Festival Schedule 2026
5.11 | Thursday
18:00 - 23:00 The Ham Yard Hotel
Opening Gala - LILLY + Q&A - Director Rachel Feldman | United States
6.11 | Friday
18:00-18:50 Embassy of the Czech Republic in London
Short Film "A Quit Heart" +Q&A (Competition)
19:00 - 21:00 Embassy of the Czech Republic in London
Traces + QA
Directed by Alisa Kovalenko, Marysia Nikitiuk | Ukraine (Feature Documentary Competition)
7.11 | Saturday
14:00-16:00 Rio Cinema
British shorts 1 + Q&A (Competition)
18:20 The Bertha Doc House
Traces + Q&A
Directed by Alisa Kovalenko, Marysia Nikitiuk | Ukraine (Feature Documentary Competition)
8.11 | Sunday
17.00-19.00 Rio Cinema
Dovzhenko. First Look + Q&A
Director & Writer: Kostiantyn Konovalov (co-written with Serhii Trymbach, Maksym Kurochkin, and Andrii Osipov) | Ukraine (Out-of-Competition Screening)
17.00-19.00 Karma Sanctum
International Shorts 1 + Q&A (Competition)
17.00-19.00 Karma Sanctum
International Shorts 2 + Q&A (Competition)
9.11 | Monday
18:20 - 20:30 The Lexi Cinema
British Shorts 1 — BFI Network / Film London shorts (selection TBC)
20:30- 22:45 The Lexi Cinema
WORLD PREMIERE LAYA +QA| Director Sigrid Andrea P. Bernardo | Philippines (Feature Fiction Competition)
14:00 - 18:45 Karma Sanctum Soho
Industry Talks
19:00 - 21:00 Karma Sanctum Soho | Focus on Ukraine
International Shorts: Focus on Ukraine + Q&A
10.11 | Tuesday
19:00 - 20:30 Goethe-Institut
A Million Yard Stare +QA | Director Ravi Gautam | Germany (Feature Fiction Competition)
17:00 - 19:00 Embassy of the Czech Republic in London
International Shorts 1 + QA (Competition)
17:00 - 19:00 Embassy of the Czech Republic in London
Born in Bethlehem + QA | Directors Jessica Kelly, Jeremy Bristow, Tamara Abu Laban |United Kingdom (Feature Documentary Competition)
15:00 - 19:30 Karma Sanctum Hotel
Industry Talks
19:45 - 21:00 Karma Sanctum Hotel
h shorts 2 + QA (Competition)
11.11 | Wednesday
19:00 - 20:30 The Act One
Flowers Beyond the Dark | Director Iryna Pravylo | Ukraine (Feature Documentary Competition)
15:15 - 17:25 Bar SOHO
Industry Talks
17:30 - 19:00 Bar SOHO
WW - Pitch Arena
17:30 - 19:00 UCL
Framing Her + QA | Director Coco Wouters | Belgium, Sweden, United Kingdom +QA (Feature Documentary Competition)
12.11 | Thursday
18:30 - 22:30 VUE
AWARD NIGHT Closing Film