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Big Picture Festival '25

will be returning to Stratford-upon-Avon, 28th-31st August 2025

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Short Film Competition

The sixth annual film festival theme is 'Connection and Disruption' and we're accepting submissions to our short film competition now!

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2024 Festival Round-Up

The Big Picture Film Festival 2024 was the most successful yet! Click here to explore our full round-up of the festival and check out our team's highlights.

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"top 3 most organised festivals: Raindance, yourselves and Southampton."

Marc Zammit, Actor and Filmmaker

"A complete delight!"

Audience Comment 2024

"excellent programming choices"

Mike McCahill (2019) – film and TV critic for The Guardian and The Telegraph

"This was my first encounter with the festival and I very much enjoyed the range and quality of shorts on offer."

Audience Review 2020

"Great selection of different films I wouldn't have known about otherwise!"

Audience Review 2021

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