth

Buy your tickets.

You can purchase a ticket to just this screening, or grab a pass to watch lots more films and attend events happening across the festival weekend.

Discounts for groups, families, students and those on low income support are available too.

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Weekend Pass - WXFF25
from £15.00

Unlock the entire weekend of Women X Fest 2025. Your weekend pass gives you access to all our short film screenings, plus any special programmes. You’ll also be able to attend all our talks, film quiz night, networking events and our awards show.

Weekend passes do not include access to our family screenings.

Friday Day Pass - WXFF25
Friday Day Pass - WXFF25
from £7.50

With us for a good time not a long time? Our Day pass is ideal for you. Friday’s Day Pass gives you access to all short film screenings, talks and workshops on Friday 19th September at both Darlington Library and the Hippodrome.

Saturday Day Pass - WXFF25
Saturday Day Pass - WXFF25
from £7.50

With us for a good time not a long time? Our Day pass is ideal for you. Saturday’s Day Pass gives you access to all short film screenings, talks and workshops on Saturday 20th September, including our film quiz night!

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Sunday Day Pass - WXFF25
from £7.50

With us for a good time not a long time? Our Day pass is ideal for you. Sunday’s Day Pass gives you access to all short film screenings, talks and workshops on Sunday 21sr September.

Our family screenings are not included in the day pass, awards ceremony seats are subject to availability and can be reserved with our front of house team.

Online Pass - WXFF25
Online Pass - WXFF25
£15.00

Be part of the action from the comfort of your own home, watch some of the most exciting short films and follow along all the action via our socials so you feel like you’re there!

Online passes grant access to a selection of our films in our shorts programme, some films may not be available online due to distributor requirements, online passes are not transferrable for venue passes.

There are no concessions or discounted rates for this pass.