Founded in 2024, London Nature Films (LNF) serves as a dissemination platform for urban nature communication, using film to spark dialogue, creativity and action around the city’s natural environments. In an era of digital and remote communication, LNF provides organisations and communities with a vital in-person context for screening, discussion, and exchange.
We run London’s only film festival dedicated to urban nature, showcasing how everyday encounters with the living world, from vegetable gardens to parakeets, shapes the experience of being a city dweller. A city perpetually consumes resources; nature, and we explore not just plants and animals but the city as a living organism.
Our annual two-day event brings together filmmakers, artists, conservationists, youth and community organisations for screenings, Q&As, and discussions. With film entries tripling in our third year, we are witnessing a groundswell of interest from rewilders, growers, listeners, and nature lovers of all backgrounds. As the availability of affordable 4K cameras increases, our aim is to encourage new voices in urban nature filmmaking, while keeping the experience of the shared big screen at the heart of our work. The London Nature Film Festival is now accepting submissions for films that explore our connection with nature in the city. Whether your work focuses on parks, urban wildlife, community projects, gardening, conservation, or any aspect of London's natural landscape, we want to see how you interact with or interpret London’s natural spaces. Your film will be showcased during the Great Big Green Week, an event highlighting initiatives in climate action.
Submissions are open to everyone—you don’t need to be a professional filmmaker! We welcome films and animations from all ages and media abilities, so if you have a story to tell, this is your chance to share it.
All entries will automatically also be considered for Luminox. We are also presenting with the art organisation ProRadix, LUMINOX curated quarterly film screenings on the equinoxes - exploring resilience & reciprocity with the more than human. Engagement, dialogue, inspiration, restoration, spoken word and shared food with filmmakers, artists and change makers.
Through collaborations with organisations such as Grow Urban Festival, London National Park City, Four Corners Film and Pro Radix, we are building a movement that connects filmmakers, conservationists, artists, and communities. We are currently working on providing awards and prizes for our main festival in June.
