Cambridge Film Festival

Cambridge Film Festival CFF returns this October 22nd - November 1st! Immerse yourself in cinema. Become a Friend for unique perks.

🎥 Welcome to the official page of the Cambridge Film Festival (CFF)! Celebrating our 42nd year in October 2023, we're proud to continue our legacy of showcasing over 100 exciting films from around the globe in one of the UK's most prestigious film events.

🌍 With a diverse range of features, including UK premieres, key European discoveries, classic retrospectives, insightful documentaries

, and family favourites, there's something for everyone at CFF. We're dedicated to championing stories from international filmmakers and fostering film culture and education.

🎬 Get behind-the-scenes access and exclusive updates on our exciting programme, featuring industry days and our CFF Youth Lab initiative, aimed at nurturing the next generation of film enthusiasts and critics. Join us in our mission of bringing high-quality, independent cinema to the broadest possible audience.

🏆 We’re a BAFTA and BIFA qualifying festival and offer unique awards like the Golden Punt Audience Award for Best Feature and Documentary, the Crystal Punt Audience Award for Best Short Film, and the Youth Lab Jury Award.

đź‘Ą Become a Friend of the Cambridge Film Festival or a VistaVision Patron and Cinemascope Patron to enjoy a wide range of benefits, including advanced notification of events, unique invitations to film events, and recognition of your support in marketing materials, online and on-screen before films.

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There are only a few days left to submit your film to CFF45.Cambridge Film Festival returns this October for its 45th ed...
22/07/2026

There are only a few days left to submit your film to CFF45.

Cambridge Film Festival returns this October for its 45th edition, and submissions close on 29th July.

If you’ve made something you want audiences to see, send it our way.

Submit: https://filmfreeway.com/CambridgeFilmFestival

Your film. Our screens. Cambridge audiences.Submissions for the 45th Cambridge Film Festival close on 29th July.Send us ...
15/07/2026

Your film. Our screens. Cambridge audiences.

Submissions for the 45th Cambridge Film Festival close on 29th July.

Send us the work you want audiences to discover this October.

Submit via FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/CambridgeFilmFestival

Not submitting? Join our volunteer reviewer pool and help us find the films that will shape this year’s programme.

Cambridge Film Festival submissions close on 29th July.For our 45th edition, we’re inviting filmmakers to submit their w...
15/07/2026

Cambridge Film Festival submissions close on 29th July.

For our 45th edition, we’re inviting filmmakers to submit their work for consideration by the CFF programming team.

CFF has a long history of supporting ambitious filmmaking and bringing distinctive cinema to Cambridge.

We’re also expanding our volunteer film reviewer pool. If you’re not submitting, but would like to help us assess films and highlight standout work, this is a brilliant way to be part of the festival.

Submission details: https://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/submissions

Filmmakers, this is your reminder.The final deadline to submit to Cambridge Film Festival is 29th July.We’re looking for...
11/07/2026

Filmmakers, this is your reminder.

The final deadline to submit to Cambridge Film Festival is 29th July.

We’re looking for films that surprise us, move us, challenge us and stay with audiences.

Submit or find out more:
https://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/submissions

And if you’re not submitting a film, but you love watching and thinking about cinema, we’re also welcoming volunteer reviewers to help us discover standout work.

Reviewer info:
https://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/news/join-our-volunteer-shorts-reviewers

The final deadline is approaching.Submit your film to the 45th Cambridge Film Festival by 29th July and be part of a fes...
10/07/2026

The final deadline is approaching.

Submit your film to the 45th Cambridge Film Festival by 29th July and be part of a festival with a long history of championing bold, original and imaginative cinema.

Not submitting this year? You can still help shape the festival by joining our volunteer film reviewer pool.

Submit your film:
https://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/submissions

Join the reviewer pool:
https://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/news/join-our-volunteer-shorts-reviewers

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Are you passionate about film and interested in helping bring cinema to your local community?Love Mill Road, in partners...
07/07/2026

Are you passionate about film and interested in helping bring cinema to your local community?

Love Mill Road, in partnership with Cambridge Film Festival, is looking for volunteers and local filmmakers to support exciting year-round community cinema projects.

You can learn about film programming, gain hands-on experience running local events, and build practical skills in the technical side of film screenings.

Local filmmakers are also invited to get in touch if they would like the opportunity to showcase their work as part of the programme.

Deadline: Friday 10 July

Find out more and express your interest:
https://www.lovemillroad.org.uk/4/

Tomorrow we’ll be joining creative organisations, festivals, artists, producers and practitioners from across Cambridge ...
01/07/2026

Tomorrow we’ll be joining creative organisations, festivals, artists, producers and practitioners from across Cambridge and Cambridgeshire for the Aspiring Creatives Networking Forum.

We’re looking forward to meeting people interested in film, festivals, events, programming, marketing, volunteering and creative careers more broadly.

It’s FREE to attend, and a great chance to ask questions, make connections and find out what opportunities are out there.

Thursday 2 July, from 4pm Cambridge Corn Exchange

Our friends at the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics and Trinity Hall are establishing a students...
05/06/2026

Our friends at the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics and Trinity Hall are establishing a studentship in memory of our friend and former Trust Chair, Dr Isabelle McNeill. They are raising funds to support a talented MPhil student in Film and Screen Studies.

At a time when funding is falling and costs are rising, many gifted students are unable to pursue postgraduate study in the arts and humanities.

This studentship in memory of Isabelle is a fitting tribute, and your support can make it happen.

https://www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-cambridge/arts-and-humanities/modern-and-medieval-languages-and-linguistics/the-isabelle

Huge thank you to everyone for helping to make the first Cambridge Film Festival BIG Quiz a SELL OUT!We hope you enjoyed...
04/06/2026

Huge thank you to everyone for helping to make the first Cambridge Film Festival BIG Quiz a SELL OUT!

We hope you enjoyed it, and we'll defiantly be doing it again.

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