UK features and short films
Final deadline dates for receipt of online submission forms and film screeners
- UK and Ireland short films (25 mins or less) – Friday 23 May 2025, 17:00 BST
- UK and Ireland mid-length films (26 to 50 mins) – Friday 23 May 2025, 17:00 BST
- UK and Ireland feature-length films only (more than 50 mins) – Friday 23 May 2025, 17:00 BST
Each year the BFI London Film Festival presents a selection of the best in world cinema, showing audiences a wide array of films, representing a variety of languages, genres and filmmaking styles.
The LFF showcases exceptional British filmmaking alongside international work, and the programme spans features, shorts, fiction, documentary, artists’ moving image, restorations, animation, VR, and films for families, alongside titles destined for awards-season glory.
Seeking films for selection, our programmers view films at other festivals, follow alumni filmmakers’ work, and research films in production from UK distributors and international partners, actively tracking new work from different territories.
The submissions process enables us to be open to filmmakers who wish for their films to be considered, so the festival can encounter fresh filmmaking voices that may not reach us by other means, ensuring we consider the widest possible pool of new work, from directorial debuts to established talent.