10 min
Latest film · 2020
we're all stupid and boring
Stuck indoors, a young filmmaker muses on his dwindling sense of self, fear, and childhood Bionicles in a gentle personal video essay.
Documentary · 10 min · 138K views
PlayFilms
21
10 min
we're all stupid and boring
2020 · Documentary · 138K views
Stuck indoors, a young filmmaker muses on his dwindling sense of self, fear, and childhood Bionicles in a gentle personal video essay.
7 min
My Life Is a Song for You
2020 · Documentary · 29K views
Set to a Tom Rosenthal song, people reflect on losing someone they loved and on how making art helped them carry that grief.
Award-winning
20 min
Stomping Grounds
2018 · Romance · 89K views
A young man's love of tap dancing becomes entwined with a budding romance in this whimsical British love story.
10 min
My Sister
2018 · Documentary · 101K views
Filmmaker Bertie Gilbert portrays his sister Gene as she begins a new, more independent life as a woman with a learning disability.
22 min
bertie is twenty years old (oh no)
2017 · Dramedy · 142K views
On turning twenty, a young filmmaker confronts ageing, mortality and change, with a little help from a second version of himself.
9 min
My Sister
2017 · Documentary · 248K views
Filmmaker Bertie Gilbert gives his sister Gene the chance to tell her own story of living with a learning disability and mental health struggles as she makes big changes.
18 min
Weak and Feeble
2017 · Drama · 113K views
A young man finds himself facing a familiar, unwelcome situation all over again in this indie short from YouTube filmmaker Bertie Gilbert.
19 min
Playground
2017 · Drama · 343K views
An ambitious indie short from British filmmaker Bertie Gilbert, starring Chris Kendall, about play, imagination and the worlds people build for themselves.
2 min
How It Feels
2016 · Poem · 152K views
Set to spoken word by Suli Breaks, a filmmaker visualises what an episode of intense anxiety felt like from the inside.
18 min
Let It Be
2016 · Drama · 1M views
A night at a party brings tangled feelings to the surface for a group of young friends.
4 min
Space Quest
2015 · Sci-Fi · 77K views
A brief, deliberately vague scene aboard a space mission invites viewers to piece together what is really going on.
26 min
Rocks That Bleed
2015 · Drama · 388K views
A youthful British indie drama from YouTube filmmaker Bertie Gilbert, starring Jack Howard and Gilbert himself.
3 min
Cosmic Divide
2014 · Experimental · 117K views
A brief experimental piece from young British filmmaker Bertie Gilbert, playing with mood and imagery around the idea of a cosmic divide.
21 min
Grey Area
2014 · Drama · 150K views
Bertie Gilbert's fourth short, a low-key British drama following two young men caught in an uncertain in-between.
18 min
Tick Where It Hurts
2014 · Drama · 335K views
A small, personal British drama written, directed and starring Bertie Gilbert alongside two friends, scored by Tom Rosenthal.
3 min
Many Moons
2014 · Drama · 184K views
A brief, mood-driven short inspired by a monologue from Alice Berch's play 'Many Moons'.
1 min
We're So Lucky
2013 · Experimental · 213K views
Home-movie style fragments of a small trip, shot to look old-fashioned and set to Rodriguez, aiming to stir nostalgia for no particular reason.
2 min
Diner
2013 · Thriller · 195K views
A wounded man on the run from the police stops in a diner, in a single scene with no backstory.
13 min
Stray Dog
2013 · Drama · 416K views
An early drama from a then-16-year-old filmmaker, made with friends and an unconventional soundtrack.
3 min
Home Movie Fan Fic
2013 · Comedy · 103K views
A short, playful home-made piece by teen YouTuber Bertie Gilbert riffing on fan fiction.
1 min
The Environment
2013 · Drama · 71K views
A one-minute teen-made short urging viewers to think about the planet, made for an environmental film competition.
If you like Bertie Gilbert
Are you Bertie Gilbert? Let Cinelet feature your films in its teasers, credited to you.