Welcome to the North East International Film Festival

FILMMAKERS HAVE A NEW HEADING

NEIFF is now a BIFA qualifying festival!

NEIFF is now a BIFA qualifying festival!

Words cannot do justice to how thrilled we are to be included in this prestigious list What does this mean to you, the filmmaker who submits to the 2022 NEIFF? Any eligible British short films screened at The North East International Film Festival will be able to enter BIFA in the Best British Short Film category. Take a look at the rules here before submitting your film, please let us know [...]

What’s on…

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Meet the awards judging panel

The judges

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The North East International Film Festival

A 3 day celebration of filmmaking inviting the world to head North East

Friday 18th to Sunday 20th November 2022

VIP Networking Events

A VIP network gathering which will be attended by industry professionals, to include canapes and a welcome drink for which tickets will be made available through the website and Eventbrite.

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Workshops

Free, educational workshops will also take place throughout the city for people wanting to hone their craft, learn and develop new skills or just generalised info.

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Special screenings

There will be special one off screenings of award winning films followed by question and answer sessions and interviews with leading Actors, Directors, Writers and Producers. Information on the special screenings shall be released in 2021.

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