Clapham International Film Festival (5)

Festival start: 16 September 2026      Festival end: 20 September 2026

The Clapham International Film Festival is an international film festival that takes place in Clapham, London, UK.

We screen feature and short films in atmospheric venues with a keen eye for independent and cutting-edge material. 2026 will see us return for our 5th edition, and we're committed to providing a platform for daring and adventurous voices.

In 2026 we are looking to showcase out there, avant-garde filmmaking, as well as funny, perplexing and impossible to categorise mp4 format files. We work around the clock to fill the rooms we inhabit with seekers of brave new films, and make things as fun as possible in the process.

The festival takes place in September, and is organised by a crack team of independent filmmakers determined to bring interesting films into our hometown.

Each year we award a short film our White Rabbit prize for one to watch.

This is a juried prize. In 2025 our jury consisted of the architect of the London Eye, a director of one of the largest film festivals in the UK and an independent feature film director.

The selection process is vigorous. Last year film submissions were viewed on average 5 times, and we offer feedback freely to all those who submit a film to us.

By submitting your film to the Clapham International Film Festival, you are entering into an agreement with all of the festival’s terms and conditions. Mainly, you’re agreeing that if we select your work, you grant us permission to exhibit your work in public.

Entries are open to every filmmaker on Earth, and we have a local category for those who can demonstrate their connection to Clapham.

We wish to see films produced over the last 18 months. If you wish to submit older work, you will need to explain in your cover letter why we should be watching something from the archive.

We do premieres and craft bespoke events that fit the story of your film's production.

Submissions should be in English, or have English subtitles attached. If your film isn’t in English and doesn’t have any subtitles, our ability to evaluate it becomes compromised and we won’t be able to consider it.

If you send a film into any specific category and it doesn't align with what we are looking for, we reserve the right to disqualify the film from consideration.