Events Calendar

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

Sun. 14th Sep 2025
Starts: 2 p.m.
Screening   FREE
Brіѕtоl Arnos Vale Cemetery, BS4 3EW

Animate Projects is launching three new shorts at a special event at Arnos Vale Cemetery in Bristol on Sunday 14 September.

Artists Ben Faircloth, Eilidh Nicoll, and Mariana Leal have made films inspired by the Death Positive Movement. They were developed through discussions with social anthropologist Dr Hannah Rumble and reflect on how we might muse on death anxiety, voice personal grief comm…

Sun. 14th Sep 2025
Starts: 2 p.m.
Screening   £10
Lоndоn Close-Up Cinema, E1 6HR

Welcome to Short Focus Film Festival 2025! We are now in our 8th year of our festival!

On Sunday 14 September, you will have access to a live cinema screening of Programme Two, and from 13-21 September you have access to Programme Two online - all for just £10!

All proceeds will be donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee, a charity providing lifesaving aid in Gaza, Lebanon, the West Ba…

Wed. 17th Sep 2025
Starts: 5:45 p.m.
Screening   FREE
Greater Mаnсhеѕtеr Biblioteca Central de Mánchester, M2 5PD

The Manchester Central Library and the Instituto Cervantes Manchester present the Hispanic Film Club, launching with a special series that celebrates the richness and diversity of Spanish-language cinema. This programme shines a spotlight on powerful stories of resilience, identity, and humanity, all told through the lens of female directors.

Join us on this cinematic journey as we explore the…

Thu. 18th Sep 2025
Starts: 6 p.m.
  FREE
Lоndоn Film + TV Charity, W1F 9AD

How can you as a screenwriter put yourself ahead of the game and grab an audience’s attention? Is it a coincidence that successful screenwriters often return to the same themes and write different versions of the same core story over again? Could it be that the key to their success is that they are writing from a place of unique emotional truth and it’s this that really connects with audiences th…

Thu. 18th Sep 2025
Starts: 8 p.m.
Screening   £8-10
Glasgow GMAC Film, G1 5HD

Four powerful documentary short films by women filmmakers that reflect on our complex relationship with the ocean and coastal life.

Thu. 18th Sep 2025
Starts: 7 p.m.
Screening   FREE
Lоndоn FOMO House, E2 7EG

MicroActs is a program of short films, 6 minutes or less, exploring concentrated storytelling through moving image. From bold political expression to delicate personal memories to abstract experimental collages; MicroActs aims to create a thought-provoking, informative and diverse evening of film. Expect a diverse range of short films (narrative or non-linear, experimental or scripted, abstract e…

Sat. 20th Sep 2025
Starts: 7 p.m.
Other   £10
Lоndоn Love Affair Basement, E2 7AX

SALON PERVERSE
An intimate, interdisciplinary series exploring the aesthetics of desire.

Welcome to Salon Perverse—a curated cultural salon where art, language and cinema converge to examine the rich and often transgressive terrain of kink, power and erotic imagination.

Salon Perverse offers participants an immersive and intellectually engaging experience through art, talks, writing works…

Sun. 21st Sep 2025
Starts: 6 p.m.
Screening   £11.55
East Sussex The Stade Rock, TN34 3FJ

Special public screening followed by Q&A with doctors working in Gaza.

Sun. 21st Sep 2025
Starts: 8 a.m.
Other   £6-£12
Lоndоn Royal National Hotel, WC1H 0DG

Welcome to the London Film Fair
This event is the continuation of a legacy that started back in the early seventies, and over the years have seen different names and organizers but its roots originate from the original Collector’s Film Convention’s that were organized by Ed Mason. Now under new management, the future of the event is secured.

The conventions presents dealers from all over the…

Sun. 21st Sep 2025
Starts: 7 p.m.
Screening   £5+
Sоuth Yоrkѕhіrе Alder Bar, S3 8BT

Sheffield DIY Filmmakers and Kelham Island Film Club are teaming up with KFC (yes, really) for a night of schlocky nostalgia with Piranha 3D on Sunday 21 September at Alder Bar. Expect bloody B-movie chaos, drinks deals, and 2000s-era 3D specs