With short films, animations and documentaries covering almost every genre, there is something for everyone at Medway’s independent film festival.

Over five nights, Medway Visions will show 57 movies from independent filmmakers selected from almost 2,350 entries from more than 110 countries.

The festival was started in 2013 by Chatham-based filmmaker Mr Young and this year is being run by Nightpiece Media and indie director Al Carretta, organiser of the Nightpiece Film Festival at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Mr Young’s film, 7th, is showing on the last night of the festival.

Medway Visions opens on Friday at the Huguenot Museum in Rochester High Street with the Reflect programme of 11 short films. The evening’s screening features Will Rowson’s four minute animation One Last Dance about a genie and Alastair Cummings’ Akita, which is about a man finding an abandoned dog.

On Saturday, at the Huguenot Museum, the programme Hands features nine films such as Jake Yard’s The Gravedigger’s Son and The Truman Show-inspired
Jack, from filmmaker Chris Hailes.

The festival moves to Sun Pier House, Medway Street, Chatham on Thursday, September 8 and the Closer programme opens with a selection of contrasting documentaries, Is The Party Over, which explores the punk roots of Morecambe and Higher ProspectZ, about the world of rap in Manchester.

The programme also includes stylistic horrors such as Oliver Park’s Still and Eva Knoet’s Grimm, as well as Fergus March’s eight minute dystopian film, Silent Country.

Friday, September 9 sees the festival continue at the Avenue Theatre in Sittingbourne before concluding at Sun Pier House on Saturday, September 10.

The full line up can be found online at www.nightpiecemedia.co.uk or by searching Medway Visions on Facebook.

Tickets are £8.50 from wegottickets.com/htpiecefilmfestival

All programmes start at 7.45pm.