Welcome to the UK Offline Web Fest!

We are proud to announce that we are sponsored by "I Love WebSeries" and we are an IMDb Qualified event!

We are officially recognized by the "International Online Web Fest" as UK Official Provider. Selected shorts will qualify for IOWF® considerations.

In our last years, we received more than 500 submissions with over a dozen of Universities and Film-Schools participating in our web festival. We strive to bring filmmakers from all over the UK under one spotlight on the world stage. We continue to represent filmmakers from all levels and experiences.

UKOWF is based in London, with our jury located around the world including United Kingdom, France, Italy, and the USA. All the short films and series will go through a reviewable process by our highly experienced juries, who will go through an evaluation process and select the films.

We welcome submissions from a range of genres including short films, documentaries, animations, and web series.
Our objective is to provide support for film-makers through reviewing, judging, marketing, and distribution networking. With our live screenings at Camden Town, we aim to showcase and promote the work of filmmakers. We believe our Web Fest will give filmmakers a chance to showcase their work to a very wide range of audiences. And from this year, for the first time, we will host an "Out of Competition" session to showcase the greatest filmmakers projects from many different parts of the world.

We are very excited to review your project and observe the detailed creativity of your work from anywhere in the world!

Awards & Prizes

Best Web Series
Best Short Film
Best Director
Best Student Film (or Web Series)
Best British Actor
Best British Actress

We only award the best independent filmmakers after a comprehensive evaluation process. Our judges evaluate the quality of filmmaking, creativity, and storytelling ability.
Our judges will nominate 5 nominees per each category to receive a screening in our Live program.
All selected nominees will be invited to our live screening at the Camden Town for the opportunity to meet people from the same industry.
All winners will receive "Laurel" and a special engraved "UKOWF” trophy presented at our live screening on Event Date. Winners and selected nominees that cannot attend the event will be contacted by UKOWF team to send the awards to the provided address.

Rules & Terms

SHORT FILMS and WEB SERIES:

a) All webisodes must be under 15 minutes including credits, and they will be accepted only if the Producer or the Director is a British citizen (exception made if the web series is produced by a UK Company).

b) All short film must be under 20 minutes including credits, and they will be accepted only if the Producer or the Director is a British citizen (exception made if the short film is produced by a UK Company).

c) In UKOWF 2019, there will be an "Out of Competition" session open to the international projects ONLY. It means that UK productions can NOT submit in the "Out of Competition" session. All submitters will receive a review published on our blog/site partners, and only the best 3 will be screened live in London during the UKOWF.

d) Each production submitted will be rated by our judges on a very specific 1-10 scale. 
The highest-rated webisode or short film in each category will be showcased as an "Official Selection" @ LIVE EVENT. 

e) Please note that short film has to be terminated from January 2018 to this day for being eligible to participate in UK Offline Web Fest and it has NOT to be online available worldwide at the moment of submission. 

f) In the case of webisodes, they can be already online, but they don't have to be published before January 2018. 

g) All the winners of UK Offline Web Fest 2019 will be announced on the 3rd November week and will be automatically admitted to semi-finals of "IOWF 2020".

h) Before submitting your film to UK Offline Web Fest 2019 please read carefully and understand the regulations. 
It is possible to submit more than one project, but every project entails an application fee.

i) No Refund is allowed in any case.