London Director Awards

Latest Live Event ➡️ FEBRUARY 16th 2024 at CLOSE UP CINEMA LONDONT!!! Take a look at our pictures above!! We had an amazing event! ❤️❤️

➡️ 𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒
❤️ IMDb Qualifing Festival
🎞️ MORE THAN 50 FILMS WILL BE SHOWN.
🎥 MORE THAN 150 FILMS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE MARKET
💃 NETWORKING PARTY FOR FILMMAKERS
⭐️ SPECIAL GUESTS
🔝 SOME OFFICIAL SELECTION FILMS WERE AVAILABLE ON: MUBI, HBO MAX, BBC
🎦 FILMS FROM THE FESTIVAL WERE AT 20+ ACADEMY AWARDS OSCAR FESTIVALS
💰$ 15.000 WORTH OF PRICES IN SERVICES EVERY YEAR
👔 PITCHING FORUM
✅ 31/1 - 1/2/2025
🎬 SUBMIT YOUR FILM AND EXPERIENCE THE FESTIVAL WITH US!

𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐏𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐑 𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐌 𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋 (according FilmFreeway): 2021, 2022, 2023
𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝟏𝟎 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐌 𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋 (according FilmFreeway): 2022, 2023

Your film can also be included in the Official Selection among films produced with the 𝐁𝐁𝐂 (This Is Gay, dir. Kirk Flash), with the support of the 𝐁𝐅𝐈 - 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 (The Leerie, dir. Joseph Daly) or among films created at the 𝐍𝐅𝐓𝐒 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 - 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 (Jellyfish and Lobster - 𝐁𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐀 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦, dir. Yasmin Afifi), who personally attended our festival.

At the festival, we have already screened films that are also available on 𝐌𝐔𝐁𝐈 (The Wolf of Cluster, dir. Tanya J Scott), 𝐇𝐁𝐎 𝐌𝐚𝐱 (First Date, dir. Clara Planelles) and 𝐁𝐁𝐂. The films that were presented at the festival were in the official selections of more than 𝟐𝟎+ 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐎𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐬.

As the name suggests, the London Director Awards is a film festival dedicated primarily to film directors. Every year we have a wide range of films from first-time directors. Our aim is to present and promote the best emerging, independent film directors, students and graduates of film schools. Among our top priorities is to encourage young aspiring filmmakers to follow their dreams.

We later saw some of our previous winners at festivals in Cannes, Berlinale, Sundance and Venice. By winning at the festival, we managed to encourage some filmmakers to start filming their first feature films. With our encouragement from the win, we motivated them to start a their feature film and this is a big reason why your film should not be missed at our festival.

𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 is 𝐈𝐌𝐃𝐛-𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 with LIVE SCREENING in Close Up Cinema London, in United Kingdom. We organized all our screenings in this cinema. We screened more than 50 films from world directors. Our festival connects directors and potential distributors using our online library, where you too have the opportunity to publish your film's details (more information can be found in the category ⭐️ Want to sell your short/feature film?)

https://londondirectorawards.com/recommended-projects

We have already been trusted by more than 11,000 filmmakers and directors from 135 countries of the world who submitted their films to our festival. Some of them were premiered at the 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒎 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍, 𝑻𝒐𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒎 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 or have been awarded and nominated for 𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐘 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒, 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐒, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐀.

Previous winners of our festival are well-know directors such as 𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞-𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬 (United Kingdom), 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐝𝐚 (France), 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐎'𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 (United Kingdom), 𝐄𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐜𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐬𝐡 (United Kingdom), 𝐈𝐦𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐳𝐥𝐨 (Hungary), 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐨𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢 (Denmark), 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐮 𝐌𝐜𝐏𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 (Australia), 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 (United Kingdom), 𝐁𝐨 𝐘𝐚𝐨 (China), 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐤 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐤𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐚 𝐇𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐫 (United Kingdom), 𝐋𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐧𝐧 (Ireland) and others.

𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐉𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐑𝐒

𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐣𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐡 (Australia) is a Perth filmmaker with a background in education, media, and film. Steven has produced, directed, written and edited two feature films: The Xrossing in 2020, which had it’s international premiere at the 𝐒𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 (𝐎𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟), and earned several awards. The Xrossing was distributed theatrically by Halo Films with worldwide online distribution through Freestyle Digital Media. The film was available on 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐕 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞.

𝐓𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐬 and 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐬 (South Africa) are a sibling writer/director duo based in South Africa. They have been making films together since 2012. With academic backgrounds in music and environmental science, they approach their work with a mix of creative and analytical perspectives. In 2021, they wrote an directed a French 3-part miniseries titled Vaillante. The series was produced for 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐅 with the goal to drive behavioural change around child marriage practices. It was broadcast on 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐋+ across central and west Africa and screened at Canal Olympia cinemas in 12 countries.

Have you ever been frustrated that your film was not selected for a festival without giving a reason? If you're a filmmaker, you probably are. That is why our festival also offers the possibility of a film review for a short film. This review is a way to professionalize your filmmaking.

Your film can be promoted on our YouTube channel. Even in this way, your film can grow in popularity (you can find more information in the section ⭐️ YOUR TRAIER ON OUR YOUTUBE):

https://www.youtube.com/@LondonDirectorAwards

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

"𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥. 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡! 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦!" Florian Guillaume, british creator of animated films

"𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 , 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞." Tom O'Flaherty, british film director, producer and editor

The festival has earned trust and recognition from the global filmmaker community, with extensive press coverage from important film magazines like 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞 and 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲, showcasing its prestige and influence:

https://www.moviemaker.com/london-director-awards-introduces-the-esteemed-jury-and-program-for-its-upcoming-festival/