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Deadline
01 Apr 2026


Published: 04 Nov 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films


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The Big Short Film Festival

London, United Kingdom


Following the success of The Bite Size Film Festival, The Big Short Film Festival brings another essential evening of curated short films to the heart of Shoreditch. Championing independent filmmakers, this event provides a fantastic opportunity to network with industry professionals and to showcase your work on the big screen, perhaps for the first time ever!

Hosted by London’s intimate Close-Up Cinema, The Big Short Film Festival is open to all filmmakers from around the world, from any background or level of experience. Selected filmmakers will be invited to attend the screening event on April 30th in Shoreditch. Attendance is not mandatory, but if we loved your work, we would love to meet YOU.

Open to all genres of short film, we are looking for stories that inspire, shock, move and enthral us. Films that are personal to you, or ones that capture the universal human experience. Both narrative and documentary shorts will be accepted, with the screening hoping to incorporate a mixture of both.

Doors will open at 6pm. Following the screening, there will be an opportunity to network with fellow filmmakers at a local venue (TBD). The Bite Size Film Festival will also return in October for another Halloween spookfest. Submissions open May 1st.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental