A wannabe superhero, a documentary on Wimbledon dog track, a mother addicted to George Clooney and a space shuttle crash - all themes explored in this year's Wimbledon Short Film Festival.

After the success of last year's inaugural event, Wimbledon Film Club has received entries from all over the world for this year's competition that showcases films under 15 minutes long.

"It went very well last year and we had about 250 entries," says film club chair Johnjoe McFadden.

"But this year it has been even more successful with about 300 films submitted from as far away as Japan, Australia, China and New Zealand as well as films from all over Europe and Merton."

Various prizes will be handed out on the evening, including a Merton Heritage award for the best film made by someone who lives in Merton or was made in Merton. There is also an audience award for the film most liked by the audience and a best film award which will be chosen by a panel of nine judges, including renowned film critic Derek Malcolm, comedian Tony Hawkes and The Guardian's Film Editor Andrew Pulver.

All of the entries were watched by committee members of the film club and given a score, from which the top 16 were chosen for screening this Saturday, and Johnjoe already has his favourites.

"All the films we are showing are really excellent films," he says.

"I like one called Wrong Road made by French student Joan Chemla, it's a brilliant piece and a very surreal kind of film making.

"There's also a great French musical called The Frozen Chain by Samuel Hercule and Metilde Weyergans, which is a terrific watch."

Wimbledon Shorts: A Festival of Short Films, Polka Theatre, The Broadway, June 20, 7pm, £5. Call 020 8543 4888 or visit wimbledonshorts.com