Bradford International Film Festival

16/04/2026

Calling all filmmakers! 🎥

Make the most of our early deadline which will come to a close on the 31st May. For the chance to see your film on the big screen at this year’s festival, submit your film to BRADIFF now!

Awards will be given for the following categories:

🌟 Best Narrative Short Film
🌟 Best International Short Film
🌟 Best Short Documentary
🌟 Best Short Animation
🌟 Best Student Film
🌟 Best Film by a Female or Non-Binary Filmmaker

To submit your film, visit https://filmfreeway.com/BradfordInternationalFilmFestival.

🔗 A link to submit can also be found in our bio.

17/03/2026

Join Our BRADIFF 2026 Selection Panel!

Love short films? Want to help shape our festival? This is your chance to be part of something exciting! As a volunteer panellist, you’ll watch, discuss, and help curate an incredible lineup of short films. 🎞️

No experience needed, just passion, an eye for great storytelling, and a love for cinema! 🎥

Sound like you?
🔗 Apply via the link in our bio!

04/03/2026

💰 Did you know Bradford International Film Festival has no submission fee for filmmakers based in Bradford? Submit your short film now for the chance to screen at BRADIFF2026!

🎥 BRADIFF is open to all filmmakers and all genres, with eligible films under 15 minutes in length. Awards will be given for the following categories: Best Narrative Short Film, Best International Short Film, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Animation, Best Student Film, and Best Film by a Female or Non-Binary Filmmaker!

📍 The Producer, Director or Writer of the project must be based in Bradford, full details on entry requirements are available on our FilmFreeway submissions profile.

🔗 Submit now at https://filmfreeway.com/BradfordInternationalFilmFestival or via the link in our bio.

06/02/2026

BRADIFF 2026 is now open for submissions!! Submit now on FilmFreeway, with CenterFrame submissions coming soon!

🎥 Got a short film you’d love to see on the big screen? Now is your chance!

📅 Make the most of our Early Deadline and save on submission fees. Or, if you’re a Bradford filmmaker, submissions are completely free!

🧡 BRADIFF is open to all filmmakers and all genres, with eligible films under 15 minutes in length. While the festival welcomes submissions from everyone, our dedicated strand for 2026 highlights films made by women and non-binary filmmakers, inclusive of trans women.

Awards will be given in the following categories:

🏆 Best Narrative Short Film
🏆 Best International Short Film
🏆 Best Short Documentary
🏆 Best Short Animation
🏆 Best Student Film
🏆 Best Film by a Female or Non-Binary Filmmaker

13/11/2025

07/11/2025

That’s a Wrap on BRADIFF 2025! 🎬

Last week we had a week full of events across venues in Bradford! Here are the highlights 📸

Thank you so much to all who supported the festival by attending our events, our venues for hosting us, and to the wonderful filmmakers for submitting their films to us 🧡

See you again in 2026!! 🗓️

📸 You can also now see the full festival gallery via our website! bradiff.com/2025-festival-gallery

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06/11/2025

BRADIFF: Industry Day 🎥

We had an incredible lineup for Industry Day 2025! With three incredible sessions held . Thank you so much to everyone who came along! And a HUGE thank you to our guest speakers 🎤

Industry Day Recap:

🎥 Industry Day: The New Monday Presents - Creative Networking Breakfast

🎥 Industry Day: The New Monday Presents - In Conversation with Dominic Leclerc with Q&A

🎥 Industry Day: The New Monday Presents - Live Editing Session with Pishdaad Modaressi

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05/11/2025

BRADIFF Awards Ceremony 🏆

A huge thank you to everyone who attended our Awards Ceremony

We were delighted to have the ceremony hosted by

Thanks once again to the filmmakers for sharing their films with us, and congratulations to the awards winners! 🏆

04/11/2025

🎥 BRADIFF 2025 Award Winners Announced!

We held our awards ceremony on Sunday 2nd November, hosted by the incredible .

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who came along (awards photos 📸 to follow!) and for those of you who couldn’t make it, these were our winners:

🏆 Best Narrative Short | North Landing |

🏆 Best Documentary Short | Endolife | .film

🏆 Best Bradford Short | Little Dandelion |

🏆 Best Global Majority Short | Speaker |

🏆 Best International Short | Heartsick |

🏆 Best Animated Short | The Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess | .animation

🏆 Best Student Short | Termination Date |

03/11/2025

💋 Let’s do the time warp AGAIN! Thank you to everyone who joined us for a wild night celebrating 50 years of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in collaboration with

We were thrilled to be joined by the incredible who hosted our screening and opened up with an incredible performance 🎤

We were also joined by the incredible who came along to sell their incredible zines! For those of you who couldn’t join us on the night, make sure you check out their Instagram 🍿

And thanks once more to our audience, for making it a truly unforgettable evening 🎥

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