London International Documentary Festival (12)

Festival start: 18 November 2027      Festival end: 21 November 2027

The LIDF is London’s oldest documentary festival and offers an unprecedented all year-round snapshot of the contemporary world. The festival adopts a questioning, critical attitude to the cultural, social and political issues of the day, engaging with filmmakers, their subjects, and our audience to create a highly distinct environment for cultural interaction.

Alongside established names like Martin Scorsese and Steve Soderbergh, the festival presents the best emerging talent from around the globe in a highly distinctive environment for cultural interaction. A truly public sphere for debate, analysis, and entertainment.

Best Film
Best Short Film
Special Mention

ELIGIBILITY AND WARRANTIES


1. Films produced prior to November 1st 2025 are not eligible.

2. Entrant confirms and warrants required legal authority to submit the entry into the Festival and to use all music, images and content in the entry.

3. Entrant will allow usage of clips from the entry for promotional use on television, radio, in print, and at ‘live’ Festival events other than theatrical screening.

4. Successful entries may be used for private press screenings prior to the festival.

5. All entries must be in English or contain English subtitles. Non-English entries submitted without subtitles, or with supplementary printed translations, will be automatically disqualified.

SELECTION


1. Films are selected for public presentation at the London International Documentary Festival (LIDF).

2. If a film is selected for screening, the Festival office will contact the entrant by e-mail with a Screening Agreement and delivery schedule.

3. All films selected will be made available for viewing. All timings, date and venue details will be made by the Festival. All decisions are final.

4. For publicity purposes, entries selected will be required to supply at least 3 colour jpegs from the film, a full synopsis and production credits. The LIDF will happily view existing publicity material but is under no obligation to use it.

FILMS BY INVITATION

The LIDF reserves the right to include in the final programme films that are at the Festival by invitation and may be produced before November 2025.