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East End Film Festival

When:
2nd June 2017 – 2nd July 2017 all-day
2017-06-02T00:00:00+01:00
2017-07-03T00:00:00+01:00
East End Film Festival

Founded in 2000, the East End Film Festival is one of the UK’s largest film festivals. An annual multi-platform festival held in London, the EEFF presents a rich and diverse programme of international premieres, industry masterclasses, free pop-up screenings and immersive live events. The EEFF’s mission is to discover, support, and exhibit pioneering work by global and local independent filmmakers, and to introduce viewers to innovative and challenging cinematic experiences.

Attracting an annual audience of more than 30,000, the EEFF has established itself as a major international film festival situated at the heart of London’s most dynamic quarter. Committed to the work of first and second time directors, the annual EEFF showcases more than fifty feature film screenings, several short film programmes, and a variety of cross-arts events and industry activities across the festival. The EEFF’s established awards system includes: Best Feature(reserved for first and second time directors); Best Documentary; Best UK Short Film; Best Soundtrack, Accession Award (reserved for a particular industry discipline), the EEFF Short Film Audience Award and new for 2017, our £10,000 Transit Award.

Previous festival jurors have included Joe Wright, Sarah Gavron, Amma Assante, Ron Perlman, RZA, Peter Bradshaw, Irvine Welsh, Armando Bo (Screenwriter, Birdman), Peter Straughn (Screenwriter, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy). Previous festival guests have included Hugh Grant, Andrea Riseborough, Clive Owen, Ben Wheatley, Ron Perlman, Asif Kapadia and Ken Russell.

The EEFF boasts large audiences, ever-increasing industry support, high levels of international press coverage, and a large and incredibly diverse range of partnerships with organisations such as AmnestyInternational UK, Sheffield Doc/Fest, the BFI and Film London. The festival received unprecedented levels of attention in 2015, showcasing films to diverse, engaged audiences in record numbers.

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