SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival

SCI-FI-LONDON is the UK's only dedicated science fiction film festival and is recognised internationally as a great place to premiere. We seek out thought-provoking, challenging and exciting genre films, be they short form, features or relevant documentary. In 2020 we held our festival in cyberspace. Like many, Covid-19 restrictions limited our activities. For our 21st, we are planning to hold the festival at the Stratford Picturehouse in London’s Olympic Borough. We may also be holding some of the festival activity online. The London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film or SCI-FI-LONDON as we like to be known promotes science fact as well as fiction. *** New for 2021 *** We are working with the Silbersalz Media Festival in Halle, Germany for 2021. This festival is an amazing free science and media festival, now in its 4th year. The date of the next SILBERSALZ edition has been set: from September 15 to 19, 2021. We are curating some special shorts programmes to be shown there and are looking for new films that deal with dystopias, inequality, race, gender and other bias. The selected films will be screened with a panel of scientists and commentators. *** *** *** Filmmakers often tell us that sci-fi is tough to make due to a perceived need for special effects or lack of credible stories. Our festival looks at new ways of telling stories and puts cutting-edge research and practice in the spotlight. Also, we are keen to encourage female directors and writers to submit without any financial hindrance - so drop us a line or look out for our F-RATED fee amnesties. Scientists, comic artists, leading genre writers and filmmakers explore where fact and fiction intersect. Be part of it.