The Film Festival Guild

The Film Festival Guild We run film festivals, support film festivals and support filmmakers, charities and cinemas.

The Film Festival Guild is home of:
The British Independent Film Festival
The British Horror Film Festival
Newport International Film Festival
The British Animation Film Festival

10/04/2026

The British Animation Film Festival was a superb evening, celebrating incredible work! being interviewed here by after picking up TWO awards at the festival, including the Audience Award! Bravo! this years festival was at the incredible

Loving all these incredible pictures from the British Animation Film Festival by Antony Woolmer and Paula - great to h...
07/04/2026

Loving all these incredible pictures from the British Animation Film Festival by Antony Woolmer and Paula - great to have so many students in the audience too. Shout out to De Montfort University (DMU) - great to have you all with us!

Thank you to all the incredible audience members who came along and supported the British Animation Film Festival! Audie...
07/04/2026

Thank you to all the incredible audience members who came along and supported the British Animation Film Festival! Audiences are the beating heart of independent film! And congratulations to all the film makers, animators and screenwriters in attendance too!

We’re still buzzing from an incredible evening. Congratulations to all the award winning film makers, screenwriters and ...
07/04/2026

We’re still buzzing from an incredible evening. Congratulations to all the award winning film makers, screenwriters and animators! Official photos are being released later today (they’ll be emailed to the film makers, but if you were in attendance and got snapped at the press wall drop us a DM and we’ll get your pictures out to you!)

And the final category of the evening, Best Short Film!And the nominees are:Birder (Directed by Sam Rowland-Lê)Bleeding ...
06/04/2026

And the final category of the evening, Best Short Film!

And the nominees are:
Birder (Directed by Sam Rowland-Lê)
Bleeding (Directed by Dany Horiuchi)
Egg Timer (Directed by Rosie May Bird Smith)
Have You Never Seen Birds? (Directed by Jessica Fecteau & Robert Desroches)
Home (Directed by Martyn)
Princessy (Directed by Franciszek Korolczuk)
Safe (Directed by Gov Chandran)
Stroke of Genius (Directed by Karel van Bellingen)
Warp and Weft (Directed by Isolda Milenkovic)

Tickets are very nearly sold out so if you’d like to join us, get your tickets fast! Link in bio, hope to see you there!

Up next are the nominees for Best Director!And the nominees are:Franciszek Korolczuk (Princessy)Karel Van Bellingen (Str...
06/04/2026

Up next are the nominees for Best Director!

And the nominees are:
Franciszek Korolczuk (Princessy)
Karel Van Bellingen (Stroke of Genius)
Rosie May Bird Smith (Egg Timer)
Sam Rowland-Le (Birder)

Up next are the nominees for Best Actor!And the nominees are:Hubert Łapacz (Princessy)Matthew Jure (Birder)Maxim Baldry ...
06/04/2026

Up next are the nominees for Best Actor!

And the nominees are:
Hubert Łapacz (Princessy)
Matthew Jure (Birder)
Maxim Baldry (Stroke of Genius)

And now, the nominees for Best Actress!And the nominees are:Ellie-Rose Mackinlay (Birder)Kelsey Cooke (Safe)Paulina Matu...
06/04/2026

And now, the nominees for Best Actress!

And the nominees are:
Ellie-Rose Mackinlay (Birder)
Kelsey Cooke (Safe)
Paulina Matusewicz (Princessy)

Up next is Best Supporting Actor!And the nominees are:David Binder (Birder)Joel Stern (Stroke of Genius)Ross O’Donnellan...
06/04/2026

Up next is Best Supporting Actor!

And the nominees are:
David Binder (Birder)
Joel Stern (Stroke of Genius)
Ross O’Donnellan (Egg Timer)

The next category is Best Supporting Actress!And the nominees are:Jacqueline Rose (Stroke of Genius)Katarzyna Fraczynska...
06/04/2026

The next category is Best Supporting Actress!

And the nominees are:
Jacqueline Rose (Stroke of Genius)
Katarzyna Fraczynska (Princessy)
Kerry Godliman (Egg Timer)

Up next are the nominees for Best Cinematography!And the nominees are:Bleeding (Directed by Dany Horiuchi)Home (Directed...
06/04/2026

Up next are the nominees for Best Cinematography!

And the nominees are:
Bleeding (Directed by Dany Horiuchi)
Home (Directed by Martyn)
Princessy (Directed by Franciszek Korolczuk)
Stroke of Genius (Directed by Karel van Bellingen)

The next category is Music Video!And the nominees are:Forum, Krakow (Music by Coldvein, Directed by Oliver Michael Bacon...
06/04/2026

The next category is Music Video!

And the nominees are:
Forum, Krakow (Music by Coldvein, Directed by Oliver Michael Bacon & Fleming Mason)
Have You Never Seen Birds? (Music by , Directed by Jessica Fecteau & Robert Desroches)

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In 2006 a small film festival in Newport was set up to give film-makers a much needed opportunity to get their work screened, to an appreciative audience! And thus the Film Festival Guild was born.

In 2012 the Film Festival Guild moved into its London Bridge headquarters at Clink Street Studios and has a full time staff of dedicated film lovers and professionals! We've come a long way and plan to go much further!

The Newport International Film Festival was the first of the festivals ran by the Film Festival Guild, but it started a passion by the team to create more opportunities for both audiences and film-makers alike to have top quality work shown in top quality cinemas.

The British Independent Film Festival and the British Horror Film Festival arrived in 2010, giving the Guild two tent-pole festivals that they could roll out across the UK.