Welcome to Covent Garden Film Festival!
An event of networking, screenings, and parties in the heart of London’s West End entertainment and arts district.
In our 4th year, we will celebrate and showcase shorts, animations, documentaries, moving image art and experimental work.
Our festival judging committee for our 2024 addition included:
+ Jacob Lee - BAFTA-nominated filmmaker of 'A Drifting Up'
+ Dr Parvinder Shergill - actress-filmmaker, starring in 'Kaur' on ITVX
+ Leo Anna Thomas - the UK film industry's first WellBeing Facilitator
The festival aims to be as environmentally sustainable as possible, thus we are taking three key environmental pledges to make sure that during the event, we produce:
No plastic waste
No paper waste
No food waste
With this, we will be awarding an “Environmental Impact Awareness Award” to a filmmaker who is alerting audiences to the impact humans are having on our planet.
This will mean CGFF will not be producing paper-based promotional or programming materials. All information will be disseminated digitally in order to reduce the environmental impact and waste produced by the physical event of the film festival.
The festival was also created to showcase films that raise awareness of mental health conditions. This includes the presentation of a “Mental Health Awareness Award”, which was won in its first year by BAFTA-nominated short film “A Drifting Up” by Jacob Lee.
Additionally, this is why the festival has no social media accounts or profiles. As the festival creators' believe social media has had an overall negative effect on the mental health of its users.
Instead the festival will focus on fostering a peer-to-peer community of filmmakers and cineastes who believe in the core aims and principles of the festival.
Please note we will not be screening features, all media and art included in CGFF will be under 40 minutes long.
CGFF is here to allow filmmakers and audiences to connect, create, and collaborate.
CGFF will also be giving out cash prizes and awards in its second year at an awards gala during the festival, see the Awards and Prizes section below. We want to do this in order to support new talent and celebrate their hard work and ambitions.
Our programme and sponsors to be announced in due course - stay tuned for further exciting updates!
contact@coventgardenfilmfestival.com
Mental Health Awareness Award
Environmental Impact Awareness Award
Emerging Filmmaker Award
Emerging Actor Award
Emerging Writer
British Short Film
International Short Film
Music Video Award
Dance Film Award
Best Actor
Best Director
Best Composer
Best Editing
Best Animation Award
Best Documentary
Best Comedy
Best Student Film
Best Experimental Work
Best Production Design