Worcester Film Festival

24th - 27th September 2025

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WHAT IS THE WORCESTER FILM FESTIVAL?

Worcester Film Festival is a curated event and competitive festival, where films (ranging from independent shorts to full-length features) are showcased to audiences, critics, and industry professionals alike. Films are submitted to the festival and then go through a selection committee to be curated for screening, ensuring our audiences have a truly unique and unparalleled cinema experience with a diverse range of stories. During the festival period, over 100 films are shown. These Officially Selected films then go to a Jury to be shortlisted for nomination. Awards are then handed out to winners at the culmination of the festival.

Compared to a traditional cinema experience, the festival highlights stories you won’t always see on the big screen: unique voices, bold ideas, and innovative filmmaking. With film screenings, Q&As, networking, workshops and more, there’s something for everyone at our event.

At Worcester Film Festival, we bring together independent filmmakers from around the world to celebrate the power of storytelling in all its forms. The festival is now BIFA-Qualifying, meaning films screened at our festival are now eligible for consideration in BIFA’s prestigious British Short Film Awards. We couldn’t be prouder to represent the West Midlands as the only BIFA-recognised festival in the region.

Our festival welcomes filmmakers and film-watchers equally, so whether you’re looking to enter your work for next year’s submission or join us for the event to watch new, independent films as a lover of all things cinema, we’re glad to have you here.

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Here we are! Year 5! Half a decade of enjoying your fantastic films.

Greetings from Worcester Film Festival! We are committed to introducing the best of indie film to the Midlands by championing and nurturing talent both upcoming and established. We’re proud to be a festival for film lovers and filmmakers alike, creating a meaningful film presence right here in the heart of the UK.

There’s a lot in store for this coming festival:
2 screens at ODEON Cinema showing your films, workshops, pitching events, networking film socials, Q&As, podcast interviews, special presentations/preview screenings, awards ceremony and gala. And much, much more to be announced!

We’re looking forward to welcoming back familiar faces as well as getting to know all those we’ve yet to meet in 2025. We hope to see you there…

HEAR FROM THE FILMMAKERS & THE AUDIENCE

  • Excellent Festival with excellent communication and overall professional and promotional standards set to a very high level. A festival that will continue to grow and grow in strength. Delighted to have won Best Cinematography at this year’s Festival. Wishing the team at Worcester continued success.

    Eamonn Keane

  • As someone who grew up just outside the city, I can confidently say this festival does Worcester proud. Screening our short, ‘Where Are All the Gay Superheroes?’ was an honour not only because of my attachment to the area, but also because WFF is a fast-growing and confidently run festival. I’m proud to say this is not just “one to watch” – this is one to get involved with now.

    Tom Paul Martin

  • Wonderful festival, great communication, well pulled together, felt professional and really based on a passion for film. Unbelievably friendly team, who were so quick to answer questions. The awards were also amazing, again professionally thought out, so well regarded. We were lucky enough to be nominated and win on the night, so that really was the cherry on the cake. Well done to all of those involved, an honest and awesome festival!

    Kate Horlor

  • Hands down one of the best festivals for independent film I’ve been to. They really do care for the filmmakers and try everything possible to make them have a marvellous time. What an experience. Thank you Worcester Film Festival

    Anne Sophy Schleicher

  • Brilliant festival in its early years – 5 star awards evening, high quality and friendly event with great socialising and networking. Can’t wait to see this festival grow even bigger.

    Riyadh Haque

  • What a lovely festival to be a part of! Thank you for having ‘The Weight’ as part of your selection this year – you could feel the care and the passion involved with your festival. The communication was better than any festival we’ve been selected for so far and it makes all the difference! Thank you again.

    Susan Lay

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