Watch Shorts is a film festival that regularly holds screeninng events in London, offering filmmakers the opportunity to showcase their films in a cinema setting.

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We're hosting screening events every 2 months in London, so that means you do not have to wait long to see your film on the big screen!

Each of our screenings have 80-180 attendees each time. At each event we include Q&A with the filmmakers, followed by networking.

Have the potential to make your film known amongst our special guests such as Emmanual from British Urban Film Festival (A Bafta Qualifying Film Festival) and Richard Farleigh - A Dragon from Dragons Den.

Here is the feedback from the filmmakers are our previous events:

"What an amazing event! We were blown away by the talent in the room and it was an honour to be featured alongside such a brilliant selection of films. Thank you so much Ashley and Sintija for organising this wonderful festival and giving us the opportunity to be shown on the big screen! We’re incredibly grateful. Really excited for the future of Watch Shorts - make sure you watch out!"
Georgie Montgomery - Burning Seeds (2024)

"Ashley and Sintija were both very welcoming and above all else, great hosts! We've been to some festivals where everything can get quite formal and mechanical, but they both kept things enjoyable and casual, which really helped with the networking after the event."
Tom Nangle - The Goods (2024)

"I had an incredible experience at watch short London film festival! The atmosphere was fantastic, the organisers were so friendly and welcoming, the venue was perfect with a great screen and sound making it an even more enjoyable experience. It was also and amazing opportunity to network with talented filmmakers and creative. I cannot recommend enough, it was an honour to be apart of it and I cannot wait to be part of it again"
Fallon West - A Summers Life (2024)

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The main awards event will take place on the September 2026.

Awards & Prizes

As part of the film festival, we will give the following awards:

🏆 Best Film for each category
🏆 Best Actor for each category
🏆 Best Director for each category
🏆 Best Story for each category

Submit your film and we might screen it at our next pre-screening event and even our main event!

Rules & Terms

Submission Eligibility:
- You can submit films that have been previously shown theatrically or at other film festivals.

- We accept short films no longer than 40 minutes.

- You can submit your film to multiple categories. For example, if you submit your film to the Best Horror category, it will only compete with other Horror shorts.

- A Short Short Film is a film under 5 minutes long.

Submission Fee:
- All submissions for Watch Shorts are to be paid through the FilmFreeway platform.

- The submission fee is non-refundable.

Selection of Films:
- We will review each film for selection. If you would like written feedback on your films we'd be happy to do so upon request.

Promotion:
- Selected films must acknowledge that Watch Shorts reserves the right to promote the films on the Watch Shorts website and social media using both images and videos that you provide.
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  • Charly Faye

    We had a wonderful time showing our micro short 'Scrub Me, Daddy' at Watch Shorts. Not only was it so well organised with great communication from the team, but everyone we met there was equally lovely. It was great to see such a wonderful selection of films!

    November 2025
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  • Danielle Spontak

    This film festival was such a pleasant surprise and enjoyable time! Our team loved dressing up and thoroughly enjoyed watching all the shorts, plus the networking was a fun, easy-going vibe. Def recommend this one!

    September 2025
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  • Adrian León

    For such a new festival, Watch Shorts delivers impressive quality. From screenings at top London cinemas to hosting prominent guests at the awards night, it’s clear this festival is building something special.

    We were honoured to win two awards with our film RING RING and would absolutely submit again. Definitely a festival to watch as it continues to grow.

    July 2025
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  • Fusa Films

    Thank you so much for selecting and awarding our short film STELLA ANYWAYS! 01st Watch Shorts London is a fantastic event, created by passionate people who truly care about the films they showcase. I wasn't able to attend, but my friends had a wonderful time. The care and effort you put into the festival were remarkable — congratulations on such a beautiful event!

    June 2025
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  • steph keelan

    Such a wonderful night, and so honoured to be awarded best doc, the other films shown that night were all brilliant, gorgeous human story telling with humour and sensitivity, I felt blessed to be amongst them. I wish Sintija & Ashley all the very best going forward. Curators extraordinaire!

    June 2025
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