Rob Knox London Film Festival

Overview

The Rob Knox London Film Festival was founded in 2009 to honour the legacy of actor Rob Knox, who was murdered in a knife attack shortly after appearing in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince as the character of Marcus Belby. This will be our 16th year and will mark the first ever Rob Knox London Film Festival held at our new home at Picturehouse Central. Over the years, the Rob Knox London Festival has allowed young and upcoming film makers and actors from all over the world to platform their work to industry professionals, showcasing their skills to an audience and giving them the start needed to make an impact in a competitive industry. Previous winners over the last decade have gone on to work in stage, film and TV - something Rob would have championed from his heart. Whilst the festival platforms social issues and knife crime in particular, there's no limit the imagination when it comes to our big screen. From comedy to horror, music videos to documentaries - if you have a story to tell, we'd like to give you the opportunity to showcase your work. Our patrons include Ray Winstone (Sexy Beast, The Departed) who worked with Rob Knox in 'Jerry Bruckheimer's King Arthur', Dani Harmer (Tracy Beaker) who also worked with Rob in the BBC sitcom 'After You've Gone', Kate Beal (Author and CEO of Woodcut Media) who oversaw the distribution and international sales of (K)nox: The Rob Knox Story and Graham Cole OBE (The Bill) who has supported and awarded film makers at the festival since 2009. The festival was originally conceptualised by the Knox family and Michael Wearing (Pointless Taxi Productions). The Rob Knox Foundation continues to run the festival with it's newly appointed directors, Rob's close friend and award winning director/producer Aaron Truss and cross-cultural specialist Alice Amata (both of Q Cumber Films). The Rob Knox London Film Festival is an IMDB Verified Film Festival and is a non-profit annual event with all proceeds going towards The Rob Knox Foundation (www.robknox.org) to help raise awareness of knife and gun crime in the UK, as well as sponsoring youth programmes and talks in schools and prisons throughout the UK. Submissions Trailer (Featuring Jim Broadbent, Ray Winstone, Blake Harrison, Graham Cole OBE and Jamie Knox): https://youtu.be/8cwC0uAGheQ

Last updated Sep 6, 2026

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• Filmmaker

  Aaron and the festival organisers did a great job, from communication with the selected filmmakers down to the day of the event. Lovely location and very nice people. I enjoyed my time at the Rob Knox Film Festival and look forward to applying again next year.

• Filmmaker

  Honestly one of the best festivals i've ever attended. Aaron and the team did an amazing job with the festival, communications and making the filmmakers feel special. A beautiful event held at londons Cinema Museum surrounded by cinema history... it has been perfectly planned. To be able to screen, attend the award ceremoney and then netowrk all in one evening was just perfect for everyone involved. A wonderful evening and i cant recommend it enough all filmmakers

• Filmmaker

  A really amazing film festival for a fantastic cause. The standard of films screened was very high indeed. We were honoured to have 'Beholden' as part of that line up. Aaron is a great host who supports the filmmakers and encourages networking! We highly recommend other filmmakers to apply!

• Filmmaker

  Fantastic festival! We were super proud to show our film 'Gentle as Moss on Stone' alongside such a great line up of films. Thank you Aaron and his team for a perfect night. We met some awesome film-makers and people in the industry that we will definitely stay in touch with. You guys totally rock and Rob Knox would definitely be chuffed with everything you have done. All the best for your feature film.

• Filmmaker

  What an amazing festival this has been. So honoured that Holding was selected to be one of the 11 films screened in 2025 at Picturehouse central for the Rob Knox festival which raises awareness of knife crime. Everyone was so supportive of the cause and happy to celebrate all the filmmakers. Amazing venue. Sad it might be the last one but understand the legacy of 16years.

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