Independent Films
Sam Downie is and has always been an emerging filmmaker. His collection of Original Films are independent, mostly lower-budget movies, some running under 40 minutes, which prioritize creative storytelling over commercial constraints. They offer viewers a quick, diverse, and often highly experimental cinematic experience, across the genres that Sam enjoys creating in.
Sam’s Original Films and Content have picked up nominations for awards :
NOMINATIONS :
- BAFTA – Film Director – Short Film – Meet The Metahumans (2023)
- BAFTA – Film Director – Short Film – Uniquely Human (2019)

His original films have been shown and screened in the United Kingdom and Internationally around the world in the USA and New Zealand. Screened at the following Film Festivals, Cinemas and Places :
- Encounters Film Festival (Bristol, England) – 2019, 2025
- The Watershed Cinema (Bristol, England) 2019, 2023
- The Arnolfini (Bristol, England) 2019
- Sheffield Doc Festival (Sheffield, England) 2019
- WETA Digital (Wellington, New Zealand) 2014
- The ICA (London, England) 2019
- DOLBY HQ (London, England) 2023