The UK Film Festival, founded in 2011, is a
film festival
A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upon ...
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 Festival was started in 2011 by Mahdi H. Nejad and Murray Woodfield.
Official site
Retrieved 14 March 2019
Previous festival screenings have included films that have gone on to win Oscars including ''"Ida," "The Broken Circle Breakdown," "Stutterer"'' and ''"The Phone Call"''. BAFTA winners include ''"Operator"''. They also hosted the film festival world premiere of Roald Dahl's "Esio Trot" with Dustin Hoffman, Judi Dench and James Corden. They present awards for shorts, features, documentaries, animations, student shorts and music videos as well as special awards for excellence.
In addition to the festival, the organisers run a yearly short script competition. 2012 year's winner - ''"Mike"'' went on to be co-produced by the UK Film Festival, and won the Crystal Bear for best short film in the Berlin Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...
(Berlinale 2014),
Awards
Awards categories include:
* Best Feature Film
* Best Actor
* Best Short Film
* Best British Short Film
* Special Jury Prize for Short Film
* Best Feature Documentary
* Best Student Film
* Best Music Video
* Best Short Documentary
* Best Animation
* Best First Film
See also
* 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 ...
* British Animation Film Festival
* 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.
* London Short Film Festival
The London Short Film Festival, founded in 2004, is a film festival held annually at various locations in London, in January. The festival celebrates short film production. Each year the festival appoints an international jury who award prizes wor ...
References
External links
*{{official website, http://www.UKFilmFestival.com
Film festivals in London