BFI London Film Festival
London, United Kingdom
100
Tier AFIAPFOscarScreenings
Festival dossier
South London Shorts
United Kingdom · Est. 2016 · Established legitimate festival with meaningful track record
Tier BTrusted
United Kingdom
65
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- No physical screenings
- 10 years of verifiable history
- 3 verified pro signals
Overview
Every year we showcase a selection of intriguing, challenging, and exciting short films curated by the team at South London Shorts. The admission we receive from these nights and our FilmFreeway submissions is returned as a cash prize to filmmakers at the end of each screening. South London Shorts is an entirely not-for-profit, community-led endeavour dedicated to showcasing local talent and helping out where short filmmakers need it most: getting cash. In past we have offered film grants ranging from £500 to £5,000. At present we will be offering a cash prize to the winner of our Audience Choice vote at the end of each screening. In our past life we were a registered BFI Neighbourhood Cinema and will soon be re-launching as a Cinema For All Community Cinema
Last updated Sep 12, 2026
Legitimacy Analysis
Positive Indicators (+30 pts)
- 10 years of verifiable history
- 3 verified pro signals
- Verified trusted status
- Legitimacy signals outweigh concerns (3 vs 1)
Red Flags (-15 pts)
- No physical screenings
Trust Signals
Positive Signals
- FilmFreeway Gold festival
- Documented history with archived programs
- Has FilmFreeway community ratings
Festival Details
Founded
2016
FilmFreeway communityGold festival
Avg. rating
3.7/ 5
Reviews
11
Synced 4 days ago
- Filmmaker
Thank you for selecting my film! Buka Mata (Wake) sadly i couldnt attend the screening
- Filmmaker
Here at Escape Studios in London we were delighted to have our short film "Jerich0" selected for the festival. Many thanks for a great experience!
- Filmmaker
Great little festival, great comms and honoured our film was selected against some other really great shorts, highly recommend! :)
- Filmmaker
Thank you so much for south London shorts for selecting Nook with a View and play it next to amazing short films! It was a friendly and cozy event in a beautiful church venue. Highly recommended.
- Filmmaker
South London Shorts was excellent. A small gathering of people passionate about filmmaking and what a selection of films... I was blown away to be screening "Ben Wilson Chewing Gum Man: Hidden Worlds Beneath Your Feet" along side them and would definitely submit again. A great location – the church hall is right next to the tube station (Peckham Rye) and the picture and sound was first class. And it was great that people wanted to gather afterwards and share more about their experience and talk about the films. A very cool festival!
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