Short Film Festivals - London Short film festival

London Film festival has been happening in London for around 7 years, the festival lasts for 10 days in 10 major parts of the Capital. It all happened back in 2003 when Philip Ilson and Kate Taylor organised the first Halloween Short Film Festival at the ICA. This continued on as The Halloween Short Film Club which Philip had been organising since 1994. In 2008 the festival became the London Short Film Festival and has been expanding year after year to take in more films, live music, industry and training and diverse, high quality venues.

Why are Film festivals popular?

Some people may argue that film festivals are the fashion, and that with the growing trend for indie culture experiencing film festivals is a must see. The festivals offers audiences films that they are not likely to see in their ordinary cinema, it creates a buzz.

Facts & Figures 

These are the facts and figures for the last film festival from 2009

Over 6000 tickets sold

• 42 events across 10 days and 10 venues

• 75% of events sold to capacity

• 8 major media partners and 16 creative programme partners

• Over 200 films screened

Another  reason why this festival is popular is because it's location, it draws in people from around the world to visit the capital. Its also a platform for talented young directors to showcase their work and get noticed, its a whole world for opportunity.