Events Calendar

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

Thu. 9th Jan 2025
Starts: midnight
Other   £29
ONLINE

Entries from up & coming directors, under 5 minutes and of any genre are invited for the next Shiny Showcase. Attended and judged by production industry leaders - brands, advertising agencies and production companies - this is a unique & powerful opportunity to connect with future work.

Prizes are invaluable meetings with industry leaders, various services benefits and a place in the Shiny L…

Thu. 9th Jan 2025
Starts: 10 a.m.
Other   FREE
Devon Market Hall, PL1 4PS

Join Real Immersive at Market Hall for a 2-hour taster session to explore the basics of 360° filmmaking in their introductory level workshop.

Learn the difference between traditional filmmaking and filming in 360° Take part in hands-on activities to film content with an Insta360 X2 and import and edit them in Insta360 Studio.

Wed. 15th Jan 2025
Series / Festival   15
ONLINE

We're thrilled to bring you the 3rd edition of the Global Film Exhibition, an IMDb-qualifying interactive virtual film event, set to run from January 15th to 29th, 2025.

ALL FILMS MUST HAVE EMBEDDED SUBTITLES
INCLUDING ENGLISH ONES NO EXCEPTIONS!

Anyone with a Library Card can see our festival 100% free with a Hoopla Binge Pass putting you in front of potentially 1 Million Library Patrons.…

Thu. 16th Jan 2025
Starts: 4:45 p.m.
Screening   £25
ONLINE

Shiny Showcases are intimate screenings attended and judged by production industry leaders - brands, advertising agencies and production companies. A chance to network and view work by upcoming filmmakers

Fri. 17th Jan 2025
Starts: 6:20 p.m.
Series / Festival   £15.00
Lоndоn Curzon, W1D 5DY

The London Short Film Festival (LSFF) is the UK's leading short film festival, now in its 22nd year. This year's festival is kicking off with the screening: Halcyon Days: Radical Short Films of the 1990s.

What came before LSFF? Some may know that the festival began its life as the Halloween Society, an itinerant London film club co-founded by Philip Ilson in 1994; one of many underground, alte…

Sun. 19th Jan 2025
Starts: noon
Screening   £11.55 - £20.21
Lоndоn A House for Artists, IG11 8SE

Cinema historian Nigel Smith will lead a walk to teach and show us the lost cinemas of Barking before we visit the award winning architectural marvel A House For Artists to engage in a programme of films that show how film can support local communities with participation allowing for home, identity and poignant feelings on screen. Filmmaker Charlotte Ginsborg worked in the Thames Estuary communit…

Mon. 20th Jan 2025
Starts: 6:30 p.m.
Series / Festival   £15
Lоndоn The Rio, E8 2PB

One of LSFF's most popular programmes returns with a cracking collection of oddities, hand-crafted from the confines of our empty wallets and our mortal bodies. The sets are made of found newspaper and the butchers’ leftovers, and the cast is the filmmaker, their mates, and a sock puppet.