Regent's Youth Short Film Festival

The 1st edition of the Regent’s Youth Short Film Festival will run on Friday, April 4th, 2025, at Regent’s University London nestled in the heart of London, in Regent’s Park. Presented in the historic, original Bedford College building, young and emerging filmmakers will meet to present the best of their films from the creative film students across the UK and the world. The program will include screenings, networking events, keynote speakers, and workshops. You can submit to a variety of genres and includes a micro short category for films under 5 minutes in length. Only for students ages 15-18.

Selected films will screen in competition and be eligible for our awards, including Best Director, Best Performance, and an Audience Favourite category where the viewers will vote on the winners during the screenings.

About the festival:
RYSFF is being organized and put on by a group of hardworking and passionate students across multiple disciplines at Regent’s University London, and are excited to support and present up-and-coming young filmmakers across the globe, as we were all young up-and-coming filmmakers and entrepreneurs ourselves just a few years ago.

We love and support independent films. Art and great films deserve to be made and shown, despite budget, age, connections, or experience. Regent’s Youth Short Film Festival invites anyone to submit between the ages of 15-18, without any additional barriers or restrictions to submissions.

Our curation:
We are thrilled to be able to showcase a variety of genres that will reflect the many facets of human life- whatever theme fits under the sun, we’d be happy to include it! Art is transformative and powerful and represents the current world and the changes we’re all experiencing together. Through our curation, our audiences will be transported into many world and shifting perspectives.