Kino Short Film presents "The People's Film Festival"

WHAT MAKES OUR FESTIVAL DIFFERENT? Every filmmaker gets FEEDBACK included with the price of submission regardless if their film is selected or not. Our CATEGORIES ARE BASED ON BUDGET so micro-budget shorts don't have to compete with fully funded films. Winning filmmaker walks away with our £1,000 FILM FUND. RUN BY FILMMAKERS FOR FILMMAKERS! Our festival jury is comprised exclusively of award-winning filmmakers. We understand filmmakers frustrations with the festival circuit because we’re frustrated too! Rather than just bitch, we decided to do something about it! We started our own festival to give filmmakers the festival experience we wish we had. We believe in authentic inclusivity as we honour great indie shorts and help fund indie talent's future projects. Although our organisation has been running since 2009, we held out first annual film festival event in March 2020 (which was Sold Out!), then transitioned online for our 2021 edition, and we're excited to reopen submissions for our 2022 event which we plan to return to being held as a live event. HOW OUR FESTIVAL WORKS: We review all films submitted each month and announce a list of 9 MONTHLY FINALISTS. Those 9 MONTHLY FINALISTS are comprised of the TOP 3 films in each of our 3 budget based categories: Micro-budget (£0 - £999), Low Budget (£1000 - £4999), Sponsored (£5000+). Each month we choose 3 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS (1 per category) to screen at our annual gala event! 40 TO 50 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS ARE SCREENED AT OUR ANNUAL GALA Only Official Selections will screen at the gala and are eligible for awards. Monthly Semi-Finalists & Finalists are not screened. Finalists from previous months are still eligible to become an Official Selection any month leading up to the annual gala. ABOUT KINO LONDON: Kino Short Film has been running since 2009. It is a unique platform that supports all levels of filmmaking, from absolute beginners to career professionals. There are over 1500 filmmakers in our collective, and we pride ourselves on being approachable in an all too often intimidating industry. We are infamous for our unique Short Film Open Mic which gives filmmakers an outlet to screen for free without having to go through a curation process. Additionally we offer a Short of the Week series, workshops & classes, networking opportunities, and short film production support.