Sam Firth

Write Director Filmography

More than Substance, (2025), 20 min – A film accompanied by live poetry about microplastics commissioned for the Push the Boat Out Festival in a collaboration with Garry Mackenzie

The Wolf Suit (2023), 74 mins – Personal documentary about memory, truth and the stories we tell ourselves. Funded by the BFI, BFI Doc Society, Screen Scotland and Wellcome Trust. Winner of a special commendation in the Wellcome Trust Screenwriting Competition 2012. Premiered at the BFI London Film Festival. Winner of the BFI Chanel Filmmaker Award 2022. Distributed by Bohemia distributors – currently available on Amazon Prime, Apple and Sky

High Man Pen Meander (2020) – A commission of edited archive material for a theatre Homage to Edwin Morgan at Tron the Tron in Glasgow as part of an interactive walk through theatre performance.

Field Notes on Love (2020) 6 min – A work of eco-filmmaking using woodland ecology as an analogy for human relationships. Funded by Lux and BBC Scotland. Premiered at the Alchemy Film Festival 2021. Currently on BBC iplayer.

Creeling (2016), 14 min -A short fictional drama about a teenage girl who falls for a lobster fisherman. made through the Scottish Film Talent Network. Premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival. Screened at Mo & Fries Hamburg Short Film, London Short Film Festival Glasgow Short Film Festival and Chicago International Children’s Film Festival. Distributed by InterFilm Germany. Available on Vimeo.

Stay the Same (2013), 14 min – Digital video and interactive web space. Filmed every day for a year. Funded by th BFI, Creative Scotland with support from the Scottish Documentary Institute. Premiered at the BFI London Film festival screened internationally. Winner International Competition VideoEX Film Festival, Zurich 2015. Winner Honorary Award for Concept & Design Stuttgart Winterfilmfest 2014. Winner Best Composer, Underwire Film Festival 2014. Special Mention Glasgow Short Film Festival 2014. Special Mention Swedenborg Film Festival 2013. Available on Vimeo

The Worm Inside (2010), 10 min – A personal documentary about the nature of illness and the heroic journies we try to create from it. Funded by BBC Scotland, Creative Scotland, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the Scottish Documentary Institute.  Screened a Glasgow Short Film Festival, London Short Film Festival and Encounters Film Festival. Selected in Sight & Sound highlights of the London Short Film Festival 2011.

I.D. (2009), 1 min- A short personal documentary film about a teenager finding their identity through 1980’s passport photo machines.  Winner DepicT! Special British Mention Award Encounters Film Festival 2009 . Winner ‘The Human Condition’ Chicago International Film Festival 2010 Shortlisted for the Urban TV Awards – Spain 2010. Premiered at Encounters Film Festival 2009 also screened at Flatpack Festival, Singapore Film Festival, Soho Rushes, Abandon Normal Devices Festival, Toronto World Wide Short Film Festival, Brasil Mix Festival and at Tate Liverpool People’s Cinema