The UK’s largest festival for emerging filmmakers will return in 2025

The BFI Future Film Festival 2025 is now accepting submissions

Want to be a part of the UK’s largest festival for young emerging filmmakers? Want to see your film on the big screen at BFI Southbank? Want to kickstart your film career with cash prizes and industry mentoring up for grabs?

Your film:

  • can be any genre
  • must have been made in the last two years
  • must be 10 minutes or under in length
  • must have been made when you were aged 16 to 25

Find out more here

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