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PITCH TO SCREEN

Tomorrow's award winning Screenwriters!

KIFF Building on the success of our Script to Screen Award, we have now joined forces with 1st Features, and together we are excited to announce:

THE PITCH TO SCREEN AWARD

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spotlight:

Grace Parr

Where are they now?

A series where we highlight the success of some of our KIFF team!

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The making of Mashup

Mash Up - KIFF short

Hear more about filming the third winning script of our Script to Screen award.

The Association of Independent Film Festivals (AIFF) was established in 2023 by a collective of UK-based film festivals that support one another by sharing best practices, offering advice, and upholding the values of our charter. We promote and encourage a more equitable film festival experience for both filmmakers and audiences. We are committed to providing filmmakers with transparency and fairness in the independent film festival circuit across the UK.

Your KIFF experiences

Testimonials

An absolute treat of a film festival.

Our feature film SIGNS OF LIFE played to a big crowd on the sunday and the buzz is still buzzing weeks after the event. So many useful and talented people under one roof. The organisation from start to finish is world class. The atmosphere and intent excellent. Perhaps a couple more categories at the awards would be good. but I cannot recommend this enough.

-Joseph Millson, Director

What an absolutely fabulous festival KIFF is!

It was wonderful to be part of this brilliant festival and then to go on to win Best Short with our film THE REMOVED was the cherry on top!
The team led by David, Jelena, Stephen and Shirley are incredibly friendly, and welcoming. It’s clear the team are very passionate about films and supporting filmmakers. I was so impressed with the events they scheduled as well as the brilliant films that were screening.
Congratulations to team KIFF- you nailed it! Can’t wait to screen with you again in the future! Thanks again for a wonderful festival.

– Rebecca, Swift Rocket Films.

A festival that welcomes diverstiy

Thank you for selecting Belly Of The East to be part of your official programme. We loved networking with filmmakers and loved how well organised, accessible and important you made us all feel. There was true diversity at this festival and a dedication to making that diversity welcome. Thank you!

-Keshia Watson, Filmmaker

KIFF Patrons

Dame Vanessa Redgrave

A career spanning six decades winning an Academy Award, a BAFTA, two Golden Globes, two Primetime Emmys, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award, making her one of the few performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.

Vanessa is also the recipient of a BAFTA Fellowship, the Golden Lion Honorary Award, and an induction into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.

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Mike Newell

Undoubtedly one of the UK’s most prominent film and television directors and producers. Mike won the BAFTA for Best Director for Four Weddings and a Funeral(1994), which also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film.

Following the success of his films, Mike then went on to direct, among others, the films Donnie Brasco (1997) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).

India Amartefio

Born in Kingston, India has a wealth of credits under her belt including Line of Duty, Sex Education and The Midwich Cuckoos.

In 2023, she portrayed the title role of a fictionalised Queen Charlotte in the period drama series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story for which she was nominated at the NAACP Awards for Outstanding Actress as well as the Astra TV Awards.

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