The UK Film Festival London (14)
Deadlines
22 Jan 2024
Call for entries
28 May 2024
Early deadline
23 Jul 2024
Standard deadline
27 Aug 2024
Late deadline
17 Sep 2024
Extended deadline
01 Nov 2024
Notification date
Address
1 St Albans Grove,
W8 5PN, Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Festival description
Short film festival >1' 39'<
Feature film festival >40' 140'<
Festival requirements
Film festival
Fiction
Documentary
Animation
Fantastic
Terror
Experimental
Music Video
Other
Any Genre
Any Theme
Has submission fees
International Festival
Physical Location
January 2020
Production countries: Any
Shooting countries: Any
Director nationalities: Any
Debut Films
School projects
Short Films >1' 39'<
Feature Films >40' 140'<
Any language
Subtitles
English
FEATURE FILM
Short and Feature Films >40' 140'<
Fee
-8%
PRO 18%
Early
69€
63.48€
56.58€
28 May 24
Standard
80€
73.6€
65.6€
23 Jul 24
Late
95€
87.4€
77.9€
27 Aug 24
Extended
125€
115€
102.5€
17 Sep 24
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Submissions deadline
17 Sep 24
Feature Film
The UK Film Festival welcomes features from all over the world from any genre and budget level.
These films should be over 40 minutes long and completed after 1 January 2020.
The Films will compete for the Best Feature Film Award.
Recent category highlights have included Oscar winners "Ida" from Poland and "The Broken Circle Breakdown" from Belgium as well as "Esio Trot" starring Dustin Hoffman, Judy Dench and James Corden. There have also been many much lower budget features including previous winners "Nocturne" and "Tell Tale Heart."
SHORT FILM
Fee
-8%
PRO 18%
Early
35€
32.2€
28.7€
28 May 24
Standard
45€
41.4€
36.9€
23 Jul 24
Late
50€
46€
41€
27 Aug 24
Extended
63€
57.96€
51.66€
17 Sep 24
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Submissions deadline
17 Sep 24
Short Film
This category welcomes films from the UK and from all over the world including all budgets and genres. It offers the Biggest cash prize for short film in the UK.
These films should be under 40 minutes long and completed after 1 January 2020
Although the UK Film Festival screens the work of established filmmakers it also champions new-comers who may not yet have had the opportunity for a prestigious screening of their work.
The Category awards include Best International Short Film and Best British Short. The jury also grants special awards for excellence.
These films should be under 40 minutes and have been completed after January 2018.
Previous winners have gone on to be Oscar nominees like "Dekalb Elementary" in 2018 and "The Bazkashi Boys" as well as the 2015 Oscar winner "The Phone Call". The 2017 Oscar winner, "Stutterer" was also featured and Bafta winners have included “Boogaloo and Graham” in 2015 BAFTA winner and “Operator” in 2016.
FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
Short and Feature Films >40' 140'<
Fee
-8%
PRO 18%
Early
69€
63.48€
56.58€
28 May 24
Standard
80€
73.6€
65.6€
23 Jul 24
Late
95€
87.4€
77.9€
27 Aug 24
Extended
125€
115€
102.5€
17 Sep 24
Get an Annual Pass and get the maximum discount on festival and submission fees
Submissions deadline
17 Sep 24
Feature Length Documentary
The UK Film Festival continues to promote great feature documentaries from all over the world.
Accepted entries should be 40 minutes or more in length and be completed after 1 January 2020.
Films will compete for the Best Feature Documentary Award.
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Fee
-8%
PRO 18%
Early
35€
32.2€
28.7€
28 May 24
Standard
45€
41.4€
36.9€
23 Jul 24
Late
50€
46€
41€
27 Aug 24
Extended
60€
55.2€
49.2€
17 Sep 24
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Submissions deadline
17 Sep 24
The UK Film Festival accepts documentaries from all over the world.
These compete for Best Documentary Short Award, should be under 40 minutes in length and have been completed after 1 January 2020.
Films will compete for the Best Documentary Short Award.
We helped facilitated the broadcast of the documentary “Why don’t we do it in the Road” on Channel 4 – one of the UK’s leading TV broadcasters.
SHORT ANIMATION
Fee
-8%
PRO 18%
Early
28€
25.76€
22.96€
28 May 24
Standard
35€
32.2€
28.7€
23 Jul 24
Late
45€
41.4€
36.9€
27 Aug 24
Extended
63€
57.96€
51.66€
17 Sep 24
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Submissions deadline
17 Sep 24
Animations over 39 minutes should be entered into the Feature Film Category.
Short Animation entries from the UK and from across the world are welcomed for this prestigious category.
Films competing for the Best Animated Short Award should have been completed after 1 January 2020.
One of our recent winners was the 2018 Oscar nominee "Negative Space".
STUDENT SHORT
Fee
-8%
PRO 18%
Early
28€
25.76€
22.96€
28 May 24
Standard
35€
32.2€
28.7€
23 Jul 24
Late
40€
36.8€
32.8€
27 Aug 24
Extended
50€
46€
41€
17 Sep 24
Get an Annual Pass and get the maximum discount on festival and submission fees
Submissions deadline
17 Sep 24
The UK Film Festival's main missions is to discover and champion new voices in filmmaking.
The festival accepts entries from students all over the world.
The films should be under 40 minutes in length and completed by 1 January 2020 while the filmmaker was studying full time.
Films will compete for the Best Student Film Award.
Festival highlights have included films from prestigious film schools including; London Film School, NYU and UCLA including the 2019 Oscar Nominee "Dekalb Elementary".
MUSIC VIDEO
Fee
-8%
PRO 18%
Early
23€
21.16€
18.86€
28 May 24
Standard
35€
32.2€
28.7€
23 Jul 24
Late
40€
36.8€
32.8€
27 Aug 24
Extended
57€
52.44€
46.74€
17 Sep 24
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Submissions deadline
17 Sep 24
In one of its most exciting screening programmes the UK Film Festival continues to feature cutting edge music videos from around the world.
These films should be under 10 minutes and have been completed after 1 January 2020.
Films will compete for the Best Music Video Award.
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