SCHEDULE
10th - 12th April 2026
**We plan to keep to this schedule but it is subject to change.**
BEDFORD RADIO TO HOST THE OPENING CEREMONY & BROADCAST LIVE DURING THE FESTIVAL
FRIDAY 10th April
OPENING CEREMONY
6pm - 10pm
Screenings begin 8pm
welcome drink, 'Best of Bedford' screenings & NETWORKING
Doors open from 6pm with a welcome drink, music and networking. Screenings begin at 8pm to celebrate some of the 'Best of Bedford' short films, with a few words from the filmmakers.
MediCinema - Charity Partner BAFTA intro. [2 mins]
Portraits of Karlag [3 mins] TRAILER
The Shadow [9 mins]
Sentinel [3 mins] TEASER - OUT OF COMPETITION
Chasing Adonis [15 mins]
Down The Wooden Hill [2 mins] TEASER - OUT OF COMPETITION
Welcome to Paradise [3 mins] TRAILER - OUT OF COMPETITION
Mr Windibank Finds a Thing [5 mins] OUT OF COMPETITION
THEATRE & FOYER
HIGH FRYERS & CRUMB DE LA CRÈME fOOD STALLS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON sat & sun (with vegan & gf options)
9am - 10am
Doors open and 1 hour networking opportunity - croissants AND coffee
Saturday 11th April
Theatre
10am
UK Feature - DOcumentary | best of bedford
Portraits of Karlag [1 hr 38 mins]
12PM
Sci-fi
Machine of Quiet Killing [10 mins]
Ignis Oppidum [25 mins]
The Data is Wrong [7 mins]
Cut Off [5 mins]
Loom [15 mins]
Jade's Love [18 mins]
Æternam [10 mins]
Mimic [15 mins]
2PM
TALK: MAKING A SCI-FI
Simon Marriott - Producer [1hr]
3:30PM
Coming of age | identity
The Fight [8 mins]
I Am Done [23 mins]
My Hero [15 mins]
Satisfaction Guaranteed [9 mins]
The Choice [7 mins]
On The Blunt End [16 mins]
Six Feet [16 mins]
5:30PM
motherhood
A Mother's Love [22 mins]
Long Journey Till Dawn [18 mins]
6:30PM
INTernational feature - SCI-FI | Erotica | Comedy
Touch Me [1hr 40 mins]
8:30PM
UK feature - hORROR
NFT: Cursed Images [1hr 14 mins]
STUDIO
10am
uk Feature - Comedy
The Hook [1 hr 39 mins]
12pm
documentary
W: A Return to Oz [35 mins]
Julia and Josie's Story [14 mins]
1pm
comedy
The Transcendental Call Girl Centre [11 mins]
Disorder in the Family [3 mins]
The Purrsuit [4 mins]
Hive [5 mins]
Ha'Penny Dip [10 mins]
2pm
trauma
Morphic [16 mins]
Family Dinner No. 3491 [14 mins]
Bleeding [5 mins]
Green [5 mins]
3:30pm
uk Feature - hORROR
Hang [1 hr 28 mins]
5PM
TALK: MAKING A HORROR
Jade Asha & Chloë Adlerstein - Writer, Actors & Producers of Hang [1hr]
6:30pm
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE - psychological thriller
Redemption [1 hr 40 mins]
9am - 10am
Doors open and 1 hour networking opportunity - croissants AND coffee
Sunday 12th April
Theatre
10am
international Feature - FANTASY
My Boyfriend, a Mannequin [1 hr 20 mins]
11:30am
Love
Tournesol [3 mins]
If This Is It [13 mins]
We Were Young [13 mins]
Finding Ernest [12 mins]
After You, Love Remains [15 mins]
Love Mirrors [9 mins]
Windswept [14 mins]
Once [26 mins]
1:45PM
Weird and wonderful
No More Surprises [8 mins]
Cookie Demon [11 mins]
The Beneath [8 mins]
Dishearten | Descorazonado [15 mins]
Genesis 2:21;22 [10 mins]
Duck [12 mins]
3:10PM
Life & Death
Mary [8 mins]
We Need To Talk [8 mins]
The Real Deal [5 mins]
Roads to Heaven | Caminos Al Cielo [15 mins]
The Suicide Shift [13 mins]
Ya Hanouni [3 mins]
The Mourning After [15 mins]
The Space Between Us [4 mins]
Tidy Away (Animation) [7 mins]
5PM
Comedy
Pushing Up Plastic [5 mins]
DeadTalk [5 mins]
Great Googly (Animation) [4 mins]
Assessment [10 mins]
Final Judgment [10 mins]
Gan Canny [18 mins]
6:15PM
Best of BEdford - Replay
Chasing Adonis [15 mins]
The Shadow [10 mins]
7PM
Awards Ceremony
Our Awards Ceremony will recognise the festival’s standout films and talent with 26 awards including ‘The Best of Bedford’, creating a sense of occasion while celebrating the hard work behind the scenes.
STUDIO
10AM
CHampioning Bedford
This Day, A Year Ago [2 mins]
Sketches [12 mins]
Brick Head [13 mins]
Negligible Impact [8 mins]
Forgotten [8 mins]
Black Grey [9 mins]
Cy Gregory: This One's For You [28 mins]
11:40AM
comedy
The Television License [11 mins]
C U Next Tuesday [7 mins]
Throwing Fruit [16 mins]
Van Kampen & The Mosquito [8 mins]
12:40PM
Historical
The Animals [15 mins]
Le Prince Du Cinéma [13 mins]
Bella Donna [13 mins]
A Taste of Loyalty [17 mins]
2PM
thriller
Broken [20 mins]
Destination Sophie [14 mins]
Concrete Rodents [13 mins]
Reparation [20 mins]
3:30PM
TALK: STUNTS IN FILM
Alfie Nugent - Stunt Performer [1 hr]
4:50PM
Horror
At Moonset [15 mins]
Bugaboo [6 mins]
Void [12 mins]
Surprise! [11 mins]
Stalker [19 mins]
The Bunny [10 mins]