This brilliant festival started life as Halloween before evolving into its current incarnation as the LSFF. They return year-after-year with a bigger and more ambitious programme. Each year they award the 'the Shooting People Funny Shit Award' for the Best Comedy Short.
Taking place in June from 2011, public and industry alike flock to the Sheffield Doc/Fest for screenings of international docs, pitching opportunities and filmmaking masterclasses.
DepicT! is the 90 second film competition that forms part of the Encounters Short Film Festival in November. Every year they award the Shooting People Audience Favourite. Watch past shortlisted entries on Shooting People. Our Creative Director Jams Mullighan sits on the Festival's Advisory Board.
The original and best UK festival for emerging cutting edge work is now a very international affair with tour dates all over the globe. Congratulations to the OneDot team for passion and consistency. This year's festival is 10-14 November, Don't Miss Out!
Respect to these Brooklyn based filmmakers who have built a brilliant summer screening programme around short work that must be seen. If you are based in New York, go! And if not, go anyway!
The East End Film Festival showcases hot new talent and homegrown films alongside International independent releases and special events, informing and inspiring a new generation of filmmakers. EEFF aims to champion work that transcends political, cultural and artistic boundaries.
WFTV is the premier membership organisation for women working in creative media in the UK and is part of an international network of over 10,000 women.
RadarMusicVideos is a platform to find new music video briefs worldwide, submit treatments, get commissioned and get help to promote your videos on MTV and across the internet. With over 4000 members, Radar are used by major labels, independent labels and DIY artists.
A non-profit venture, the world's smallest mobile cinema meets the industry's biggest film festival as - from the back of a van - the CiaV crew and a projector screen almost a hundred selected films, from BAFTA award-winners and feature-length movies to low-budget independent short-films.
Open Cinema is a nationwide network of film clubs programmed by and for homeless and socially excluded people. Each week participants watch the best in classic and contemporary cinema and work with professional filmmakers to create films of their own.
LWLies is a bi-monthly, independent movie magazine that features cutting edge writing, illustration and photography to get under the skin of cinema. Because movies don't exist in a vacuum, we venture beyond the boundaries of the big screen.
Whether it's eating, drinking, conversation and debate, events and films, The Frontline Club is the hub for the media industry in London. The second floor houses the events room, used for the Frontline Club's weekly programme of debates and documentary screenings.
Encounters International Film Festival is the umbrella festival for Animated Encounters and Brief Encounters which together presents one of the world's best-known showcases and meeting points for new and established international short film and animation talent.
An ambitious festival with a home-grown feel, Branchage combines cutting-edge commissions and creative programming with all that's charming and idiosyncratic about Jersey.
Aesthetica is an art and culture magazine. Founded in 2002, it explores the varied nature of the arts and features the best of art, film, music, theatre and literature. Aesthetica recognises the dynamics of contemporary culture and pushes boundaries to evoke debate around today's most important topics.
Flatpack Festival was established in 2006. Every March it takes over venues all over Birmingham with a joyous jumble of screenings and events, slaloming between animation and experimental work, archive gems and a-v performance.
InSight explores the theory and practice of film, video and screen media through courses and intensive workshops, events, lectures, seminars and masterclasses with internationally renowned filmmakers.
Rushes Soho Shorts is recognized as one of UK's best Short Film Festivals, with an equal focus on emerging and established talent. Productions entered consistently feature a host of recognisable names and faces alongside gifted 'unknowns' giving everyone the opportunity to see the British aptitude for filmmaking.
Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation is a UK-based not-for-profit backed by Channel 4, dedicated to reinventing funding and distribution models for documentary filmmakers.
Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) is the nation's oldest and largest not-for-profit advocacy organization for independent filmmakers. Since 1979, IFP has supported the production of over 7,000 films and offered resources to more than 20,000 filmmakers, providing an opportunity for many diverse voices to be heard.
MUBI is an online movie theater where you can watch, discover and discuss the best of independent, international, and classic cinema.
The British Student Film Festival is a national exhibition held in numerous festival ports across the UK. Every student's film is shown and is open to school and university students, providing young filmmakers with new opportunities and a unified space in which to exhibit and develop.
Set in the heart of the Kent countryside and just half an hour from London, The Quadrangle Film Festival, 2nd-4th September 2011, will be a unique and intimate meeting place: Through curated screenings and filmmakers' workshops QFF will encourage a dialogue between new directors and established documentarians such as Marc Isaacs and Kim Longinotto.
Anifest is the biggest and most important animated films event in the Czech Republic. Ten competition categories, filmmakers, producers, animators and fans of animation from all around the world in a beautiful Czech spa city, every year at the beginning of May.
The 3rd Brazilian Film Festival of London runs from 6-10 September 2011, and showcases the best of Brazilian film at BAFTA and Odeon Covent Garden.
Since 2006 ECU has been Europe's premier arena for independent filmmakers to screen their films, network with industry professionals and exchange ideas with other indie filmmakers, all taking place in an environment that fosters creativity and immense amounts of fun.
The National Youth Film Academy is an organisation created to locate, educate, develop and showcase the talents of exceptionally gifted Young Actors and Film Makers aged 16-25 years old from around the UK.