Bristol Radical Film Festival

20/09/2025

Sunday October 5th, 1pm. Terrible things are happening in Palestine, but the newspapers and TV don’t tell us the truth. Even social media is censored. In the streets, in education, on stage and screen, speaking out is not allowed. People face dawn raids, arrest, detention. Dissent has been criminalised.
Veteran film director Ken Loach describes how our mass media is being manipulated. The BBC, he says, is an arm of the state. Tickets available via link in bio.

17/09/2025

Join us at October 4th at 8pm for the UK Premiere of Fanon! Frantz Omar Fanon (1925–1961) was one of the most important writers in black Atlantic theory in an age of anti-colonial liberation struggle. His participation in the Algerian revolutionary struggle shifted his thinking from theorizations of blackness to a wider, more ambitious theory of colonialism, anti-colonial struggle, and visions for a postcolonial culture and society.

12/09/2025

Saturday October 4th, 5pm: The Diary of a Sky + Return to Al-Ma’in. The Diary of a Sky unfolds an atmospheric symphony of violence over Beirut, revealing the haunting fusion of incessant Israeli military flights and the hum of generators during blackouts.
Al-Ma’in was the birthplace of Salman Abu Sitta (b. 1937), the foremost chronicler of the ongoing Nakba and an advocate for the Palestinian right of return. From his home in Kuwait, and from the offices of the Palestine Land Society in Beirut and London, Salman has dedicated his life to compiling a comprehensive Atlas of Palestine. His research on the history of his hometown was published in his memoir Mapping my Return.
Tickets available via link in bio.

11/09/2025

Saturday October 4th, 2pm. London Recruits is a compelling journey into the heart of apartheid South Africa. Ronnie Karrils and a small cell of fellow exiles from South Africa turn to the ordinary young people of London for help. So begins a series of ever more daring undercover missions that send shock waves through the Apartheid regime.
A potent mix of never before seen archive footage, action packed drama and candid testimony from the recruits, eyewitnesses and secret police. Tickets available via link in bio.

10/09/2025

October 4th, 11am: Miners’ Strike: A Frontline Story, the story of the year-long conflict combining archive footage with deeply personal testimony from striking and working miners, their families and the police. Among other events, the film retells the events of 18 June 1984, the Battle of Orgreave. Tickets available via link in bio.

09/09/2025

Bristol Radical Film Festival returns to October 4th-5th! Tickets available via link in bio.

04/09/2025

From our friends of Cables and Cameras:

Cables & Cameras presents A.T.L.A.N— an evening of short films and Q&A about South Africa's new emerging filmmakers' talent from Durban.
join us for A.T.L.A.N. (Africans Transforming Lives And Narratives), an evening dedicated to celebrating the rich legacy of African storytelling in cinema.
This special programme features an exciting selection of short films and a Q&A about new emerging filmmakers from Durban, South Africa. TBC
Hosted by Bristol’s film & TV critic iambingegod. Watch this space for more details soon.
The full film programme and more details about the evening will be announced next week.
This event is brought to you in partnership with Screen Corner Podcast and Dante Languages from Durban, South Africa.

Book tickets now : https://hdfst.uk/e136038

Supported by Bristol Commonwealth Society

03/09/2025

The programme for the 2025 festival is now live!!
Visit our website: https://www.brff.org.uk/
Tickets via Headfirst: https://hdfst.uk/bristol-radical-film-festival-2025

20/06/2025

Important announcement: we are now on Bluesky! Please follow us there, our handle is bristolradfilmfest.bsky.social or here's a handy link.

The Bristol Radical Film Festival showcases a radically different kind of cinema. dates to be announced soon…

15/05/2025

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨

Bristol Radical Film Festival Returns in Autumn 2025, and our short film submission page is now LIVE! More info and link in stories. Please share!

15/05/2025

Our call for submissions of short films (up to 15 minutes) for our annual International Showcase Session is now open.

Submit via FilmFreeway:
https://filmfreeway.com/BristolRadicalFilmFestival

13/05/2025