London Movie Festival has three main activity ;
A. awarded movies shows and conversation with directors. /
B. panels about different subject matter of cinemas in Anatolia and other countries /
C. short film competition - short film finalist shows

All submitted short films will be juried by LMF professional team who are working in the movie industry, selected films will be judged according to competition categories. none of them will be compared with each other and only awarded short film will be shown on the festival.

London Movie festival aim is all about art - cultural and technical aspect of movies. Furthermore LMF is for promoting ethnic minorities cultures. LMF aims to create opportunities for film maker for networking, funding and to unlock the potential of artist.

Awards & Prizes

All films will be seen by professional judges, specialist in film making. As soon as jury decided which one to be re examined then the final decisions about selected films will be made one more. All selected films will be seen more than once by jury. who are specialised in those categories.

Because short film competition is one of the perspective and activity, awarded films will be shown on the festival only, and notification will be emailed to all winners in advance. as a main activity of LMF there are movies to be shown at the festival which will be explained on the LMF websites in details by the near time of festival dates

Moreover, awards for the winners will be trophies in all categories. Total awards are as follows ; best short films / best actor / best actress / best director / best camera / best music - sound / best script - story / best documentary

Moreover, there is no first, second or third. Because the argument of LMF is as follows ;

one - the main thing is movie making categories practice, artistic approach and every artist has its own unique creativity during film making.

two - because every artist is making different films, not the same film, so that it is not fair to compare them with each other.

third - every artist has different circumstances - external impacts during film making
therefore there should not be judgements on the basis of first, second, third place.

Furthermore, there will be panels in relation to movie industry. None of the short film makers would be taking part at the panellist, of course any person is welcomed to participate for questions and comments.

All awarded short films, all categories, will be on show 17/ 18 / 19 October 2025, on Friday / Saturday / Sunday afternoon, starts 16 pm ( 4 pm ) - finish 20.30 pm ( 8.30 pm ) as much as possible within the time limit.

Good luck

Rules & Terms

Regarding to rules,

In general, basically any person should have good - constructive manner, be respectful, peaceful, enjoy the day.

1. any short film submissions should be made digitally, not via DVD’s in the post. If one is unable to do digital submission, please contact LMF to work something out.

2. Any picture, poster, short film, videos, related materials provided must be clearly identified. It may be used for festival activities at the present time and in the future for festival purpose and also winner of competitions any materials will be used on social media of organiser as - for LMF activities.

3. Any short film which have been broadcast on any platform prior to LMF are allowed eligible for competition.

4. Any non - English language produced short films, joining competition, must have English subtitles

5. All short film submitting to LMF competition must certify that they have been given full rights to use any thing for their films - production, all sound tracks - music in the films.

6. Short Film Producers are responsible for insurance & shipment costs of films to LMF.

7. The title of the work and name of entrant, contact details should be provided, must be on all mailing and in order to be considered competition fees must be paid full

8. Any selected film entries will be notified as soon as possible. but Jury Award winners will be announced at the closing night.

9. Short Film Makers who are accepted to join LMF competition, and whoever attending the festival are responsible for travel, lodging, and all other expenses. However filmmakers accepted into LMF competition will have festival passes to see all the festival films FREE

10. Film prints and other film material will be handled with utmost care. However neither the LMF staff nor supporting theatre organisations staff can assume responsibility for damage or loss of the print and other film materials, en route or otherwise, during the course of the festival preparation - festival days .

12. All given information, eligibility, guidelines, terms and conditions of entry are subject to change by the London Movie Festival.

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  • 157 Elefante Movies

    Um festival importante para produtoras independentes e que são comprometidas com obras outorais. Um grande prazer participar do festival. Obrigado.
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    An important festival for independent producers who are committed to original works. A great pleasure to participate in the festival. Thanks.

    May 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Hi,
    thank you for your comments - review, it was pleasure to watch and see the creativity,
    wish you all the best,

    LMF manager
    Ali la Pax

  • Nicola La Porta

    It is a great honour for us to get London Movie Festival positive evaluation for our Docufilm. Your kindness, encouragement, enthusiasm gave us a lot of gains. We definitely keep your Festival on our short list and hope to attend it again in the near future

    May 2024
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    Response from festival:

    thank you for review, it was nice to watch such professional work
    looking forward to watch more of this kind
    LMF manager
    Ali la Pax

  • Eddie Clay Thompkins III

    I highly recommend this Festival. Great communication from the start. I've competed in many competitions and this one was superb. Hat tip to the staff. Five Stars.

    May 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Hi Eddie,
    good days thank you for your reviews, judge liked your movie but in terms of short film criteria, it was not awarded, it was commented that movie should have some more details, because of story. fundamentally nice - touching story, it requires more filming to make a proper judgement in terms of short film categories requirements. it is beleieved that next time it will be more successfull.

    thank you for your support
    all the best
    LMF manager
    Ali la Pax

  • Alireza farzad

    This festival is perfect .
    thanks for having me and my film

    May 2024
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    Response from festival:

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    Alireza
    thank you for your comments
    your short film was judged as creative story and reflect human nature good enough, judge commented as your film is worth of screening next time. and needs some more camera work, and surely your filmings work has potential to be awarde in the future.
    all the best
    LMH Manager
    Ali la Pax