Joel Foster Finn

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

Film credits

Behind the camera

Ben & Ed poster
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Two former lovers are reunited by a sudden twist of fate after 25 years apart.

Ben & Ed

2025

The Worm poster
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You'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

The Worm poster
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You'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

Merry Hell poster
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After the death of an old friend prompts the discovery of an unusual religious artifact, a man is haunted by past transgressions.

Merry Hell

2026

Merry Hell poster
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After the death of an old friend prompts the discovery of an unusual religious artifact, a man is haunted by past transgressions.

Merry Hell

2026

Energy Giants poster
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Encounters with lone utilitarian monoliths in the West Midlands and their electromagnetic emissions.

Energy Giants

2023

Light-Heart poster
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Looking up at a recessed spotlight from his hospital bed, a man muses about life, death, time and space.

Light-Heart

2021

Light-Heart poster
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Looking up at a recessed spotlight from his hospital bed, a man muses about life, death, time and space.

Light-Heart

2021

Phantom Hand poster
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A human hand explores its surroundings in search of something more.

Phantom Hand

2020

UNREADY poster
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After waking up, Veda proves that normality can be very strange.

UNREADY

2019

UNREADY poster
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After waking up, Veda proves that normality can be very strange.

UNREADY

2019

Silver Soul poster
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Experimental film inspired by Silver Soul, Beach House, utilising fractals and generative imaging processes to obscure the human body.

Silver Soul

2022

Two Lines poster
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At speed, train tracks and distant surroundings are rendered gestural oscillations between the abstract and concrete.

Two Lines

2023

Halverson, 1941 poster
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A man observes the sea. Inspired by the true story of Miss R L Halverson.

Halverson, 1941

2020

Arpeggiator Clouds poster
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A 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

Incision poster
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A surgeon performs a gruesome operation.

Incision

2020

Incision poster
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A surgeon performs a gruesome operation.

Incision

2020

First Light poster
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An abstract interpretation of the history of humanity.

First Light

2020

Minus poster
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A study of the Stourbridge ring-road in freezing conditions.

Minus

2023

Departure poster
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A man almost misses his departure.

Departure

2017

Departure poster
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A man almost misses his departure.

Departure

2017

Square Roots poster
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A meditative ethnographic essay on the nature of ecological succession.

Square Roots

2020

Larsen poster
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A Larsen trap is a cruel device to used to live trap wildbirds.

Larsen

2024

Green poster
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The 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

Green poster
5.0

The 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

Panopticon poster
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A stop motion loop of a spinning eye.

Panopticon

2021

Hit On poster
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Footage of a street fight is reconstituted as a charged sexual encounter.

Hit On

2025

Hit On poster
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Footage of a street fight is reconstituted as a charged sexual encounter.

Hit On

2025

Spit and Image poster
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A girl falls in love with her own reflection.

Spit and Image

2026

The Grey Between (A Lockdown Time Capsule) poster
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A lockdown time capsule of South Birmingham.

The Grey Between (A Lockdown Time Capsule)

2020

If You Say So poster
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When 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

If You Say So poster
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When 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

Green Unpleasant Land poster
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It's a place for overgrown children, where frowns burgeon in soil that used to smile.

Green Unpleasant Land

2026

Green Unpleasant Land poster
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It's a place for overgrown children, where frowns burgeon in soil that used to smile.

Green Unpleasant Land

2026

Matter of the Heart poster
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Matter 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

Matter of the Heart poster
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Matter 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

The Future of Tomorrow Is Yesterday's Past poster
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A 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

Ounty (for Mia) poster
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Memories of a local landscape, lost moments and long walks.

Ounty (for Mia)

2024

The Field of View poster
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After a distracted day at work, Suzy is pursued and controlled by an ominous periscope.

The Field of View

2021

The Field of View poster
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After a distracted day at work, Suzy is pursued and controlled by an ominous periscope.

The Field of View

2021