AWB Film Festival

The AWB Film Festival comes to Lifespring Church on Tuesday 10 November, bringing 22 short films and documentaries to Reading. It's a single-day event, so you get the whole programme in one go rather than having to pick and choose across a weekend.

The line-up is built from short films and documentaries made by filmmakers from around the world, so the stories come from a fair few different places. Because they're shorts, you'll see a lot of them in a single sitting, and the mix of fiction and documentary means the tone shifts throughout the day. It's a good way to see a broad range of styles and subjects without committing to a full-length feature every time.

The festival describes itself as a celebration of film, storytelling and creativity, and it's set up as a platform for diverse cinematic experiences. They talk about it as a chance to discover new filmmakers, which is exactly what a shorts festival is for — seeing work from people you wouldn't normally come across on a cinema screen. If you're into the shorter side of film, this is where you'll find it.

It starts at 11:00 at Lifespring Church, 143-145 Oxford Road, Reading, RG1 7UY. Entry is free, so you can just turn up and watch.