UNBROKEN 2021 is going digital once again! With short films submitted from all around the world, we are delighted to be able to showcase our 2021 shortlist in such a way that international audiences can again watch and vote for them.
You can find out more about our earlier festivals by visiting the Previous Festivals page, reading the feedback left by participants and audience members alike, and taking a look at the photos in the Gallery!
UNBROKEN
2021 Short Film Prize
We have now selected our 2021 shortlisted films!
Click here to watch and vote for your favourite
Click here for more information about the Short Film Prize.
UNBROKEN
2021 Showcase
Due to the ongoing COVID pandemic the 2021 UNBROKEN Showcase will not be taking place. We will be back with more news when we can gather together safely again.
Our submissions are currently closed. We hope to return in 2023.
Click here for more information.
UNBROKEN
2021 Short Film Prize
We are currently open for submissions for our 2021 Short Film Prize. Click here for more information and to submit.
Deadline for submissions is 31st August 2021.
The selected shortlist will be available to watch on our website from 2nd – 10th October. And you will be able to vote for your favourite for our Audience Choice Award from 2nd – 9th October. The winners of the Short Film Festival will be announced on 10th October, World Mental Health Day!
Click here for more information about the Short Film Prize.
UNBROKEN
2021 Showcase
Due to the ongoing COVID pandemic the 2021 UNBROKEN Showcase will not be taking place. We will be back with more news when we can gather together safely again.
Our submissions are currently closed. We hope to return in 2022.
Click here for more information.
Music on Your Mind – ONLINE
We were very sad to have to postpone the wonderful Unbroken Festival & Short Film Prize in 2020, particularly at such a difficult time, when more people than ever could benefit from some extra support with their mental health. It was particularly disappointing in the case of a new event we had planned: Music On Your Mind – an evening of songs from the world of musicals, pop, and elsewhere, each with a connection to the many issues surrounding mental health, and all complemented by some evocative readings on the same subject.
In an effort to mark the original festival period and to offer a little entertainment and support to those in need of it, we are now asking you to let us know which songs, poems, or readings have given you particular comfort or inspiration in isolation and why? We would also be delighted if anyone would like to write something about their own experience of – or feelings about – the current situation and share that with us, too.
Our cast members will then record clips of themselves performing a variety of these song suggestions and readings, along with some of the pieces that were part of the original Music on Your Mind programme. (Alternatively, if you would like to send us clips of you performing your chosen songs, poems, or readings yourself, we’d love to see those as well!*) Over the coming weeks, we will post these clips on our social media channels, together with useful helplines and festival information etc
Please send your suggestions or clips to us via Facebook (comment below the post on our Facebook page), Twitter (tweet us at @unbrokenfest, using the hashtag #MOYM) or Instagram (either comment below the main post on our account @unbrokenfest, or tag us in your own post and use the hashtags #UnbrokenFest, #UnbrokenFilms, #MusicOnYourMind, #MOYM).
We can’t wait to hear from you – and to share some inspiration and comfort with everyone over the coming weeks. Stay safe and well in the meantime. 😊
SUGGESTIONS & PERFORMANCES
We will continue updating this page with a list of the suggestions we have received, links to the performances and information about each of them…
SONG/POEM/READING
Bridge of Troubled Water (song)
God Help the Outcasts (song)
Come to the Edge by Christopher Logue (poem)
We’ll Meet Again by Dame Vera Lynn (song)
The Summer Day by Mary Oliver (poem)
Nessun Dorma (song)
SUGGESTED BY
Giusy Pappalardo
Emma King-Farlow
Ruth Brandt
Amy Floyd
Jane Bolger
Gary Bolger
#UnbrokenFest ~ #UnbrokenFilms ~ #MusicOnYourMind
* By sending these clips in to us, you are giving your consent for us to post them on our website and social media channels. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee to post all clips that we receive.