Aesthetica Short Film Festival is a BAFTA and BIFA Qualifying Festival and is one of the UK’s largest and most revered events in the screen industries.
They love independent films. It is at the heart of everything they do. Their programming is innovative and expansive and is based around connecting audiences to the best new cinema, whilst offering opportunities to filmmakers. They believe that film is transformative, and creativity should be shared. Talent development is at the core of their mission statement, a premise aligned with equality, diversity, and creativity.
They are open for submissions. See here.
They have an opportunity for The Listening Pitch – where they have teamed up with Audible to offer £20,000 to fund a new documentary. See here to apply. Applications end 21 April.