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UK Screen One

Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Festival overview

About UK Screen One

Physical film festival in Leicestershire, United Kingdom with submission categories including Best Narrative Feature and Best Documentary Feature.

Festival is open to all genres and formats. Live screenings of the festival winners are held at Firebug in Leicester.

Schedule

Important Dates

Call for Entries Opens
January 22, 2026
Final Submission Deadline
November 22, 2026
Notification Date
December 1, 2026
Festival Starts
December 27, 2026
Festival Ends
December 27, 2026
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 140 minutes are accepted.

  4. All films must have been made in or after 2013 and have English subtitles (except for music videos and 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 UK Screen One 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. How does it work?

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

  12. Winning films will be highlighted.

  13. Winners, nominees and unsuccessful films can be deleted from the website after the festival ends as long a

Current Categories, Deadlines & Fees

Category

Best Narrative Feature

Over 60 Mins

Current FeeUSD 12.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 150 minutes
Category

Best Documentary Feature

Over 60 mins

Current FeeUSD 12.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 150 minutes
Category

Best International Feature ( Non-UK )

Over 60 Mins

Current FeeUSD 12.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 150 minutes
Category

Best Short

Under 60 Mins

Current FeeUSD 8.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 59 minutes
Category

Best International Short ( non-UK )

Under 60 Mins

Current FeeUSD 8.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 59 minutes
Category

Best Super Short

Under 3 mins

Current FeeUSD 3.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 3 minutes
Category

Best International Super Short ( non UK )

Under 3 mins

Current FeeUSD 10.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 3 minutes
Category

Best Animation

Under 60 Mins

Current FeeUSD 8.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 60 minutes
Category

Best Trailer

Under 3 mins

Current Fee—
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 3 minutes
Category

Best International Trailer

Under 3 mins

Current Fee—
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 3 minutes
Category

Best Genre Feature

Over 60 mins

Current FeeUSD 12.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 60 minutes