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London Short Film Festival
The UK’s leading short film festival, the London Short Film Festival (LSFF), returns for its 23rd edition from 23 January – 1 February 2026, bringing films and events to London’s iconic cinemas alongside community and creative spaces.
Cinema Remembers What We Forget, the underlying current in this year’s programme, explores how artists confront memory and identity – the fragments that linger beneath the surface: the messy, the emotional, the defiant and the unfiltered.
💰 Price varies per screening
📍 London cinemas and creative spaces
🗓️ 23rd January - 1st February
Navigating the Industry as a Neurodiverse Filmmaker + Networking
Join us for our second event of the year at the Film & TV Charity offices in London.
Our special guest speaker Bells Kennedy-Compston will be sharing their tips and tricks in navigating the ups and downs of the industry as a neurodiverse crew member/filmmaker.
Bells Kennedy-Compston (they/he) is a Producer and Production Coordinator who has worked with the likes of BBC Studios, BFI, BAFTA and Vogue UK. They are represented by Trans on Screen.
As always, this will be followed by a networking session where Queer Filmmakers Network members can spend time getting to know each other.
💰 Pay what you can
📍 Film & TV Charity, 22 Golden Square, London W1F 9AD
🗓️ Friday 27th February 2026 - 6:00pm
Opportunities
MicroActs are now accepting submissions for their next evening of artist short films!
We celebrate artist filmmakers from around the globe and across genres, and aim to create an international spirit and champion empathetic creativity. We will showcase a selection of exciting and inspiring Artist Film from all over the world at a screening in late March in East London, and at a second screening in Woodbridge, Suffolk in early April.
Microacts open call
- Deadline: 28th February 2026
- Films to be 6 minutes or less
- Submissions through FilmFreeway
- Find out more below
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Tatti Ribeiro
Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organisation “dedicated to fostering independence and inclusivity in visual storytelling”, announced the winners of its three Emerging Filmmaker Awards at its annual Spirit Awards Nominee Brunch held at the London West Hollywood.
Tatti Ribeiro, director of Valentina, received the Someone to Watch Award, which recognises “a talented first-time narrative filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition”.
We're sharing this filmmaker's story this month as a reminder that even if you haven't yet received recognition yourself, it doesn't mean you don't deserve it or that your stories don't need to be told. Keep creating and keep persevering, because we've got your back.
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