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London Fetish Film Festival (LFFF) is an annual event built on freedom of expression, welcoming submissions for curatorial selection through international open call.
We screen works focused on fetish culture - pure fixation, human pleasure and exploration. We promote cinematic values and artistic integrity which challenges conventionality.
Now in the 6th year of programming, LFFF desires to discover unexpected paraphilias, the strange, the subtle, the imaginatively erotic and the twists and turns of dark depravities. We see fetish as a lifestyle - a grounding of human nature in a society which is ever-censoring our desires as a community. LFFF has proudly grown roots in deconstructing UK-based censorship issues.
We acknowledge and promote the discussion of the deep rooted psychology in fetish, way beyond the classic image of rubber and whips (though of course we love that too). Film can show us inside the scene without even being explicit, taking on board the seriousness of practicing extreme kinks vs. comforting humour and beautiful vulnerabilities.
Emotional and physical connection, sexy simplicity and delicious compulsions of curiosity and animal instinct. These juxtapositions and open-minded-ness really highlight our community and whether you are just discovering it or it has been your home for years, we want to to go on a rollercoaster of a journey through the multiple realms of fetish being shocked, surprised, aroused or even inspired…. Though especially, EMPOWERED!
This is a call, for films addressing our festival’s themes:
- Kink, fetish, BDSM, erotica, sexuality, psychology and sex-working.
- Diverse range of stories and cinematic languages, ranging from drama to documentary, rampant camp comedy to arthouse experimental, mildly spicy to explicit.
- All applicants are invited to approach the themes in the most creative, innovative, irreverent and thought-provoking ways, unlocking taboos and stigmas about the fetish culture to a wider public.
Awards:
Best Short
Best Director
Best Video Art
Best Performer
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Festival Director's Choice
Best Feature / Documentary
Best Production Design
Best Sound Design
Best Kink Moment
Best Music Video
Best Screenplay
Best Costume
Best Comedy
Best Edit
Rules & Terms
• Your film subject must include or be related to the theme of the event, which is fetish, kink, BDSM, eroticism, sexuality, kink lifestyle, sex activism, etc. Selected films will tell a diverse range of stories, ranging from “documentary to narrative and drama, camp comedy to artsy experimental, mildly spicy to quite explicit — and everything in between”, always between consenting adults.”
• All genres will be considered for inclusion in the festival.
• Submit film online via FilmFreeway.
• Submissions will not be considered until we've received all elements of your entry, including preview materials, applicable payment and your signed agreement.
• All filmmakers and actors must be 18 years or older.
• Non-English films must be submitted with English subtitles.
• Each filmmaker can submit several projects, but each entry must be accompanied by a separate entry and fee.
• All entry fees are non-refundable.
• For each selected film it will be mandatory to supply:
- A photo of the director/s and three frames from the movie (minimum resolution of 300 dpi). Each photo must be named with the title of the movie followed by a sequential number (ex.: Title_1.jpg; Title_2.jpg).
- Promotional material (press book, pictures, posters), if available.
• The festival reserves the right to make any necessary changes in regulations or scheduling.
• The filmmaker certifies to have full rights. Producer will indemnify the organisers of the festival against all claims, demands, costs, damages, expenses (including legal fees), proceedings and losses resulting from the screening of the film at the festival or from claims by any third parties.
• The festival website is entitled to use any still for the promotion of both the film and the festival program.
• The festival holds discretion over the materials published in the catalogue.
• Screening program is entirely at the discretion of the festival management.
• Selected films cannot be withdrawn after July 1st 2020.
• By entering your film or video for consideration, you attest that you are legally authorised to submit the work to LFFF and that all necessary releases, licenses and records have been obtained with respect thereto. You shall indemnify and hold LFFF harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening rescheduling or cancellation, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered. LFFF reserves the right to remove a work from festival consideration and/or programming for any reason or for no reason and shall not be liable for any refund or claims of any kind arising out of such removal. If your work is accepted, you expressly grant LFFF the non-exclusive right and license to exhibit and utilise your film/video as described in these festival rules.
