Film Festivals in London

Find out about all of London's film festivals past and present, all in one place.

Upcoming Festivals

Fright Fest UK

The capital's greatest horror film festival celebrates 20 bloody years with its biggest programme yet. More

SOUL (Screening Our Unseen Lives) Fest

Bringing you the best of black British film talent. More

British Urban Film Festival

Showcasing urban independent features and shorts from throughout the UK. More

Open City Documentary Festival

Creating an open space in London to nurture and champion the art of creative documentary and non-fiction filmmakers. More

Japanese Avant-Garde and Experimental Film Festival

Examining national identity, cultural memory and perceptions of history in Japan. More

Past Festivals

CASA Film Festival

A diverse spectrum of work made by artists based in Latin America, as well as those of Latin American heritage based in the UK. More

LOCO London Comedy Film Festival

LOCO continues in its ambition to discover, develop and screen the world’s most original comedy films, shining a light on promising new talent. More

Vampire Film and Arts Festival

A curated programme of fang-tastic features both old and new. More

Korean Film Nights 2019: Love Without Boundaries

Korean exports that explore the kind of love which thrives on the margins of society, that challenges our preconceptions, that shocks us with its intensity and amazes us with its capacity to forgive and transform. More

Shubbak Festival 2019

London’s largest biennial festival of contemporary Arab culture. More

London Australian Film Festival

From thrilling dramas to laugh out loud comedies, enthralling documentaries to heart-warming family films and coming of age indies, there truly is something for everyone at this year’s festival. More

London Indian Film Festival

Celebrating its 10th Birthday, the UK and Europe’s largest South Asian film festival showcases their richest ever assortment of entertaining and thought provoking line-up of independent films. More

Fragments Festival

Celebrating inclusivity through film. More

Romford Film Festival

For the third year Romford will be at the epicentre of the world’s independent film scene, showing over 100 indie films from a chasm of genres and styles. More

Aperture: Asia & Pacific Film Festival - Part 1

Presenting some of the boldest, most daring and striking films from the Asian and Pacific regions to wide and diverse audiences across the UK (Part 2 coming in September) More

Sundance Film Festival 2019: London

Sundance London returns to Picturehouse Central for the fifth edition of their ever-growing celebration of independent film. More

London Greek Film Festival

The international meeting point for Greek films from across the world. More

Sci-Fi London 2019

In between the cracks and at the edges of mainstream science-fiction exists a world of fantastic film you might not see anywhere else. More

Everyman Music Film Festival

A celebration of the crossover and creativity between the fields of music and film. More

Right Now Film Festival

A programme of feature films that take a deeper look at power structures and inequalities in the world today. More

Chinese Visual Festival

Bringing the very best of Chinese cinema to UK audiences, in a programme of unprecedented variety crammed into one unmissable week. More

Seret International Film Festival

Bringing the best in contemporary Israeli film to cinema screens in London More

London Turkish Film Week

A rich selection of recent Turkish features, box-office hits and festival prize-winners will be screened throughout the week. More

Canada Now 2019

A showcase of New Canadian Cinema in the UK, featuring nine outstanding new pieces of filmmaking over one invigorating weekend in the heart of London’s West End. More

Unrestricted View Film Festival

UVFF is back for a 4th year and now at three different venues in Islington. More

London Spanish Film Festival: 9th Spring Weekend

The London Spanish Film Festival is back for a special weekend of previews, premieres and screenings across London. More

London Independent Film Festival

LIFF presents the best of low-budget filmmaking from around the world. More

KINOTEKA Polish Film Festival

KINOTEKA Polish Film Festival returns to London’s festival scene, bringing with it an exhilarating range of new Polish film and culture as well as highlighting lesser known gems ripe for rediscovery. More

Taiwan Film Festival UK

A collection of Taiwanese films showing across London. More

Poetry in Motion: Contemporary Iranian Cinema

A film season reflecting on how the tradition of storytelling, so deeply rooted in Persian culture, manifests itself in cinema. More

Tongues On Fire: UK Asian Film Festival

Championing independent South Asian cinema, with the theme of revolution. More

Essay Film Festival 2019

The annual Essay Film Festival, now in its fifth edition, is a collaboration between Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image and the Institute of Contemporary Arts, celebrating the diversity and creativity of those artists and visionaries who work in that More

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