The London Action Festival

The London Action Festival The film and television world has hundreds of established festivals, yet Action seldom gets the focus the genre truly deserves.

The first world class Film & TV Festival dedicated to all things action will hold its inaugural event and be based at the prestigious Picturehouse Central, right in the heart of London’s West End. The London Action Festival is a long-overdue celebration of the skills, creativity, talent and bravery required to create the world’s most exciting content across both Film and TV. Early bird tickets are now available!

RIP Chuck Norris...one of the action greats.What better way to, literally, kick start an incredible career than with an ...
20/03/2026

RIP Chuck Norris...one of the action greats.

What better way to, literally, kick start an incredible career than with an epic 10-minute fight against Bruce Lee in the gladiatorial arena that is the Coliseum in Rome.
(THE WAY OF THE DRAGON - 1972)

Delve into his filmography or read about him in the excellent book by Nick de Semlyen, THE LAST ACTION HEROES.

Congratulations to the HAVOC team led by director, Gareth Evans and Stunt Designer, Jude Poyer for the film's BEST FIGHT...
13/01/2026

Congratulations to the HAVOC team led by director, Gareth Evans and Stunt Designer, Jude Poyer for the film's BEST FIGHT nomination at the 2026 Ta**us World Stunt Awards.

To any of those who saw it on the big screen at our Netflix event last year, this won't be a surprise!!

Particular congratulations go to the five individuals nominated for their work on this; (Note that all the below are Instagram id's)



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We understand that only 5 names can be on the nomination but wanted to include a mention to the many other talented stuntmen & stuntwomen who helped create this epic fight sequence (Thanks to Jude Poyer for highlighting them!)

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A full list of all the 2026 Ta**us Stunt Award nominees in the link below:
https://www.taurusworldstuntawards.com/awards/nominees-2026/

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22/12/2025

To all of our Action Festival fans, friends and guests, YOU are the reason we do what we do!

It's always a pleasure to celebrate this incredible genre of Film and TV with you.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Joyful New Year to you all. 🎄🎄🎄

In the meantime...Yippee Ki Yay!!
(and yes, it IS a Christmas movie!)

Credits:
📺 - The Late Show with Stephen Colbert / CBS

Congratulations to our lucky winner and thanks to SO many of you for entering. Unfortunately, echoing the immortal words...
01/10/2025

Congratulations to our lucky winner and thanks to SO many of you for entering. Unfortunately, echoing the immortal words from Highlander, “There can be only one." ⚔️

(Yet another) Competition!YIPPEE KI YAY (the parody celebration of DIE HARD).Many of you who joined us in 2023 will reme...
25/09/2025

(Yet another) Competition!

YIPPEE KI YAY (the parody celebration of DIE HARD).

Many of you who joined us in 2023 will remember that one of THE absolute highlights of our Action Festival that year was this hilarious and affectionate live tribute to DIE HARD at the Royal Albert Hall.

Having toured across the UK and the US, it’s had amazing reviews dropping like terrorists at Nakatomi Plaza…including one review that REALLY matters. No, not us…although we will arm wrestle anyone who doesn’t love DIE HARD!

We're referring to the legendary writer of DIE HARD (and COMMANDO and THE RUNNING MAN) and friend of the Festival, Steven E. de Souza. "It's delightful and astonishing and not remotely what you expect!"

Before the show embarks on another UK tour in October, we have a pair of tickets to give away for ONE lucky winner to the ONLY London performance.

📅 Monday, 20 October 2025 at 7:30pm
📌Jacksons Lane Arts Centre, 269A Archway Road, Highgate, London, N6 5AA

🔗 Link to enter - https://tr.ee/PnEf0r6RRQ

The competition closes at 12:00pm on Wednesday, 1st October 2025 after which the winner will be notified.

The winner will be selected at random.

For more details of the show (including other performances across the UK) and all those that bring it to life please visit:
https://www.ykylive.com/

Congratulations to our two winners who won tickets to special, sold-out screening of THELMA & LOUISE introduced by Ridle...
24/09/2025

Congratulations to our two winners who won tickets to special, sold-out screening of THELMA & LOUISE introduced by Ridley Scott himself!

Our thanks to all of you who entered. Of the 100's of entries, one of our winners came from one of the last 10 to enter!!

Competition time again!!Continuing the celebration of one of the most versatile and visionary filmmakers of modern cinem...
18/09/2025

Competition time again!!

Continuing the celebration of one of the most versatile and visionary filmmakers of modern cinema we’re delighted to have another great competition for you.

We have 2️⃣ PAIRS of tickets to give away for a very special, SOLD-OUT screening of THELMA & LOUISE which will be introduced in person by Ridley Scott himself!

This Oscar-winning classic stars Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen and a young actor by the name of Brad Pitt...whatever happened to him?!

📅 Sunday, 5th October at 5:20pm
📌BFI Southbank, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XT
📝 Two small-town working-class girlfriends’ lives are changed forever when they hit the road.

🔗Use this link to enter - https://tr.ee/Efs3nmciNb

📬 The competition closes at 12:00pm on Wednesday, 24th September after which winners will be notified.

Winners will be selected at random.

🔗For details of ALL the screenings, with titles chosen by Ridley himself, and special events still being held across RIDLEY SCOTT: BUILDING CINEMATIC WORLDS in September and October, please click on the link below.

https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=ridley-scott

📷 Copyright: Park Circus

Action Fans...come and hear from friend of the London Action Festival and one of the absolute best in the business, Stun...
17/09/2025

Action Fans...come and hear from friend of the London Action Festival and one of the absolute best in the business, Stunt Performer Rick English .

On Friday 19th September he'll be at the Cheltenham International Film Festival after a screening of 2022's THE BATMAN in which he doubled for Robert Pattinson.

In a post-film Q&A with Benjamin Timothy Gobey he'll be speaking about his fascinating work in this film and many others across his extensive, high-profile career.

📅 Friday 19th September @ 6.15pm

📌Cheltenham Playhouse, 47-53 Bath Road, Cheltenham GL53 7HG

Details and tickets in the link below:

https://tr.ee/c_Ts-gUIu6

Action Fans...we were delighted that that hundreds of you took part in our competition and wish we could have rewarded y...
11/09/2025

Action Fans...we were delighted that that hundreds of you took part in our competition and wish we could have rewarded you all!!

Congratulations to our lucky winners who won tickets to screenings of:
BLACK RAIN
GLADIATOR
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN: DIRECTOR'S CUT, and
BLACK HAWK DOWN

Our thanks to the BFI .

To see all these films and many, many more as part of the epic Ridley Scott season follow the 🔗 below.
https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=ridley-scott

London Action Festival / BFI CompetitionWe have ️2 PAIRS of tickets to give away to the lucky winners of our competition...
06/09/2025

London Action Festival / BFI Competition
We have ️2 PAIRS of tickets to give away to the lucky winners of our competition for each of the following Ridley Scott action classics screening at BFI Southbank.

🎬 BLACK RAIN
📅 Friday, 12th September at 8:35pm
📝 Ridley Scott’s Yakuza thriller finds Michael Douglas’s amoral cop chasing down a gang member on the streets of Osaka.

🎬 GLADIATOR
📅 Saturday, 13th September at 1:10pm
📝 Russell Crowe’s Oscar-winning performance looms large in Ridley Scott’s expansive and thrilling vision of Ancient Rome.

🎬 KINGDOM OF HEAVEN: DIRECTOR’S CUT
📅 Saturday, 13th September at 7:20pm
📝 Ridley Scott’s 12th-century epic of the battling forces seeking control over Jerusalem. Screening here in his preferred Director’s Cut.

🎬 BLACK HAWK DOWN
📅 Sunday, 14th September at 6:00pm
📝 Ridley Scott’s most visceral war film recreates a dark moment in recent US military history.

Competition Entry link here - https://tr.ee/j-OfWr-Q4y

📬 The competition closes at 12:00pm on Wednesday, 10th September after which all winners will be notified.

Winners for each film screening will be selected at random.

📍 All the screenings in this competition will take place at BFI Southbank, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XT

📷 Copyright: Park Circus

Delighted to be collaborating once again with our friends at the BFI in celebrating one of the most versatile and vision...
06/09/2025

Delighted to be collaborating once again with our friends at the BFI in celebrating one of the most versatile and visionary filmmakers of modern cinema.

Their epic retrospective, RIDLEY SCOTT: BUILDING CINEMATIC WORLDS, has screenings and events across September & October at BFI Southbank & BFI IMAX.

For details of ALL the special events and screenings, with titles chosen by Ridley himself, click on the link below.

https://tr.ee/aNoRLU93dC

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