Shout out to all UK filmmakers! For the first time, our judges will be selecting the Best British Short entry.  We think it's important to shine a light on homegrown emerging and established creative talent. Free submission window ends 28th Feb.  (Free submission open to worldwide filmmakers)

Follow the link for rules and submit your film: zurl.co/R0jIf Good Luck!

Read Justina Reynolds' interview with one of our 2025 Shorts winners Aaliyah Hussain about her stop-motion animation short, 'Michelle is Feeling Subpar'. Follow the link to the full interview to read more about the process and inspirations behind the winning student film. 🔗 - zurl.co/ws4yW

The BAFTA nominations have been announced. Eight of the films we showed at last year’s film festival have been nominated. Did you manage to catch any? Which were your favourites? Good luck to all the nominees. #BAFTA #PurbeckFilm #LoveCinema #LoveFilm #Nominees

We’ve been selected as part of Co-op's Local Community Fund! You can help by signing into/up for a Co-op membership account & choosing us as your local cause. The more members choose us, the more funding we receive. We'd greatly appreciate your support. 🔗: zurl.co/Giy4V

As we celebrate 30 yrs of films, stories & shared moments, we’d love to hear your favourite Festival memories. Was it a film, a venue or a moment you’ll never forget? Mine was seeing The Philadelphia Story on the big screen for the 1st time - 1 of my favourite films. Pls share yours zurl.co/UcLvp

It’s Oscar session! 3 films we showed at last year’s film festival have been nominated. Did you watch Sentimental Value (9 noms), Bugonia (4 noms) & It Was Just An Accident (2 noms)? If you did, you’ll know they are well deserving of their nominations. Good luck to all the nominees. #TheOscars

See the award-winning animation FLOW at @CareysSecretGarden, as part of the Migration Festival. A magical, wordless adventure about friendship and finding home in a changing world. Garden access included in ticket price. Book tickets: zurl.co/rnxGb

It’s our 30th birthday this year. Our patron and award-winning screenwriter, Olivia Hetreed is excited. Are you? Personally I can’t wait to see what’s in store. Keep up to date - sign up for our newsletter or volunteer zurl.co/NyAxT #PurbeckFilmFestival #30Years #CelebratingFilm #Volunteering

"We are indisputably lovers of film as our Purbeck Film Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Quite remarkable when most cinema festivals and, indeed, cinemas themselves are struggling to survive" Great article on BBCNews zurl.co/dEvEx Sign up for our newsletter zurl.co/WmQnb

Did any of you see Sentimental Value, It Was Just An Accident, Bugonia or Sorry, Baby at last year’s Purbeck Film Festival? If you did, you’ll know that they were well deserving of their Golden Globes nominations & win. Huge congrats to the teams involved. #goldenglobes #purbeckfilm #cinema

We are proud to facilitate another film Screening at #CareysSecretGarden 's Migration Festival. Come join us for a screening of the award-winning animation FLOW on Sunday 1st February. Book tickets here: 🎟 zurl.co/TGEhV Explore the incredible events taking place here zurl.co/we38p

Purbeck Film Festival wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year 🎄🎉🎬 zurl.co/lvLRi

Happy Birthday to the legendary Jodie Foster! From Taxi Driver to The Silence of the Lambs to her powerful work behind the camera, her impact on cinema is undeniable. Here’s to a lifetime of bold storytelling & unforgettable performances. #JodieFoster #HappyBirthday #CinemaLegend #Director #Actor

Thank you Line Langebek, writer of The Girl with the Needle, for joining us for a special screening & Q&A with Festival Patron Olivia Hetreed. Inspiring insights into writing, collaboration & the film’s story - a truly special evening! ✨ #TheGirlWithTheNeedle #LineLangebek #OliviaHetreed

Huge thanks to David Bickerstaff, director of Exhibition on Screen: Van Gogh - Poets & Lovers, for joining us at The Mowlem, Swanage for a Q&A after the screening. An inspiring evening exploring Van Gogh’s world! #PurbeckFilmFestival #VanGogh #DavidBickerstaff #ExhibitionOnScreen

Thank you to Josh Trigg, the talented writer/director of Satu - Year of the Rabbit, for joining us for the Purbeck Film Festival! Our audience loved hearing directly from the filmmaker himself - thank you for making it such a special evening! #PurbeckFilmFestival #SatuYearOfTheRabbit #JoshTrigg

🎬 Huge thanks to our amazing volunteers! 💛 Your passion and dedication made this year’s Purbeck Film Festival a fantastic success. Want to join our team for next year’s magic? 👉 zurl.co/nUeWG #PurbeckFilmFestival #VolunteersRock #CommunitySpirit #ThankYou

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for this year’s Purbeck Film Festival. We couldn’t do it without our wonderful audiences - your support makes it all possible. We’d love to hear what you thought. Please take a moment to fill in our short survey zurl.co/mV8JY

Thanks to everyone who joined THE GRAB screening at Durlston for the Purbeck Film Festival. Sorry we couldn’t show Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s intro on the night - watch it here: zurl.co/auOZk A powerful and eye-opening documentary worth seeking out. #PurbeckFilm #TheGrab #GabrielaCowperthwaite

A heartfelt thank you to Purbeck Film Festival patron Olivia Hetreed and director Bart Schrijver for a wonderfully insightful Q&A and discussion about his film The North. It was great to get to hear some of Bart's stories about the process of making this visually stunning and moving film!

Huge thanks to all our amazing sponsors, funders & supporters - especially @BFI, @lotterygoodcauses.bsky.social , @nationaltrust.org.uk & The Salt Pig - for making the Purbeck Film Festival possible. We couldn’t do it without you! 💛 #PurbeckFilmFestival #ThankYou #FilmCommunity

Purbeck Film Festival has been selected as part of Co-op's Local Community Fund! You can help us receive a share of this by heading to the Co-op website, signing into / up for a Co-op membership account, and choosing us as your local cause. 🔗: zurl.co/Giy4V

Seen a film at the Purbeck Film Festival? Please take a minute to fill out the BFI survey for each screening you attended: zurl.co/BVFoo Your feedback helps secure vital BFI funding that keeps the Festival and independent cinema thriving in Purbeck. 🙏 #PurbeckFilmFestival #BFI #SupportIndieFilm

Heartfelt thanks to director Margy Kinmonth & screenwriter & PFF Patron Olivia Hetreed for an inspiring Q&A after War Paint: Women at War at Russell-Cotes - our new partner. An elegant evening of film, art, wine & canapés. #WarPaintWomenAtWar #MargyKinmonth #OliviaHetreed #RussellCotes

Huge thanks to the team at Langham Wine Estate for a magical Withnail & I screening in your beautiful vineyard barn. The Uncle Monty-inspired supper was divine & perfectly paired with your exquisite wines. Here’s to more evenings among the vines! #PurbeckFilmFestival #WithnailAndI #LanghamWineEstate

What an incredible evening to finish this year’s Festival. The audience & judges had the difficult task of choosing winners from 21 inspiring short films. Congrats to the winners & thank you to our judges, The Mowlem & you, our amazing audience. That’s a wrap - see you next year!

It’s our last day! Join us at The Shorts Social - connect with filmmakers & creatives before the awards. Followed by the Short Film Competition: screenings, judging & audience vote for the best short of 2025. A night for everyone who loves films. zurl.co/XfDBP #PurbeckShorts2025 #ShortFilm

The penultimate night of the Festival! Withnail & I - Langham Wine Estate with food & wine. The Marching Band - Mowlem Theatre. Satu: Year of the Rabbit - Q&A with director/writer Josh Trigg! Grab tickets: zurl.co/nl13r  #PurbeckFilmFestival #Withnail&I #SatuYearOfTheRabbit #TheMarchingBand

It’s the final two days and we’ve filled them with great films, a new venue (Langham Wine Estate), a guest speaker and always a festival favourite, the Purbeck Shorts Competition and social. It’s not too late to book tickets zurl.co/hfY9r #PurbeckFilm #PurbeckShorts

🎬 BUGONIA – DAY OF RELEASE! From the Venice-winning mind of Yorgos Lanthimos, Purbeck Film Festival is thrilled to screen BUGONIA on its first day of release! 📅 Fri 31 Oct, 4:30pm | Mowlem Theatre, Swanage Curry buffet in the Showbar after the film! zurl.co/Dm3Aa

The last weekend is full one - there’s great films, Halloween treats, a first day of release film, a new venue (Langham Wine Estate), a guest speaker & a festival favourite, Purbeck Shorts Competition and social. It’s not too late to book tickets zurl.co/hfY9r #PurbeckFilm #PurbeckShorts

Join us for a spooky night of film and food at The Mowlem. Tickets for all events available from zurl.co/kAcdj 👻 #purbeckfilmfestival #purbeckfilm #screamsbythesea #horrorfilm #nosferatu #swanageevents #releasedayscreening #bugonia

Don’t miss the screening of Satu – Year of the Rabbit at Lighthouse Poole - with special guest writer/director Josh Trigg, live for a post-film Q&A. Book now zurl.co/HIpgf #PurbeckFilm #SatuYearOfTheRabbit #JoshTrigg #DorsetEvents #DorsetsBiggestCelebrationOfFilm

🎃 Halloween at The Mowlem, Swanage! A chilling double bill: 👿 Bugonia - dark satire meets apocalyptic sci-fi - 1st day of Release 🧛 Nosferatu - the iconic tale of terror reborn Upgrade with a curry buffet from the award-winning 29029 in The Showbar - only £15. Book zurl.co/eiBHD @screamsbythesea

Join us at The Shorts Social - connect with filmmakers & creatives before the awards. Followed by the Short Film Competition: screenings, judging & an audience vote for the best short of 2025. A night for everyone who loves great cinema. #PurbeckShorts2025 #FilmFestival #ShortFilm

Join us for a special preview of Sentimental Value thanks to @mubiuk.bsky.social A moving story about memory, family & the ties that shape who we are. Don’t miss your chance to see it on the big screen before its wider release! #PurbeckFilm #SentimentalValue #MUBI #DorsetEvents #FilmPreview

What a great end of Festival it’s going to be… there’s the Rex Gala, another preview, Halloween treats, a first day of release film, a new venue (Langham Wine Estate), a guest speaker & a festival favourite, Purbeck Shorts Competition and social. It’s not too late to book tickets zurl.co/hfY9r

Finale of Our Melodrama Film Series - This Saturday 1pm - Free Talk: “The Psychological Attractions of Melodrama” with Dr Michael Jacobs. Book zurl.co/lAyfJ 2.30pm - Far from Heaven - Todd Haynes’ stunning homage to 1950s melodrama, starring Julianne Moore & Dennis Quaid. Book zurl.co/LVu3C

Huge thanks to Dr Lee Durrell for joining us at The Mowlem for The Velvet Queen screening celebrating Gerald Durrell’s Centenary! 🌿 Missed it? Buy Myself & Other Animals or donate 💚 zurl.co/unFeD #PurbeckFilmFestival #GeraldDurrell100 #DurrellWildlife #Conservation #TheMowlemSwanage

Catch this stunning new film by writer/director Bart Schrijver, followed by an in-person Q&A with the filmmaker. Don’t miss a chance to see the film before its official release and hear directly from the filmmaker himself. Book now zurl.co/Q6mHl #PurbeckFilm #TheNorth #BartSchrijver

He sculpted perfection and painted eternity - but who was Michelangelo, really? This stunning new documentary explores the man behind the marble, with breathtaking cinematography revealing every hidden detail of his masterpieces. Book now zurl.co/Phnb7 #PurbeckFilm #RexCinema #Michelangelo

Can’t believe it’s the second week already! It’s filled with cinematic delights including previews, guest speakers, film & food events & the Rex Gala. Don’t miss out - book now zurl.co/RPgVN #PurbeckFilm #Dorset #Wareham #Swanage #Poole #DorsetEvents #DorsetsBiggestCelebrationOfFilm

🎃 Halloween at The Mowlem, Swanage! A chilling double bill: 👿 Bugonia - dark satire meets apocalyptic sci-fi 🧛 Nosferatu - the iconic tale of terror reborn Upgrade with a curry buffet from the award-winning 29029 Restaurant in The Showbar - only £15. Book now zurl.co/eiBHD @screamsbythesea

Join us for a feel-good evening with Pete Postlethwaite & Ewan McGregor as a Yorkshire brass band fights to keep its spirit alive. A classic full of British grit, humour & heart. Book now zurl.co/0k4kQ #PurbeckFilm #BrassedOff #CommunityCinema #DorsetEvents #ClassicBritishFilm

What’s been your favourite event so far? The start of the 2nd week is packed with more treasures including previews, guest speakers, film & food events and the Rex Gala. Don’t miss out - book now zurl.co/RPgVN #PurbeckFilm #PurbeckFilmFestival2025 #DorsetEvents #DorsetsBiggestCelebrationOfFilm

Sujo traces the life of a boy orphaned by the cartel world, growing up in its shadow yet searching for another kind of legacy. Sujo isn’t just a story about Mexico’s pain, it’s about the fragile thread that ties us all to the choices of others. Book now zurl.co/XTgbh #Sujo #RexCinema #PurbeckFilm

A luminous wartime fable where love and courage bloom as a couple rescue a baby bound for Auschwitz. It’s a tale of hope shining through history’s darkest hour. Book now zurl.co/psqk0 #PurbeckFilm #PurbeckFilmFestival2025 #MichelHazanavicius #DurlstonCastle #Swanage #TheMostPreciousofCargoes

Love a bit of Sunday melodrama? Don’t miss Joan Crawford’s Oscar-winning comeback in Mildred Pierce - a gripping mix of passion, ambition & murder. Part of our Melodrama: Too Much strand with BFI. 🎟 zurl.co/8qdph #PurbeckFilm #PurbeckFilmFestival2025 #BFI #Melodrama #MildredPierce #TheMowlem

Join us at the stunning Durlston Castle next Thurs for Last Swim - a moving, beautifully shot story of a British-Iranian teen whose A-level results day takes an unexpected turn. Book now zurl.co/rv8hp #PurbeckFilm #LastSwim #DurlstonCastle #Swanage #DorsetEvents #DorsetsBiggestCelebrationOfFilm