Bedford independent film festival 2025
Friday 11th - sunday 13th April
**We plan to keep to this schedule but it is subject to change**​​​
There will be film vendors in the foyer throughout the weekend: Top Banana Collectables, Illustrated Film Art
FRIDAY 11th April
OPENING CEREMONY
6pm - 10pm
Screenings begin 8pm
welcome drink, 'Best of Bedford' screenings & NETWORKING
THEATRE & FOYER
MediCinema - charity partner intro. [2 mins] OUT OF COMPETITION
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The Lossen [26 mins] OUT OF COMPETITION
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Me Myself & Mental Health [34 mins] OUT OF COMPETITION
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Mr Windibank's 1 o'clock [3 mins] OUT OF COMPETITION
Saturday 12th April
UK FEATURES - UK SHORTS - INTERNATIONAL SHORTS
9am - 10am
Doors open and 1 hour networking opportunity - croissants AND coffee
Theatre
10am
BLOCK 1
Trinidad [20 mins]
Choice [14 mins]
In Half [24 mins]
Happy Wedding Anniversary [15 mins]
Mourning [7 mins]
Saint Martyn [7 mins]
12PM
BLOCK 2
Trace [31 mins]
8 Hours [16 mins]
A grain of sand [13 mins]
The Mill Killers [1 hr 40 mins]
3pm
BLOCK 3
Laura Living Backwards [15 mins]
Tippy Toes [14 mins]
Office Royale [14 mins]
NAP [14 mins]
Lupe Q and the Galactic Corn Cake [5 mins]
Bruised [20 mins]
Elsie, Prince of Denmark [12 mins]
The Stork [9 mins]
5:15pm
BLOCK 4
The Worst Hangover [7 mins]
Primacy [20 mins]
The King of Forks [24 mins]
Joey Had Never Been Out Of The City [13 mins]
Shadow Fable [3 mins]
The Last Gunfight...yet! [3 mins]
All This Time [1 hr 32 mins]
9pm
AWARDS CEREMONY
All ticket holders are welcome to attend the Awards Ceremony but please note that filmmakers will be given seats as a priority.
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As films in the the following 3 categories are being screened on Sunday, the awards below will be announced on Sunday evening:
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Best International Feature Film
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Best UK Student Film
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Best International Student Film
STUDIO
Adventure Fantasy
10am
Cariddi's Graveyard: Tales of Mare Nostrum [45 mins]
10:50am
ANIMATION
In Your Dreams [15 mins]
Cosmic Combat [13 mins]
Fish Chicken UFO [4 mins]
The Forest Of The Honey Bees [20 mins]
The Green Lady [3 mins]
Echoes [10 mins]
Tunnel Vision [11 mins]
12:20pm
SCI-FI
Haven [7 mins] OUT OF COMPETITION
Annalium 8 (Sssss) [9 mins]
Neon Hell [6 mins]
Memory Lake [15 mins]
1:10pm
Stunt Performer & Director
How to Use Stunts in Independent Film
2:15pm
SCI-FI Continued
Prepared [32 mins]
Futurity Infinite [6 mins]
Post [23 mins]
3:30pm
4:40pm
Acting Agent
Maximising your Opportunities as an Actor
WEIRD & WONDERFUL
Merkurio [25 mins]
Julienne of Lightbulbs [6 mins]
Muse Comes Home [15 mins]
The Little Ghost Boy [3 mins]
Man Baby [10 mins]
5:50pm
COMEDY
And If That Wasn't Enough, Godard [15 mins]
Hanging [10 mins]
Bluebottle Theory [10 mins]
6:45pm
DRAMA
The Kiss [15 mins]
Collage [10 mins]
Room 224 [15 mins]
Going First [7 mins]
Disconnect [8 mins]
Il tempo di un recordo [8 mins]
SUNDAY 13th April
UK STUDENTS - INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS - INTERNATIONAL FEATURES - championing bedford
9am - 10am
Doors open and 1 hour networking opportunity - croissants and coffee
Theatre
10am
BLOCK 1
A Bed of Foxgloves [16 mins]
Cast & Crew [1hr 36]
12pm
BLOCK 2
Jonah [11 mins]
Hot Mess [4 mins]
Inertia [12 mins]
Epiphany [10 mins]
Resurrection [1 hr 04 mins]
2pM
BLOCK 3
Ascend [29 mins]
Insanely Perfect [30 mins]
Us Not Them [18 mins]
Outside [1 hr 31 mins]
5pm
BLOCK 4
Tasty Tongue [22 mins]
Girl in the Shadows [15 mins]
Nowhere Land [40 mins]
Historyland [5 mins]
Bird Drone [9 mins]
May You Live to See the Dawn [15 mins]
Last December [17 mins]
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8pm
AWARDS
As the films in these 3 categories are being screened today, the awards below will be announced on Sunday evening. All other 16 awards will be announced at Saturday’s award ceremony.
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Best International Feature Film
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Best UK Student Film
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Best International Student Film
STUDIO
10am
CHAMPIoning bedford
The Final Days of Ernest Larman [10 mins]
Vegas [11 mins]
The Constant Thump [12 mins]
5 Minutes [7 mins]
Goodbye for Now [11 mins]
For when you need me... [5 mins]
Cameraman [11 mins]
Maximum Security [16 mins]
11:40AM
BLOCK 2
Portraits? [3 mins]
The Abyssal Theatre [12 mins]
Project Nirvana [12 mins]
Purgatory [3 mins]
Into the Reds Tale [4 mins]
Tea Tales: The Peppermint Perils [6 mins]
Dyslexia & Me [14 mins]
1pm
2:15pm
Producing & Directing Independent Films
Block 3
The Most Australian Band Ever! [1 hr 46 mins]
Reflection [19 mins]
5:40PM
BLOCK 4
Over There [5 mins]
Persevere [6 mins]
The Spectator [10 mins]
Storage People [14 mins]
Candy Cigs [20 mins]
​30 [13 mins]