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Brighton Rocks is a young festival with big ambition – to become the UK’s main forum for indie cinema

Brighton Rocks International Film Festival (BRIFF) welcomes submissions for the 4th year running. Brighton Rocks is a young festival with big ambitions: to give maximum support to emerging filmmakers and to become the UK’s main forum for indie and underground cinema. When you submit to Brighton Rocks, we pledge that your film will be reviewed by professionals with TLC. If your film embodies ou

r attitudes and aspirations and fits into one or more of our categories, we want to help you get the recognition it deserves!

25/08/2026

“We’ve gone on holiday by mistake!” Few films capture that end-of-summer, end-of-an-era feeling quite like the 1987 classic Withnail & I, celebrated for Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann’s iconic performances, Bruce Robinson’s superb script, and, of course, the infamous Camden-to-Cumbria road trip. What’s not to love?
🔗 Links in our bio!
🎬 Deadline for submissions: 31 August
Get your film to Brighton Rocks before the summer disappears…

24/08/2026

Few films capture that end-of-summer, end-of-an-era feeling quite like the 1987 classic Withnail & I, celebrated for Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann’s iconic performances, Bruce Robinson’s superb script, and, of course, the infamous Camden-to-Cumbria road trip. What’s not to love?
“We’ve gone on holiday by mistake.”
“We want the finest wines available to humanity. And we want them here, and we want them now!”
🔗 Link in our bio!
🎬 Deadline for submissions: 31 August
Get your film to Brighton Rocks before the summer disappears…

04/08/2026

We haven’t finished reminiscing, at BRIFF we’re all about showcasing our loyal and talented filmmakers!

Although we’ve wrapped our festival for the year we still want to continue to support our partners and incredible filmmakers. Therefore we are putting together a series of posts that exhibit the emotions and joy that Brighton Rocks brings to the community.

Emotions, thoughts, feelings, everything we all experienced at BRIFF26; we want to show off through the eye of the camera lenses of our dedicated photographers ⋆˚꩜｡𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 ｡꩜˚⋆ 📸

02/08/2026

Happy Pride, Brighton! 🌈
We hope you're having a fabulous Pride weekend.

The LGBTQIA+ community is the heart and soul of our city. You're its creative lifeblood, and we're proud to celebrate you today and every day.

Much love from all of us at Brighton Rocks International Film Festival! x ❤️🏳️‍🌈🎬

16/07/2026

Our early bird 2027 deadline submission is coming up!👀☀️
Submit by July 31st to get our greatest price of the year!!

Brighton Rocks 2027 is our 10 year anniversary so you really don’t want to miss out! ✨

08/07/2026

Toyah Willcox blessed us with her presence at BRIFF 2026 and she LOVED IT!!

05/07/2026

Two weeks later… and we’re still smiling.🤩

A huge thank you to everyone who made BRIFF 2026 so special. To our filmmakers, audiences, volunteers, partners, sponsors, venues, and supporters; thank you for believing in independent film and helping create an unforgettable festival.

As we look ahead to our 10th anniversary, we’re excited to announce that submissions for BRIFF 2027 are officially open. We can’t wait to discover the next generation of incredible independent filmmaking.

Until next year… thank you!❤️

03/07/2026

We have something incredibly exciting to share with you!!👀

Join the Creative Nonfiction Film Weekend and Brighton Rocks for a screening of Tube Film, a DIY personal documentary co-directed by CNFW’s founders Orla Smith and Kimia Ipakchi (they’ll be there for a Q&A!).

In the film, Kimia films Orla as she goes on the Tube for the first time since having a panic attack there 2 years prior. It’s a film about anxiety, willpower, and whether making films can be effective therapy. Maybe it’s a bit about friendship too. The documentary is meant to inspire a lot of conversation and debate, so bring your friends and stick around for the discussion afterwards.

SCREENING DETAILS
July 13th
Door at 7pm, film at 7:30pm
Location: Pink Moon
⭐️✨

23/06/2026

The Incredible Reyna was awarded Best Young performer this weekend at BRIFF for his role in Dog!✨🎸

We wanted to share these just to congratulate him one more time! Thank you for choosing Brighton Rocks, you’re an incredible young person 🫶🏻

22/06/2026

BRIFF 2026 AWARD WINNERS!!!🏆

Congratulations to all of this year’s award winners and nominees.

Every year, Brighton Rocks International Film Festival is inspired by the incredible creativity, passion, and storytelling talent submitted from across the world, and this year was no exception.

From powerful documentaries and bold experimental work to unforgettable dramas, animations, and shorts, the standard was truly exceptional.

A huge thank you to every filmmaker who trusted us with their work and made this year’s festival possible. Whether you took home an award or not, you helped create a week of remarkable cinema that audiences, judges, and fellow filmmakers won’t soon forget.

To our winners; congratulations on this well deserved recognition🫶🏻

To everyone who submitted, attended, volunteered, partnered with us, or supported the festival in any way: thank you for making BRIFF 2026 such a special celebration of independent film.

Here’s to the future of independent cinema, and we’ll see you all again next year. 🎬🎸🍿

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