iFIlmThings Festival List UK BAFTA Academy Award Name of festival Link to site Qualifying Qualifying Abandon Normal Devices https://www.andfestival.org.uk/ Aesthetica Short Film Festival https://www.asff.co.uk/ YES Bath Film Festival https://filmbath.org.uk/ Belfast Film Festival https://belfastfilmfestival.org/ YES Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival https://www.bfmaf.org/ BFI Flare LGBTQ+ Film Festival https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/flare/Online/default.asp YES BFI Future Film Festival https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/futurefilmfestival/Online/ BFI London Film Festival https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/ YES Bolton International Film Festival https://www.boltonfilmfestival.com/ YES Borderlines Film Festival https://www.borderlinesfilmfestival.co.uk/ British Urban Film Festival https://www.britishurbanfilmfestival.co.uk/ Cambridge Film Festival https://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/ YES Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival https://www.cheapcutsfest.com/ Chichester Film Festival https://chichesterfilmfestival.co.uk/ CineCity Brighton Film Festival http://www.cine-city.co.uk/ Derby Film Festival https://derbyfilmfestival.co.uk/ East End Film Festival http://www.eastendfilmfestival.com/ Edinburgh International Film Festival https://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/ YES Edinburgh Short Film Festival https://www.edinburghshortfilmfestival.com/ Encounters https://www.encounters.film/ YES YES Factual Animation Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/FAFF Flatpack Film Festival https://flatpackfestival.org.uk/ YES Fringe Film Festival https://www.fringefilmfest.com/ Glasgow Film Festival https://glasgowfilm.org/glasgow-film-festival YES Glasgow Short Film Festival https://glasgowshort.org/ YES The Iris Prize LGBT+ Festival https://www.irisprize.org/ Leeds International Film Festival https://www.leedsfilm.com/ YES YES Leeds Queer Film Festival https://www.leedsqueerfilmfestival.co.uk/ Loco Comedy Film Festival http://locofilmfestival.com/ London Human Rights Watch Festival https://ff.hrw.org/london London Indian Film Festival http://londonindianfilmfestival.co.uk/ London International Animation Festival http://www.liaf.org.uk/ YES London Short Film Festival https://shortfilms.org.uk/ YES Manchester Animation Festival http://www.manchesteranimationfestival.co.uk/ Margate Film Festival https://margatefilmfestival.co.uk/ Norwich Film Festival https://www.norwichfilmfestival.co.uk/ Open City Documentary Festival https://opencitylondon.com/ YES Oska Bright Film Festival https://oskabright.org/ YES Raindance https://www.raindance.org/festival/ YES YES Sci-Fi London https://sci-fi-london.com/ Sheffield Doc/Fest https://sheffdocfest.com/ YES Shubbak https://www.shubbak.co.uk/ Straight8 https://www.straight8.net/ The Smalls https://thesmalls.com/ TriForce Film Festival https://tfsff.com/ UK Asian Film Festival http://tonguesonfire.com/ UK Jewish Film Festival https://ukjewishfilm.org/ Underwire http://www.underwirefestival.com/ YES Watersprite Film Festival https://www.watersprite.org.uk/ Women Over 50 Film Festival http://wofff.co.uk/