Watersprite Film Festival

Watersprite Film Festival The world's largest student film festival. Celebrating emerging talent from around the world. Watersprite is the UK's biggest student film festival.

We discover and empower new film talent. We showcase the best student films with free Q&A events from directors, actors, and leading screen industry professionals. The festival will take place from 3-5 March 2023 online and in-person. https://linktr.ee/watersprite

Three months on we are reminiscing on the closing of the 17th Watersprite Film Festival, along with the rest of our 30+ ...
16/06/2026

Three months on we are reminiscing on the closing of the 17th Watersprite Film Festival, along with the rest of our 30+ events over the festival weekend centred alrund demystifying the screen industries.

This including our free Creative Futures Day, in partnership with Screen Alliance East, for 16-18 year olds in the South East. Workshops were delivered by local industry facilitators such as Cambridge Film and Screen, RTS East, Vine FX and Dragonlight Films.

The closing ceremony itself was an incredibly insightful panel on the adaptation process of 100 Nights of Hero - featuring the writer of the graphic novel Isabel Greenberg, director Julia Jackman and producers Helen Simmons + Stephanie Aspin.

This closing also provided the 60+ student volunteers, who were running and organising the entire festival over the last year, a chance to celebrate the great success of the weekend! ⭐️🎉📽️

Submissions for the 18th Watersprite Film Festival open next month …

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The big one!! ✨🎬We’re looking back at the biggest night in the Watersprite calendar - the 17th Watersprite Film Festival...
25/05/2026

The big one!! ✨🎬

We’re looking back at the biggest night in the Watersprite calendar - the 17th Watersprite Film Festival Awards Ceremony with Amazon MGM Studios!

Together the Watersprite family celebrated the next generation of filmmaking talent across 18 categories, with 37 student nominees joining us from 17 countries across 4 continents 🌎

It was a truly magical evening, hosted by the brilliant Olisa Odele who had us in stitches throughout!

Head to our website to discover this year’s winners and learn more about the incredible short films and filmmakers recognised on the night ⭐️

Submissions for the 18th Watersprite Film Festival will open this Summer…👀

What a way to open the 17th Watersprite Film Festival 🎬✨We are fondly looking back at last month’s Opening Ceremony - it...
21/04/2026

What a way to open the 17th Watersprite Film Festival 🎬✨

We are fondly looking back at last month’s Opening Ceremony - it featured a special “In Conversation” with the brilliant Himesh Patel, hosted in the stunning Howard Theatre at Downing College.

The evening began with remarks from our Festival Chair, Hilary Bevan Jones and from Lord Chris Smith. An inspiring and insightful start to an unforgettable weekend 🌟

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