Events Calendar

Keep in the loop about the latest indie filmmaking events near you - from festivals to screenings, workshops and networking.

Fri. 10th Oct 2025
Starts: 7 p.m.
Other   FREE
Nоttіnghаmѕhіrе The Carousel, NG1 1FH

A playwright-only forum in which writers set the agenda, to build connections, get support and break new ground with their writing. From Script East Midlands.

ScriptEM: Mix Up
Calling all writers! Introducing a free online space for UK playwrights: ‘Mix Up’.

Hosted by ScriptEM and supported by Theatre503, Mix Up is a writer-only forum for playwrights all across the UK, in which they set t…

Fri. 10th Oct 2025
Starts: 7:50 p.m.
Screening   £2-£5
Mеrѕеуѕіdе DoES Liverpool, L3 8HL

Liverpool’s underground short film night returns this October with a programme of surreal, absurd, and boundary-pushing cinema.

Featured short: Hotel Kalura (Sophie Koko Gate, UK)
A dazzling animated tale set on the romantic island of Sicily. From the director shortlisted for the 2023 Film London Jarman Award.

The lineup:
Alongside Hotel Kalura, experience 12 short films from across the g…

Sun. 12th Oct 2025
Starts: 10 a.m.
Talk / Seminar   £10+
Lоndоn BFI Southbank, SE1 8XT

With her first two features, Songs My Brother Taught Me and The Rider, Chloé Zhao announced herself as a singular voice in contemporary American cinema. Embracing a documentary aesthetic, she turned her camera towards communities whose lives have often passed by unnoticed. The Rider, in particular, possessed an intensity that gave the film a rare emotional range. It also proved to be a breakthrou…

Wed. 15th Oct 2025
Starts: 7:30 a.m.
Networking   £10
Lоndоn The Ritzy Picturehouse Cinema, SW2 1JG

SCREENING AND NETWORKING

On the 15th of October at 7:30pm join us for a one off screening and networking event at the iconic Ritzy Cinema in Brixton! Showing a number of short films:

Short Films:
Flying Duo (Premiere)
Immodest (Straight 8 Top 8 2025, Premiering during Cannes 2025)
Scrub Me, Daddy (Straight 8 Top 25 2024, Premiering at The BFI IMAX)

Also: Upstairs at The Ritzy: Vinyl S…

Sun. 19th Oct 2025
Starts: 7:30 p.m.
Screening   £3
Lоndоn The Beehive Pub | Tottenham, N17 9JW

Film Tottenham is taking part in a nationwide festival of community cinema running from October – December 2025, showcasing the inspirational and innovative programming of volunteer-led cinemas over the past 100 years.

Cinema For All will lead the way in commemorating this incredible milestone with a dynamic program focused on film education, networking, and promotion.

We will be screening …

Tue. 21st Oct 2025
Starts: 7:30 p.m.
Screening   FREE
Lоndоn Farr's Dalston, E8 3DF

The Incredibly Weird Video Show Presents Pee Wee Herman Live at The Roxy (1981), Dalston

A very special screening of the legendary early live comedy concert of Peewee Herman
(1981) 50mins

Plus
An introduction from the UK Peewee Herman Society
All films from original VHS bootlegs.
AT: Farr’s Dalston, 17 - 19 Dalston Ln, London E8 3DF

Tuesday 21st October
Doors 7pm. Films from 7.30pm …

Wed. 22nd Oct 2025
Starts: 7 p.m.
Screening   £11.26
Wеѕt Midlands Temperance, CV31 3AF

Our international film club, presents another classic film from around the world. This time, the classic French Film "La Haine"

Thu. 23rd Oct 2025
Starts: 10 p.m.
Screening   £6.13
Wеѕt Midlands ODEON Birmingham New Street, B2 4NU

Director Stuart Gordon and Producer Brian Yuzna became celebrated cult film collaborators with their work on this film, which used H.P. Lovecraft to revive the moribund American horror scene of the 1980s.

In the film, brilliant if somewhat deranged, medical student Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) arrives at Miskatonic Medical School and immediately sneers at his professor's outdated views on deat…

Fri. 24th Oct 2025
Starts: 6 p.m.
Screening   FREE
Brіѕtоl Watershed, BS1 5TX

Triangle of Unity is the Bristol launch of “COMMUNITY: Becoming Black & British,” a groundbreaking national documentary directed by Euella Jackson.

This project has been made in collaboration with young Black people in Bristol, providing them with hands-on experience in documentary filmmaking, research, and production. They’ve worked closely with industry professionals to preserve and platform…

Thu. 30th Oct 2025
Starts: 5 p.m.
Networking   FREE
Lоndоn Location TBA, TBA

Celebrity acting coach Louis Stancil is bringing a free Hollywood acting workshop to London on Thursday 30 October, offering new students (18+) the chance to train with someone who’s worked with talent from Meek Mill to the cast of Netflix’s Supacell. Running 5–9pm, this one-off class is open to fresh faces only, with the venue address released shortly before the event.