Events Calendar

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

Tue. 7th Oct 2025
Starts: noon
Talk / Seminar   FREE
Cardiff ArtHole, CF5 1JD

Join us for an inspiring Q&A with acclaimed local writer Daf James (Lost Boys & Fairies, BBC One), hosted by Script Club Cardiff.

Tue. 7th Oct 2025
Starts: 8:30 p.m.
Screening   £6.50 - £11.50
Lоndоn Rio Cinema, E8 2PB

In association with the London Short Film Festival, a Preview of THE SEVERED SUN with its director Dean Puckett in conversation with LSFF Artistic Director Philip Ilson, plus the short film HAMMER OF THE WITCHES.
THE SEVERED SUN is the feature debut of director Dean Puckett — a haunting British folk horror set deep within a world of faith, fear, and folklore. Produced by Rebecca Wolff (Grasp …

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…