Folkestone Film Festival (5)

Festival start: 03 November 2025      Festival end: 03 November 2025

Welcome to Season Three! FOLKESTONE FILM FESTIVAL is an IMDb QUALIFYING FESTIVAL. We hold frequent screenings and accept submissions from around the world and you are welcome to be as experimental as you wish. We champion independent filmmakers with original ideas and good production values. Subtitles are encouraged but not compulsory. Our panel of filmmakers and vocational artists will endeavour to provide selected films with custom laurels and bespoke artworks.

IMDb link:
https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0073770/overview/?ref_=login


YouTube Channel:
https://youtube.com/@folkestonefilmfestival?si=D-ntZzi7Li9k0hEF

We look forward to celebrating your work!

We are an ongoing festival which holds regular indoor/outdoor screenings. We will notify all successful submissions via email and on our social media. Awards events are scheduled annually and you are invited to celebrate with us. Winners will receive custom laurels and bespoke artworks. Trophies are available at live events, we can send in the mail within the UK if you cover all costs involved.

Thanks to our sponsors 'A. Simmons, the Jewellers of the South East', and our Festival Partners BritFlicks & Kent Kino.

• Judges Awards

• Audience Awards

1. Submission Deadlines
Early entry is encouraged but in no way guarantees acceptance.

2. Submission Format
Submissions must be made downloadable for screening in 1080p resolution.

3. Submission Eligibility
• We accept films from around the world, English subtitles encouraged .
• No minimum completion date, but newer films prioritised at screenings.
• There is no premiere for feature film.
• There is no premiere policy for short films.
• Work-in-progress and films with distribution are accepted.

4. Premiere Status
• There is no premiere policy for feature films.
• There is no premiere policy for short films.

5. Film Classification
We cannot accept anyone underage during any screening of the Festival.

6. Submission Fee
Submission fees are non-refundable.

7. Selection of Films
Submissions are reviewed and selected under the following criteria:
• Quality of narrative and production values.
• Independent nature of the production.

8. Notification.
Successful submissions will be notified via email and receive Folkestone Festival laurels, and accompanying artwork.

9. Scheduling.
Screenings are scheduled at our discretion. We reserve the right to make changes at any time for any reason. We will not be liable for any costs claimed as a result of a change in schedule. No film may be withdrawn from the festival programme after its selection.

10. Promotion.
Selected films must acknowledge that we reserve the right to promote the films on our website and social media using both images and video that you provide.

11. Festival Awards
We reserve the right to increase or decrease the number of awards given out each season. We can only send certificates internationally via email.

12. VISA applications.
We cannot assist with VISA applications. Sadly, VISA applications take too much time away from running the festival programming.