Celebrating and supporting filmmaking gtalent Welcome to Birmingham!
The Birmingham Film Festival is a 10-day international film celebration showcasing professional and independent films from around the world, compriseing of a wide range of genres, styles, budgets and topics, all shown in our spectacular 350-seat auditorium.
Over 4,500 guests are expected through the doors at our events, making the Birmingham Film Festival the largest film and media event in the West Midlands.
The best films are nominated for a range of awards, of which there are over 20 categories, including young filmmakers, local filmmakers and international filmmakers. The films deemed to be the very best in their category then receive their awards at the Festival’s glamourous, star-studded showpiece, the Gala Awards Dinner.
Furthermore, all of those nominees’ films will be screened to the public during the festival.
Running from 4th - 13th November, the festival also includes seminars and workshops, presented and hosted by high-profile industry experts and professionals. The majority of the events are free, making the festival truly inclusive.
Now in the seventh year, the 2021 festival received over 1,000 entries, screened over 200 films and the sell-out Gala Awards Dinner was attended by over 300 guests. We are already on course to exceed those numbers in 2022.