Sheffield Christian Film & Media Festival celebrates the accomplishments of Christians who are working in film and media, we talk about faith and creativity, and pray for media industries and those who work in them.

We want to make it easy to recognise and support Christians who are working on film and media productions of all kinds- amateur and professional, explicitly Christian or not- and celebrate their work.

In 2026 we will present several Awards, categories TBC.

There will also be an Audience Award, voted on by the audience present on the date of the event, and presented during the day.

One or more awards may be sponsored and presented by a partner organisation in addition to the above.

NB if you purchase an admission ticket but your film is later selected for the programme, making you eligible for free entry, you will receive a full refund for one ticket (minus booking fees)

1. At least one Head of Department or credited Actor must identify as a Christian of any denomination (Producer, Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Sound Designer, Production Designer, credited Actor)

2. Any genre of production is welcome (e.g. narrative film, documentary, music video, animation, experimental film, video game demo, podcast recording, romance, action, comedy, horror etc.)

3. May have been produced at any time.

4. Must have cleared all performances, audio, and visual material for use in exhibition.

5. Submissions must have an English language audio track, or else English language embedded subtitles.

6. Selected films, must be made available to the festival organisers as a High Definition file, either by enabling download from FilmFreeway, or Vimeo, or by sending a file using a file transfer service.

6. Any entry accepted for inclusion in our programme will be available to view at our physical event, as well as in our online programme (online for 30 days after the event).

7. One free ticket to attend the event will be allocated to each selected filmmaker, including access to pre and post show receptions for professionals (worth £30.00). Selected filmmakers will also be given access to a discount code, to allow them to bring friends and colleagues at a reduced price.

8. Selected filmmakers may be invited to participate in a Q&A or panel discussion at the event.

9. Accepted projects may be utilised for festival promotion in future, in part, never in whole, including any still images supplied.

10. You may be asked if you would like to make your film available to church and community groups through SCFF, if your film is accepted to the festival programme.

11. Submission fees for films and media via FilmFreeway cannot be refunded. Please consider carefully before completing payment on your submission order.

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  • Marinella Setti

    SCFF is a small but super friendly festival, we came in for the day in Sheffield and had a really excellent time. Thanks to Louise, Eddie and the team and also for our Panel Award for our film Messiah!

    October 2025
  • This is a nice little festival that's been running for 2 or 3 years now. I attended in 2023 and enjoyed it. There was a good selection of Christian films in different genres. There were also good industry speakers. If you are a Christian filmmaker this is a great festival to try and get your work screened in. And a great festival to attend and network with other Christian creatives.

    December 2023