Crossing The Screen - Eastbourne International Film Festival

03/06/2026

A new chapter for film, culture and community begins here.

Over the coming months, we'll be sharing the journey of creating the Eastbourne International Film Festival 2027—from venue visits and filmmaker conversations to partnerships, screenings, and special events.

We want to bring people together through film, showcasing stories from Eastbourne, the UK, and around the world

Follow the journey and be part of something special.

🎥 Cinema. Culture. Community.

For details on how to get involved:
www.crossingthescreen.com

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17/05/2026

What a week.

8 days of screenings, conversations, new connections, bold filmmaking, packed rooms, late nights, volunteers in orange sweatshirts, filmmakers travelling across the world, and audiences supporting independent cinema in Eastbourne.

Thank you to everyone who helped make the 10th Eastbourne International Film Festival possible.

We’re especially grateful to our volunteers, venue partners, filmmakers, audiences, sponsors, collaborators, and supporters who continue to believe in what Crossing The Screen is building.

If you attended this year, tell us your favourite memory below or tag someone you shared the festival with.

This is only the beginning.

11/05/2026

10/05/2026

🏆 Congratulations to the award winners of the 10th Eastbourne International Film Festival.

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners, nominees, and selected filmmakers. From powerful feature films and documentaries to bold short films, animation, experimental work, and outstanding local productions, this year’s programme celebrated independent storytelling from across the world.

As a volunteer-run festival, it means so much to see filmmakers, audiences, venues, guests, and supporters come together to celebrate cinema here in Eastbourne.

Thank you to everyone who joined us throughout the festival and helped make our 10th edition such a special one. More photos and festival moments coming soon.

09/05/2026

Today is the final day of the 10th Eastbourne International Film Festival 🎬

Join us at the Cavendish Hotel for a full day of short films, filmmaker events, the Sussex Film Showcase, tonight’s Awards Ceremony, and our Closing Party Celebration ✨

Whether you’ve been with us all week or are joining for the first time, we’d love to welcome you for the festival finale.

🎟 Tickets available on the door or via the link in our bio

08/05/2026

Friday at the 10th Eastbourne International Film Festival 🎬

There’s still plenty happening today at the Cavendish Hotel and Hailsham Pavilion, including documentaries, international shorts, and tonight’s feature screening A Sad & Beautiful World.

✨ Highlights still to come:

🧠 Creatures of the Mind
A visually fascinating documentary exploring dreams, imagination, and the human mind.
📍Cavendish Hotel • 2PM

🚗 Vincenzo Lancia and the Birth of Modern Motoring
The story of the visionary behind one of Italy’s most influential automotive legacies.
📍Hailsham Pavilion • 2PM

🌊 The Space Between
An emotional and beautifully curated collection of short films about belonging, transition, and resilience.
📍Cavendish Hotel • 6PM

🚤 Small Boats: The Border Conundrum + discussion
A timely documentary screening followed by conversation and debate.
📍Hailsham Pavilion • 6PM

🎬 A Sad & Beautiful World
Tonight’s closing feature film for Friday evening.
📍Cavendish Hotel • 8PM

Tickets available on the door or via eventbrite. Come spend your Friday with independent cinema from around the world ✨

08/05/2026

Tomorrow, the 10th Eastbourne International Film Festival comes to a close with an evening celebrating filmmakers, award winners, and the incredible community that makes independent cinema possible 🎬

Join us at the Cavendish Hotel on Saturday 9th May for our Closing Ceremony featuring the Sussex Film Showcase: Fragile Doubts, awards presentations, and a final celebration to wrap up this special 10th edition.

🕟 Doors Open: 4:30PM
🎞 Sussex Shorts Part 1: 5PM
☕ Break: 6PM
🎞 Sussex Shorts Part 2: 6:20PM
🏆 Awards Ceremony & Closing Celebration: 7:30PM
🍻 Plus the downstairs bar will be open.

Tickets available via Eventbrite or on the door.
🎟 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sussex-films-showcase-fragile-doubts-tickets-1985824839552

Come celebrate local filmmaking, international cinema, and ten years of Crossing The Screen with us ✨

07/05/2026

TODAY at the 10th Eastbourne International Film Festival 🎬

Join us at The Cavendish Hotel for a day of screenings, live Q&As and conversations with attending filmmakers from across this year’s international programme.

🕛 12:00 – Fragments of the Inner Life
Featuring attending filmmakers:
• Daniel Howard-Baker
• Katya Mokolo
• Uliana Pisha
• Tortor Smith
(+ more TBC)

🕓 16:00 – Quiet Resistance
Featuring:
• Sophie Reeve-Foster
• Peter Davies
(+ more TBC)

A great chance to meet filmmakers, ask questions, network, and hear directly from the people behind the films while experiencing official competition selections and UK premieres.

Tickets available on the door and via Eventbrite. Don’t miss it.

📍 The Cavendish Hotel, Eastbourne

06/05/2026

Today we hosted our Student Day as part of the 10th Eastbourne International Film Festival 🎬

Over the past few months, Creative Media students from worked alongside Crossing the Screen to help plan and deliver a real festival experience, from programming and marketing to workshops and event organisation.

Today saw student film screenings, workshops, awards, and a packed day of activity at The Cavendish Hotel. It was brilliant to see so many young creatives sharing their work, building confidence and gaining hands-on experience inside a live film festival environment.

A huge thank you to all the students, staff, volunteers and audiences who helped make the day such a success.

06/05/2026

Screening tonight at 20:00 at The Cavendish Hotel, Eastbourne.

Set deep in the mountains along the China–Myanmar border, Hani follows a fourteen-year-old boy pushed toward crime as he tries to raise an impossible bride price to marry the girl he loves.

A tense and intimate feature about love, pressure and the forces that can push a young life off course.

Also screening this evening:
🎭 Cartapesta: Carnival of Fano at 17:30

Tickets and full programme via link in bio.