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Leicester Film Festival

Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Festival overview

About Leicester Film Festival

Physical film festival in Leicestershire, United Kingdom with submission categories including Best Short and Upto 60 mins.

Festival is open to all genres and formats. The Festival takes place at Firebug Venue in Leicester.

Schedule

Important Dates

Call for Entries Opens
January 22, 2026
Final Submission Deadline
November 18, 2026
Notification Date
December 6, 2026
Festival Starts
December 27, 2026
Festival Ends
December 27, 2026
Location details

Office & Venue

Venue address
1 Millstone Ln Leicester, England LE1 5JN United Kingdom
Eligibility

Rules & Eligibility

General Rules+
  1. All films and screenplays must be completed upon submission.

  2. No works in progress please.

  3. Short films as well as feature films of any genre and format up to 60 minutes are accepted.

  4. All films must have been made in or after 2020 and have English subtitles ( Unless English is the main language spoken).

  5. International films not in English MUST be subtitled or dubbed in English.

  6. Rights By submitting your film to our festival you agree that your piece of work (full film or trailer) can be uploaded/embed on our website.

  7. The filmmaker/institution that is submitting the film must own the rights to do so and is responsible for the content they are providing.

  8. By submitting, the filmmaker allows Leicester City Film Festival to create a page for their film without infringing copyright of any kind of form.

  9. Any violations of that agreement will result in immediate disqualification from the festival.

  10. After the submission is complete and the film is accepted, we will upload/embed your trailer on our Screening Room webpage.

  11. Winners, nominees and unsuccessful films can be deleted from the website after the festival ends as long as the submitter decides to do so.

  12. Judging decisions are final.

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Current Categories, Deadlines & Fees

Category

Best Short

Best Short currently lists a maximum runtime of 60 minutes. Listed fees include EUR 10 early-bird, EUR 12 regular, EUR 14 late, and EUR 16 extended.

Current FeeEUR 10.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 60 minutes
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Upto 60 mins

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Best Super Short

Under 3 Mins

Current FeeEUR 4.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 3 minutes
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Standard Deadline

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Best Trailer

Under 3 mins

Current FeeEUR 10.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 3 minutes
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Under 60 mins

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Best Web Series

Best Web Series currently lists a maximum runtime of 60 minutes. Listed fees include EUR 10 early-bird, EUR 12 regular, EUR 14 late, and EUR 16 extended.

Current FeeEUR 10.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 60 minutes
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Under 3 Mins

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Best Feature Film

Best Feature Film currently lists a maximum runtime of 140 minutes. Listed fees include EUR 14 early-bird, EUR 16 regular, EUR 18 late, and EUR 20 extended.

Current FeeEUR 14.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 140 minutes
Category

For films shot in Leicestershire, set in Leicestershire or created by Leicestershire Filmmakers. Max 60 Mins. All Genres Accepted. Proof required.

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Standard: Free

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Upto 10 mins

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Under 140 mins

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