*** COVID-19 shutdown message ***
UKOWF 2020 (1st or 2nd week of December) is a long way off, and who knows where we will be, however, the UKOWF team would like to reassure everyone that we are committed to holding the 5th UK Offline Web Fest in 2020 in some form, continuing to support filmmakers, artists, and audiences. Whether this will be at our beloved venues, online, a mixture of the two, or something else entirely we do not yet know… We’ll keep you posted as our plans evolve -
Stay tuned and #Stayhome.
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We are proud to announce that we are sponsored by "I Love WebSeries" and we are an IMDb Qualified event!
We are officially recognized by the "International Online Web Fest" as UK Official Provider. Selected shorts and/or web series will qualify for IOWF® considerations.
In our last years, we received more than 500 submissions with over a dozen of Universities and Film-Schools participating in our web festival. And the last two winning-award actresses: Jordan Baker and Sophia Myles won "International Online Web Fest", too. We strive to bring filmmakers from all over the UK under one spotlight on the world stage. We continue to represent filmmakers from all levels and experiences.
UKOWF is based in London, with our jury located around the world including the United Kingdom, USA, France, and Italy. All the short films and series will go through a reviewable process by our highly experienced juries, who will go through an evaluation process and select the films.
We welcome submissions from a range of genres including short films, documentaries, animations, and web series.
Our objective is to provide support for film-makers through reviewing, judging, marketing, and distribution networking. With our live screenings at Camden Town, we aim to showcase and promote the work of filmmakers. We believe our Web Fest will give filmmakers a chance to showcase their work to a very wide range of audiences. And for the second time, we will host an "Out of Competition" session to showcase the greatest filmmakers' projects from many different parts of the world.
We are very excited to review your project and observe the detailed creativity of your work from anywhere in the world!
Best Web Series
Best Short Film
Best Director
Best Student Film (or Web Series)
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Documentary/Mockumentary
We only award the best independent filmmakers after a comprehensive evaluation process. Our judges evaluate the quality of filmmaking, creativity, and storytelling ability.
Our judges will nominate 5 nominees per each category to receive a screening in our Live program.
All selected nominees will be invited to our live screening at the Camden Town for the opportunity to meet people from the same industry.
All winners will receive "Laurel" and a special engraved "UKOWF” trophy presented at our live screening on Event Date. Winners and selected nominees that cannot attend the event will be contacted by the UKOWF team to send the awards to the provided address.