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We are thrilled to announce that we are partnering with The Garden Cinema and are proudly supported by BFI FAN @bfinetwork and the National Lottery @thenationallottery to bring you Gurinder Chadha’s Bend It Like Beckham this July. And what a time to be screening this in the midst of football madness!The screening is part of the BFI FAN’s UK-wide season Rip it Up. Join us at The Garden Cinema @thegardencinema for a fun-filled afternoon as this film takes us on a journey of football, following your dreams, defying stereotypes and rebelling against your parents. This film is also part of The Garden Cinema’s South Asian Heritage Month 2026, and there will be an activity after the movie for both kids and adults.Link: https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/bend-it-like-beckham/We hope you can join us! #ripitup #bfifan #thenationallottery Proudly a member of @indiefilmfests. by @citylightsff

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Here we go!! Only two weeks until we screen Bend It Like Beckham. We are thrilled to announce that we are partnering with The Garden Cinema @thegardencinema and are proudly supported by BFI FAN @bfinetwork and the National Lottery @thenationallottery to bring you Gurinder Chadha’s Bend It Like Beckham this July. And what a time to be screening this in the midst of football madness!The screening is part of the BFI FAN’s UK-wide season Rip it Up. Join us at The Garden Cinema @thegardencinema for a fun-filled afternoon as this film takes us on a journey of football, following your dreams, defying stereotypes and rebelling against your parents. This film is also part of The Garden Cinema’s South Asian Heritage Month 2026, and there will be an activity after the movie.Link to book: https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/bend-it-like-beckham/Reach out to us if cost is an issue. We believe in access for all! #ripitup #ripituplondon #bfilotteryfunded #benditlikebeckham #thegardencinema by @citylightsff

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📣 NEXT DEADLINE IS TODAY Don’t forget to enter your short in today before our next deadline closes. Time is running out to enter BIFA qualifying City Lights Film Festival for 2026! 🦸‍♀️ We champion filmmakers long after they screen with us and believe short film is a journey, not a one-hit wonder. Be a part of the action. 🎥 We want extraordinary, spellbinding, thought provoking, educational, inclusive, enchanting, terrifying, surreal, and creative work! Everyone has a story to share. 🔗 Link https://filmfreeway.com/CityLightsFilmFestivalAnd do email us if access to enter is an issue! Let’s make 2026 huge! #bifaqualifying #bifaqualifyingfestival #shortfilmfestival #shortfilm #director by @citylightsff

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It’s time!!! BIFA 2026 is here! @bifa_film is now accepting entries for the 29th British Independent Film Awards.Head to the link in the BIFA bio (link is also included below) to learn more about submitting your short or feature film. Link 👉 https://www.bifa.film/about/rules-and-eligibility/💡 Oh and don’t forget we are #bifaqualifying so why not enter our festival. We would love to help you be eligible for BIFA. Read all the rules via the link above. 🎥🎞️📸📸 @saneseven#shortfilm #shortfilm🎞📽⚡️ #enterourfestival #bifaqualifyingfestival by @citylightsff

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Hot night. Hotter conversation ☀️🔥Grateful to @citylightsff and @filmlocos for creating space for exactly this — an insightful, honest, and energising evening on disability and inclusivity in film. Alongside the brilliant @evieeloise, @keron_day and @ibcollage, we got into the real stuff: representation on screen, inclusion behind the camera, and the responsibility we all carry.As @keron_day says — Diversity Without Disability, Is Not Diversity.#disabilityinclusioninfilm by @citylightsff

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Well this is exciting! Absolutely thrilled to share that I’ll be joining this cohort next week. Thank you @wearecreativeuk for the opportunity. I can’t wait!!! @citylightsff here we come 💃🏻🎤 https://read.wearecreative.uk/creative-enterprise-news/meet-the-founders-launching-our-first-female-founders-introduction-to-investment-cohort?#femalefounder #investment #filmindustrynetwork #citylights #creativeuk by @citylightsff

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Did you catch our interview with @festivalformula, also featuring @mrmbrennan from Exit6, and Danny Moltrasi, senior shorts programmer at Raindance Film Festival @raindancefilmfestival and Matt Dy, senior film programmer at Academy-qualifying Austin Film Festival @austinfilmfest. How do you make your film stand out in a sea of films?In Angela’s @angiepet (our Festival Director) words “Here are two questions a filmmaker should be able to answer before they start - How am I going to tell my story in a way that that’s never been it told before? And, why is now the time I need to share this story? If you can answer these, and make a compelling story, it’s likely that it will stand out.”📣 How will you make your story stand out in 2026? Why is your short film unique? Thanks for interviewing us Festival Formula 🎤#shortfilm #bifaqualifyingfestival #makeyourshortfilm #filmmakers #festival by @citylightsff

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Thank you for having us Sunderland! Joining up with @sundshortsfilm and @festivalformula has been a blast. We met so many filmmakers and saw some fantastic shorts. Plus there was trivia (we came second 🥈), a market place, a @bifa_film screening, comedy, and even a marathon. Thanks to the tres fabulous @womenxfest for hosting the trivia and being all round legends. And to all the other market attendees we had the joy of meeting - @cine.platform, @neiff_official, @intheframeuk @shortcomfilmfestival scifan @red_stamp_productions and more. Film really is better with friends. 📸 A selection of images taken during the festival at screenings and the marketplace. #shortfilmfestival #shortfilm #bifaqualifying #festival #sunderland by @citylightsff

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SEE YOU THERE? 🎬The Sunderland Short Film Festival @sundshortsfilm has been an inclusive community for filmmakers and film lovers since our launch in 2015, growing to become the largest short film festival in the North East of England.🎥 This weekend, City Lights is heading to Sunderland to join the film festival market with @festivalformula and meet the film festival goers. If you’re a filmmaker and attending Sunderland, do pop by and say hi! We would love to meet you. And DM us if you have a short film screening. We would love to come see it! #shortfilmfestival #bifaqualifying #supportshortfilms #festivalformula #citylightsfilmfestival by @citylightsff

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Our Disability and Inclusivity Filmmaker Q&A is live! Join us on May 20th and meet these absolute legends! @keron_day, @shakyradowlingcasting, @evieeloise and @ibcollage join us and take centre stage at the Film and TV charity. We are joining forces with @filmlocos to host this event and we hope you can join us for one of our biggest conversations yet. As Keron Day says “Diversity Without Disability, Is Not Diversity!”Tickets 🎟️: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/our-disability-and-inclusivity-filmmaker-qa-with-locos-hub-tickets-1988313785055?Doors open at 6pm; talk a bit later. Get in touch if you’d like any more info. #disability #diversity #londontalk #bifaqualifying #disabilityawareness by @citylightsff

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