
Directing
Joel Foster Finn
Born
1999-08-10 (27)
Place of birth
Birmingham, England
Known for
Directing
Credits
47 titles
Joel Foster Finn is a young filmmaker from Birmingham, UK. He has created a wealth of short films - specializing in directing and editing. His work has been shown at a range of festivals across the UK, including garnering two nominations for best short film at Birmingham Film Festival in 2022 and screening at IKON gallery in 2021. In 2023 he released his debut feature film 'Matter of the Heart', which was featured by Birmingham City University. He also directed short film 'Ben & Ed', funded by PRIDE Grants and Film Birmingham, released in 2025.
Known for
NRTwo former lovers are reunited by a sudden twist of fate after 25 years apart.
Ben & Ed
2025
NRYou're walking down a lane trying to outpace your problems, or escape your mind, but your brain isn't going anywhere without you.
The Worm
2025
NRAfter the death of an old friend prompts the discovery of an unusual religious artifact, a man is haunted by past transgressions.
Merry Hell
2026
NREncounters with lone utilitarian monoliths in the West Midlands and their electromagnetic emissions.
Energy Giants
2023
NRLooking up at a recessed spotlight from his hospital bed, a man muses about life, death, time and space.
Light-Heart
2021
NRA human hand explores its surroundings in search of something more.
Phantom Hand
2020
Film credits
2020s · 6 titles
NRYou're walking down a lane trying to outpace your problems, or escape your mind, but your brain isn't going anywhere without you.
The Worm
2025
NRLooking up at a recessed spotlight from his hospital bed, a man muses about life, death, time and space.
Light-Heart
2021
NRA human hand explores its surroundings in search of something more.
Phantom Hand
2020
NRIt's a place for overgrown children, where frowns burgeon in soil that used to smile.
Green Unpleasant Land
2026
NRA man visits the opticians.
Routine Eye Test
2020
NRA psychopathic killer plans his next attack.
A Clean Kill
2020
Behind the camera
NRTwo former lovers are reunited by a sudden twist of fate after 25 years apart.
Ben & Ed
2025
NRYou're walking down a lane trying to outpace your problems, or escape your mind, but your brain isn't going anywhere without you.
The Worm
2025
NRYou're walking down a lane trying to outpace your problems, or escape your mind, but your brain isn't going anywhere without you.
The Worm
2025
NRAfter the death of an old friend prompts the discovery of an unusual religious artifact, a man is haunted by past transgressions.
Merry Hell
2026
NRAfter the death of an old friend prompts the discovery of an unusual religious artifact, a man is haunted by past transgressions.
Merry Hell
2026
NREncounters with lone utilitarian monoliths in the West Midlands and their electromagnetic emissions.
Energy Giants
2023
NRLooking up at a recessed spotlight from his hospital bed, a man muses about life, death, time and space.
Light-Heart
2021
NRLooking up at a recessed spotlight from his hospital bed, a man muses about life, death, time and space.
Light-Heart
2021
NRA human hand explores its surroundings in search of something more.
Phantom Hand
2020
NRAfter waking up, Veda proves that normality can be very strange.
UNREADY
2019
NRAfter waking up, Veda proves that normality can be very strange.
UNREADY
2019
NRExperimental film inspired by Silver Soul, Beach House, utilising fractals and generative imaging processes to obscure the human body.
Silver Soul
2022
NRAt speed, train tracks and distant surroundings are rendered gestural oscillations between the abstract and concrete.
Two Lines
2023
NRA man observes the sea. Inspired by the true story of Miss R L Halverson.
Halverson, 1941
2020
NRA dynamic exploration of the unseen inner workings of a computer graphics card realises the digital process as bodily, transient and rhythmic. Accompanying film to 'Arpeggiator Clouds' by jim.flac.
Arpeggiator Clouds
2021
NRA surgeon performs a gruesome operation.
Incision
2020
NRA surgeon performs a gruesome operation.
Incision
2020
NRAn abstract interpretation of the history of humanity.
First Light
2020
NRA study of the Stourbridge ring-road in freezing conditions.
Minus
2023
NRA man almost misses his departure.
Departure
2017
NRA man almost misses his departure.
Departure
2017
NRA meditative ethnographic essay on the nature of ecological succession.
Square Roots
2020
NRA Larsen trap is a cruel device to used to live trap wildbirds.
Larsen
2024
5.0The final part of the 'Matter of the Heart' trilogy traces the recovery process following heart surgery, as environment and object become increasingly interconnected with the body.
Green
2022
5.0The final part of the 'Matter of the Heart' trilogy traces the recovery process following heart surgery, as environment and object become increasingly interconnected with the body.
Green
2022
NRA stop motion loop of a spinning eye.
Panopticon
2021
NRFootage of a street fight is reconstituted as a charged sexual encounter.
Hit On
2025
NRFootage of a street fight is reconstituted as a charged sexual encounter.
Hit On
2025
NRA girl falls in love with her own reflection.
Spit and Image
2026
NRA lockdown time capsule of South Birmingham.
The Grey Between (A Lockdown Time Capsule)
2020
NRWhen Henry Grant, an impeccably polite member of society accidentally meets the worst criminal in town, his inability to say no could lead to a life of crime.
If You Say So
2019
NRWhen Henry Grant, an impeccably polite member of society accidentally meets the worst criminal in town, his inability to say no could lead to a life of crime.
If You Say So
2019
NRIt's a place for overgrown children, where frowns burgeon in soil that used to smile.
Green Unpleasant Land
2026
NRIt's a place for overgrown children, where frowns burgeon in soil that used to smile.
Green Unpleasant Land
2026
NRMatter of the Heart explores the lived experiences of an unseen narrator, as he prepares for, undergoes and recovers from open-heart surgery.
Matter of the Heart
2023
NRMatter of the Heart explores the lived experiences of an unseen narrator, as he prepares for, undergoes and recovers from open-heart surgery.
Matter of the Heart
2023
NRA radio recording of the transition from 2020 to 2021 captures the zeitgeist of an unprecedented year; questioning the notion of starting anew. The position of the frequency dial is mirrored to the exact time at which the recording was made, the fifteen minutes leading up to the end of 2020, and the first fifteen of 2021, creating an all encompassing and varied soundscape that includes snippets of music, dialogue and static between.
The Future of Tomorrow Is Yesterday's Past
2021
NRMemories of a local landscape, lost moments and long walks.
Ounty (for Mia)
2024
NRAfter a distracted day at work, Suzy is pursued and controlled by an ominous periscope.
The Field of View
2021
NRAfter a distracted day at work, Suzy is pursued and controlled by an ominous periscope.
The Field of View
2021
