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The God Complex

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This was my end of year film and the final piece of my undergraduate degree in which I wrote and directed.

Submitted 4 November 2026 by Jack Kilminster. Rights and music declared.

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  • Competitioncloses in 9 days · 13 November 2026

    Young Scottish Filmmaker Prize (Glasgow Short Film Festival)

    Glasgow, Scotland · not stated on this page; apply through the Glasgow Film website

    checked 28 Oct 2026 · source
  • Festivalcloses in 20 days · 24 November 2026

    Manchester Film Festival

    Manchester · Shorts US$70 until 27 October then US$75 (North West shorts US$65 then US$70); features US$97.50 then US$99.50 · premiere required

    checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
  • Festivalcloses in 23 days · 27 November 2026

    Open City Documentary Festival

    London · Entry fee via FilmFreeway; selected works under 40 minutes get a £70 screening fee

    checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
  • CompetitionFree to entercloses in 41 days · 15 December 2026

    Sony Future Filmmaker Awards

    International; shortlist flown to Sony Pictures Studios, California · Free to enter · up to 20 min

    checked 27 Sept 2026 · source

Filtered by the film's length and ordered by deadline; every row carries the date we checked it and where. The film is public here, so the ones that want a premiere are marked. The festival plan says how to run the year.

The scorecard

A close-up study of a man's unravelling face, caught between a stark bathroom mirror and a glittering bar, but the shape of the story stays out of reach.

2.3of 5
  • Storynot read

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  • Pictureworks

    The flat grey close-ups against the bar's warm chandelier light make a clear visual contrast, and the whirling purple night shot adds a jolt of movement.

  • Wordsnot read

    Not read: no transcript, so the words were not seen.

  • Worldgetting there

    Only two settings are visible, a bare room and a bar; both are plausible but the frames alone do not build out a fuller world.

  • Voicegetting there

    The extreme, almost featureless close-up of the eyes and the disorienting spinning shot suggest a deliberate stylistic choice, but there is not yet enough to call it a distinct point of view.

I read the synopsis, which gives only production context and no plot detail, saw four still frames, and had no transcript or captions to draw on for dialogue or narration. Read 4 November 2026. How the scorecard works