London Film Week is an independent film festival that takes place annually in December. Launched in 2018, the purpose of the Festival is to promote international filmmaking. Previous selections included films by
Céline Sciamma
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Lee Chang-dong,
Noah Baumbach
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Yolande Zauberman
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Career
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Takashi Miike
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Kantemir Balagov
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Martin Scorsese
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Armando Iannucci
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The 2021 edition will take place in various locations across London from 6–12 December.
Official site
Retrieved 20 November 2021
Awards Categories
Awards categories include:
* Best Film
* Best Director
* Best Acting
* Best Screenplay
* Best Short
Submission takes place via FilmFreeway
FilmFreeway is a website for filmmakers to submit their films to hundreds of film festivals globally.
It is the official sponsor of Orlando Film Festival, 2020.
Partners
Partial list of partners:
*Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Partner Cinemas
Screenings of the 2021 edition will take place at the Everyman Broadgate, Everyman Baker Street, Everyman Muswell Hill, the French Institute as well as The Cinema in the Arches.
See also
Berlin Film Week
* BFI London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival founded in 1957 and held in the United Kingdom, running for two weeks in October with co-operation from the British Film Institute. It screens more than 300 films, documentaries and shor ...
* London Independent Film Festival
The London Independent Film Festival is a British film festival that takes place annually in April. It was founded by Erich Schultz and specialises in low-budget independent films. It offers a screenplay competition and distribution fair.
Hist ...
* London International Animation Festival
The London International Animation Festival is an annual animation festival founded in 2003 that takes place at the Barbican Centre in London in November and December.
* London International Student Film Festival
The London International Student Film Festival is an annual film festival established in 2018 that takes place in central London, which aims to provide a showcase for new filmmakers’ work.
* UK Film Festival
The UK Film Festival, founded in 2011, is a film festival held annually in Soho, London, in November. The festival aims to discover new filmmakers but always mixes established filmmakers into their screening programmes.
History
The UK Film Festiv ...
References
External links
*{{official website, https://www.londonfilmweek.com
Film festivals in London