B Beside the seaside is an international B-Movie Festival for Horror, Sci-fi, Martial Arts, Action, Odd, and any over the top, Extream, Crazy films with a bit of comedy thrown in for good measure. This is NOT a festival for poignant dramas.

This festival is to celebrate B movies in all their glory. Judging for the best feature and best short film award will be based on pure entertainment value!

The festival will be hosted by the Southport Bijou Cinema in Merseyside, England which is easy to get to from Liverpool, Preston, Wigan, Bolton, Manchester, Blackpool etc.

We select several feature and short films to be part of our festival which will take place over 2 days.

If your film is selected you will get 2 free tickets to all the screenings.

Awards & Prizes

Best feature
Best short
Best one-liner
Best comedy sidekick
Most over the top death scene
Coolest VFX
Coolest practical effect
Best scream
Strangest item used as a weapon
Most bloody
Most disturbing

Rules & Terms

SUBMISSION 
Submission can be made exclusively through filmfreeway.com

FORMAT 
The films accepted into the Festival are required to provide for screening a .mov or MP4 digital file.

FEES 
All fees are non-refundable

LANGUAGE 
All films must be English or have subtitles in English.

COMPLETION TIME 
All films must have been completed after January 1, 2018

COPYRIGHT 
We are not responsible for your content if you do not have permission to use it. Please make sure all content is yours, all music is original, or you have permission from the artist to use it.

PROMOTION 
B Beside The Seaside International Film Festival can use trailers/teasers/film posters for promotional purposes.

CATEGORIES 
Short films are classed as any film under 45 minutes, feature films are classed as films of 45 minutes or greater.

DISCLAIMER 
The applicant agrees to have read and accepted the rules & regulations for participation in the B Beside The Seaside International Film Festival. The applicant confirms that they have the authority or has obtained the requisite authority from the producer/rights holder to enter this film in the B Beside The Seaside International Film Festival and make available the digital media for screening.
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  • Kieran Reed

    A new contract at work prevented me, at the last minute, from attending in person, which I was most annoyed by, as I was verymuch looking forward to weekend of Horror with the B-Beside the Seaside guys.
    They were amazingly friendly and supportive, keeping me 'in the loop' (even though I'm useless with facebook).
    The festival itself looked like it was going to be brilliant, making me wish more that had been there, but I will be badgering the organisers for some feedback, on the festival in general, but also on how my short film went down on the night!.

    August 2022
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  • Ian Gordon

    Had a brilliant time at B Beside the Seaside, although my visit was too short to catch most of the programme. Great to see such passionate festival organisers though, and the intimacy of the venue makes it impossible not to get chatting to others at the bar. The Bijou is a wee gem of a cinema.
    The award categories on offer tell you everything you need to know, there’s a lot of fun and mayhem up on screen but also some more serious & thoughtful stuff too. Never been happier to be on the B Team.

    August 2022
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  • North Film

    Thank you for screening our film Super Grannies at your festival! Unfortunately we couldn't make it, but friends and family did and they said that it was a fantastic event and they all thoroughly enjoyed themselves! We hope to join you again in the future!

    January 2022
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  • Dan Horrigan

    A diamond festival in a beautiful local cinema. Long may they last!

    October 2021
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  • Robert Howat

    Great film festival!
    Sadly I could not attend due to Covid which was a great shame as the festival had a good selection of films really promoting independent productions.
    Good friendly communication throughout.

    September 2021
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