Festivals, Competitions and Funds

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Every festival, competition and fund with a deadline still to come, split by the kind of film it is for. Looking for a way in rather than a way out? The trainee schemes are here.

Closing Soonest

78 open now, the nearest deadlines first. Each one opens on the organiser’s own page.

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Grouped by when each one closes, soonest first. Search to cut across the groups.

Closing this week 4

Closing this month 25

Closing in the next three months 26

Later in the year and beyond 17

Open for Entries

78 festivals, competitions and funds with a deadline still to come, soonest first. The ones that want a particular kind of film come first, by that kind; the festivals that take anything follow, by when they close. Read from FilmFreeway and checked against a quality bar, so the outfits that exist to sell laurels to first-timers are not on this page.

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UK film festivals, competitions and funds

Festivals, competitions and funds with a deadline still to come, split by what they are for.

78 listed·78 open now·Updated 19 October 2026

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Short film 9

Script and screenwriting 2

Animation 2

Horror, sci-fi and genre 6

Experimental and new media 1

Final deadline
London Experimental
United Kingdom · February 5, 2027
30 November 2026·9 years

Music video 1

Deadline
London Music Video Awards
London · June 26, 2027
31 October 2026·4 years

Festivals That Take Any Kind of Film 57

Closing this week 6

Closing this month 18

Closing in the next three months 19

Later in the year and beyond 14

Looking for a Way In, Not a Way Out?

The industry schemes have their own page now, with who each one is for, the criteria and whether it is open. Industry Trainee Schemes you need to know about →

Straight from the Funders and Festivals

6 openings read live from Screen South, Film Hub Midlands, Raindance, BFI, Film London. Each one opens on their own page, where the deadline and the rules are.

UK Film Industry Trainee Schemes →The paid schemes and traineeships that take people with no credits - and whether each one is open.Latest industry news →What the trade press is reporting, read live from their own feeds.The MFJF blog →MFJF's own writing: how the industry hires, what it pays and what to do every day.Industry Essentials →The books, blogs, websites and bodies worth knowing, department by department.

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