Aesthetica Short Film Festival

Aesthetica Short Film Festival

2019 Festival

The BAFTA-Qualifying Aesthetica Short Film Festival returns 6-10 November. With over 400 films and 100 events taking place, it’s going to be our most extensive programme to date.

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Discover New Films

ASFF is a hotbed for fresh ideas and talent discovery. It’s a destination to experience the power of and craft of cinema. ASFF is a key event to explore new cinema and original filmmaking.

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Innovative Programming

Programmes are curated by genre and reflect both personal and universal narratives. British and international films are competing for Best Film, Best Screenplay and Audience Award.

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2018’s Film Festival

Panels and Industry Sessions

ASFF 2018 brought an exciting array of masterclasses including guest speakers from Aardman Animation,BBC Writersroom, i-D, Film4, British Vogue and Industrial Light & Magic.

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ASFF Awards

Our awards recognise outstanding talent in filmmaking and are a prestigious accolade. Awards include Best in Category, Youth Award, Best of Fest and The People’s Choice Award.

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2018 Events & Special Programmes

For our eighth edition, ASFF events include a Filmmakers Meet and Greet, Accessible Screenings, Guest Programmes from Iris Prize and Underwire Film Festival as well as our newly created VR Lab.

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Inspiring Audiences

Great film encourages us to think differently. It invites us to see the world in a new way. The powerful Aesthetica Award-Winning Film Tour resonates on big screens across the UK.

5 to See: This Weekend

Documentaries and features, including new work by Carlos Reygadas and Thomas Vinterberg’s biggest-scale film to date, take on issues from climate change to far-right extremism.

Youthful Abandon

The BFI Southbank latest season offers audiences the chance to revisit some cinematic classics from a key decade in a two-month series entitled ‘Nineties: Young Cinema Rebels’.

Underwater Nightmares

Based around a real-life submarine disaster, Danish-born Thomas Vinterberg’s new release ‘Kursk’ looks at the fate of the Russian nuclear-powered vessel that sunk in 2000.

July Previews: Netflix and Amazon

What’s new to the world of streaming? ASFF takes in the new shows on Netflix and Amazon, from the third season of ‘Stranger Things’ to first seasons of ‘The Boys’ and ‘Pennyworth.’

Art Lessons

German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck returns with his third film, the Oscar-nominated ‘Never Look Away’, starring Tom Schilling and Sebastian Koch.