Call for Entries
Send us your Film!
BFMAF’s Call for Entries has now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered their work. We look forward to viewing your films!
Now in its 18th edition, Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival is one of the UK’s leading film festivals for new cinema and artists’ moving image.
Named by FilmFreeway and Moviemaker magazine as one of the 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World, BFMAF is platform for emerging and established artists and filmmakers.
Selected submissions for this year’s edition will be considered for the 2022 Berwick New Cinema Awards as well as site-specific exhibitions in Berwick-upon-Tweed during the Festival. All selected filmmakers receive an award rather than a single winner chosen by a jury.
For any Film submission questions contact us at programme@bfmaf.org
Programmer Christina Demetriou speaks to Filmmaker Rehana Zaman at BFMAF 2021 Phot credit: Erika Stevenson
Feast
Lav Diaz - A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
Bfmaf 2021
Credit Erika Stevenson
Four of the Berwick Young Filmmakers and filmmaker Kimberley O’Neill shooting footage by the River Tweed in front of Berwick’s bridges. Photo credit: Chloë Smith
Fifth Cinema
Frequently asked questions
When will I know if my film has been selected for the Festival? You will receive an email by the end of July 2022 regarding the selection status of your entry. If you do not receive any correspondence by this date please check your spam folder before contacting the festival team at programme@bfmaf.org.→
Entry guidelines
Please ensure your work meets the following criteria before entering: Completed in 2021 or 2022 and entered before the relevent deadline below No previous or scheduled UK film festival screenings before 11 September 2022 Feature films must not have been theatrically released in the UK before September 2022 All works in a language other than English must be subtitled in English Deadlines Tuesday 8 March: For films completed in 2021 Monday 11 April: For films completed in 2022 The online form must be completed, payment made, and a full-length copy of the work must be supplied via a web link (using the online form).→
Berwick New Cinema Award
Selected submissions for this year’s edition will be considered for the 2022 Berwick New Cinema Award as well as site-specific exhibitions in Berwick-upon-Tweed during the Festival.→
How to Enter
Read the Festival’s entry guidelines and criteria. Create an account with Filmchief. Filmchief is BFMAF’s’s cloud-based festival management system and database. If you have an account from previous Festivals, this will save you some time.→
The Festival
Now in its 18th edition Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival presents an artistically ambitious programme of new cinema and artists’ moving image. A platform for emerging and established artists and filmmakers, BFMAF is inspired by its surroundings to push boundaries and explore the unexplored.→