Belfast Film Festival
Belfast Film Festival is back for its 26th edition from 29 October – 7 November 2026! This year's festival brings together an exciting programme of cinema, with screenings taking place at venues across the city. Experience a diverse selection of films, discover new voices and celebrate contemporary cinema.
Wednesday 4 November
Dry Leaf
Filmed entirely on a Sony Ericsson phone - yes, an old one - this is a stylistic…
NI Independents: Sea of Glass, Bubble, Dark Disquiet
Sea of Glass – dir. Mervyn Marshall – 23 mins Julia, played with quiet…
Skintown
Jack Rowan and Chris Walley give class A performances as Vinny and Jonty, two…
Enjoy Your Stay
The experience of undocumented Filipino women in Europe is captured with urgency and…
Acceptable Levels at Divis
Screening at St Comgall's Ionad Eileen Howell, in the area where it was…
Rozkvet
Set in occupied Czechoslovakia during WW2, Rozkvet shines a light on the lesser known…
BFF: Coward
Another delicate two-hander about young men finding each other and exploring their…
Thursday 5 November
Faraway Home
Karl and Rose are two young Jewish children who escape Nazi-occupied Vienna via kindertransport. They are…
BFF: Star Nhá Presents: The Inseminator
In this magical‑realist portrait of patriarchy, a father living in rural Vietnam grows increasingly…
Prosecution
The flaws and power structures of the German legal system are revealed to a young prosecutor after she…
Thursday Night Quiz 2026 w/ Best Boy Magazine & Normal Cinema Club
Can you guess how they filmed the big Cyclops guy in The Odyssey? Can you guess how they filmed the…
Star of the Sea
In 1969, Star of the Sea from North Belfast were the best youth football team in Ireland. The team is…
Friday 6 November
BFF: The Story of Documentary Film - The 1980s + Q&A
After premiering his widely anticipated long-form documentary at various international festivals…
Mississippi Records Presents: A People's History of Music
Presented by Moving On Music They are delighted to welcome Mississippi Records founder Eric Isaacson for…
BFF: The Peril at Pincer Point + Q&A
Crustaceans... Corman... Cardioid microphones, The Peril at Pincer Point has it all! Plucky young Jim…
Saturday 7 November
The Orange and The Green
Sixty years ago, Ulster Television produced this documentary in what was the 50th…
BFF: Nuisance Bear
The plight of the polar bear is captured with style and grace in this documentary…
Films by Helena Gouveia Monteiro
Helena Gouveia Monteiro is an experimental filmmaker and visual artist from Portugal…
BFF: All of a Sudden
The peerless director of Drive My Car and Evil Does Not Exist, Ryusuke Hamaguchi…
How Can Cinema Be a Tool for Anti-Racism?
In 2005, the Belfast Film Festival curated a series of screenings and commissioned a…
The People Under the Stairs & Walking Tour
Wes Craven's People Under the Stairs (1991) is a razor‐sharp horror satire on…
BFF: Mouse
A beautifully-acted story of teenaged girl Minnie finding solace in her best…
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
With an incredible ensemble cast including Belfast actors, Lola Petticrew and Anthony…
BFF: Rose
There's another incredible performance from one of the greatest actors of our…
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