As filmmakers turn their hands to short films and/or the festival circuit for the first time, blissfully unaware of the sheer magnitude of short films that have run the festival gauntlet before them, they may find it’s not easy finding a fresh, original take or story that programmers won’t have seen before.

With a growing appetite for films that specifically explore sex, sexuality and fetishism, through artistic expression that makes audiences think as much as feel, more festivals are thrusting their way on to the festival circuit than ever before.