A set of short films demonstrating that small can be funny, quirky and intriguing as well as beautiful.

Lengths vary from 27 minutes (Ridley Scott's assured debut starring brother Tony bunking off school for a day in Hartlepool in 1958) to a mere three (the ever-intriguing Christopher Nolan packing in paranoia and a laugh-out loud joke).

Many other subsequent award-winners - Stephen Daldry's Eight (pictured), Mike Leigh, Peter Greenaway, Lynne Ramsay and Asif Kapadia - feature with instantly recognisable styles alongside the occasional Hollywood calling-card (Jim Gillespie's horror film Joyride, which led directly to I Know What You Did Last Summer).

All come with directors' commentaries and, in an era of low-cost digital equipment, form a primer for the budding film-maker.

· Out on Monday, £20, cinema16.co.uk