Belfast Film Festival is proud to support the medium of short film, and this annual competition is made up of early-to-mid career and established filmmakers from the island of Ireland.

Belfast Film Festival is proud to support the medium of short film, and this annual competition is made up of early-to-mid career and established filmmakers from the island of Ireland.

Belfast Film Festival is proud to support the medium of short film, and this annual competition is made up of early-to-mid career and established filmmakers from the island of Ireland.

Belfast Film Festival is proud to support the medium of short film, and this annual competition is made up of early-to-mid career and established filmmakers from the island of Ireland.

Mark Cousins is back with an inspirational portrait of film festival programmer, producer and author, Lynda Myles.

Leading a talented ensemble cast, Millie Brady plays Claire, a participant in an experimental medical study.

Winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, How to Have Sex is a vibrant and authentic depiction of the agonies, ecstasies and ride-or-die glory of young female friendship, from rising British filmmaker Molly Manning Walker.

A sly, scabrous satire on the UK film industry, Naqqash Khalid’s pacy, clever debut announces not just his arrival, but also that of his terrific lead, Nabhaan Rizwan.

Belfast Film Festival is honoured to present a very special In Conversation event with two of American independent cinema greatest pioneers, writer-director John Sayles and producer Maggie Renzi.

Films about identical twins often delve into doubling and doppelgänger theory. But Fanni Szilágyi’s fresh-faced, confident debut uses the idea to probe identity and womanhood in a more spontaneous way.

Margo Harkin’s insightful and heartfelt documentary Stolen tells the story of several mother and baby homes survivors.

To jump start our second day of the weekend, make sure you come along to our networking breakfast at QFT, hosted by Northern Ireland Screen.