About us
Soho Film Festival is an annual, feature-focused festival taking place in October, dedicated to original filmmaking that honours the great traditions of British and international cinema.
We celebrate everything that made British films win their audience and become classics: strong writing, character-led storytelling, wit and humour, restraint, moral complexity, and an unmistakable sense of place, culture, and traditions — in other words, British identity.
At the same time, we celebrate the great many continental foreign influences for which Soho has always been known.
Our programme favours films that are confident in craft, clear in vision, and unafraid to let story and performance lead.
While rooted in tradition, Soho Film Festival is not exclusively nostalgic. We actively seek original contemporary films that reinterpret classic cinematic values for modern audiences — works that feel timeless rather than trendy.
We accept short and feature-length films in the following genres only: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller and Fantasy / Sci-Fi.
Soho Film Festival is deliberately curated and selective. We view every submission in full and assess it on storytelling, performance, direction, and overall artistic integrity.
We will view alternative and avant-garde works, but we will judge them by the same criteria as more traditional productions. We may award special effects, but not entirely AI-made productions. We may view, but discourage the submission of horror films, documentaries, animations, TV programmes, shows, episodes, and pilots.
Each edition features a focused selection of films, juried awards, and private screenings.
Our audience includes filmmakers, actors, journalists, designers, and many Soho locals who love film!