New Renaissance Film Festival

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New Renaissance Film Festival
Location London, England
Founded2015;10 years ago (2015)
Directors
  • Jan Hendrik Verstraten
  • Massimo Barbato
Website newrenaissancefilmfest.com

The New Renaissance Film Festival (NRFF) is an annual film festival held in London, England. Founded in 2015, the festival focuses on independent cinema, showcasing feature-length and short films across various genres.

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History

Established in 2015, the festival hosts its screenings at Close-Up Cinema in Shoreditch, while the awards ceremony is held at the Courthouse Hotel in Soho. [1]

Past award recipients include Sarah Snook, Rachel Shenton and George MacKay. [2] Notable alumni include Tatiana Maslany and Whoopi Goldberg. [3]

Reception

Metro listed the festival among the "Top UK film festivals you need to know about" [4] and El Ibérico named it one of "The eight best film festivals in the UK". [5]

Awards

Awards are presented in the following categories: [6]

Notes

  1. ↑ The festival awards a total of £2,500 in cash prizes in the Emerging Talent category.

References

  1. ↑ "New Renaissance Film Festival – The ISA". International Screenwriters’ Association. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  2. ↑ "NRFF London 2017 – Winners". New Renaissance Film Festival. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  3. ↑ Smith, Henry (2024-11-13). "BA (Hons) Film and Television student wins Best LGBTQ+ Film at New Renaissance Film Festival". London College of Communication. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
  4. ↑ Nsubuga, Jimmy (2016-05-28). "The top UK film festivals you need to know about". Metro. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
  5. ↑ Martínez, Miriam (2016-08-02). "Los 8 mejores festivales de cine en Reino Unido" [The 8 best film festivals in the United Kingdom]. El Ibérico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-04-19.
  6. ↑ "New Renaissance Film Festival". FilmFreeway. 2024-08-30. Retrieved 2025-04-19.
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