SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival

HOW TO SUBMIT
Submitting is straightforward, and our rules are refreshingly simple.

We accept online screeners only — either via FilmFreeway or links to external services such as Vimeo, but ALL submissions must include a valid FilmFreeway reference.

Your film does not need to be a UK premiere, though we'd always prefer it. It does need to have been completed within the last 15 months.

IF YOU ARE SELECTED:
We will require:

- A download link to an HD MP4 and a DCP for cinema screening
- At least 3 stills from the film. Not BTS photos!
- A trailer
- A poster image
- An English subtitle file — unless subtitles are already burnt in

A word on subtitles: please take care of them. Make sure they are accurate, legible, correctly timed, and visible against the background. White text on light backgrounds is a common and avoidable problem — your audience will thank you.

Please ensure your full press kit and trailer are uploaded to your film's FilmFreeway listing. Do not send physical or digital press packs, testimonials, or unsolicited materials with your submission — if we accept your film, we'll ask for anything else we need at that point.

THE SELECTION PROCESS:
Simple: our selection team watches your film. If we love it — it's in.

Rights & Promotion
Films submitted to the festival may be promoted across our social media, website, printed materials (including the festival programme), and broader press and marketing activity. By submitting, you grant us the right to use your film's title and submitted images, trailer and soundtrack for these purposes.

We will always ask your permission before screening your film in any touring or guest pop-up activity. We are regularly invited to present work at other festivals — for example, we have an ongoing guest slot at the Silbersalz Science and Media Festival in Halle, Germany, a free public event

IMPORTNT COMMITMENT:
Once your film is accepted, we ask you to honour that commitment. Our team puts considerable time into reviewing every submission, curating the programme, and building the schedule — and we do it because we care about the work. A last-minute withdrawal affects not just us, but the audience we've already started building for your film. If you're weighing up several UK festivals and a premiere commitment might be an issue, it's worth having that conversation with us before you submit rather than after. We're always happy to talk it through.

All online screenings are geo-locked to the UK and protected by secure DRM. If your film is accepted for the online programme, please confirm that you hold all relevant copyright clearances.

If your film is a world premiere — please talk to us. We'd love to make it an occasion!

RESUBMITTING A DECLINED FILM:
We watch and carefully evaluate every submission we receive. If you are resubmitting a film that was not accepted in a previous year, please ensure it has been meaningfully revised — whether that's a new sound mix, a re-edit, a different cut, or a new ending — before asking us to reconsider.

Thank you — we genuinely look forward to watching your film.