Submissions are open for a brand-new Poetry Film Festival to be held on the Bristol Docks on October 18th, according to a post on the front page of the freshly re-designed Poetry Film Live website from Helen Dewbery and Chaucer Cameron.

Tickets are £7.21 for the all-day event.

Welcome to the Poetry Film Festival!

Date: Sat Oct 18 2025

Time: 11am to 9pm

Location: John Sebastian Lightship, Bristol Docks.

Join us for a day of poetry film! Plenty of films, discussion and chat.

Enjoy the harbour.

Be inspired to make your own poetry film.

Programme includes:

• The twelve selected Festival entries (here for details of how to submit your own poetry film)
• The Audience Award – (chosen by the audience)
• Celtic poetry films – poetry films from Ireland, Scotland and Wales
• Films from the Poetry Film Collective
• Soundscape Design (two poetry filmmakers discuss their approaches)
• Plenty of time for discussion

… and more to come.

They appear to be cutting out the middleman and soliciting submissions solely through a form on their website.

Submissions are open until 21st September 2025

Notifications will be sent by 30th September

Twelve selected films will be shown at the Festival in Bristol on October 18th.

An Audience Award will be selected after the screening and announced at the closing of the festival.

The Audience Award winner will recieve £100.

All selected films will be given a festival laurel.

• We are particularly keen to see poetry films made by poets.
• Collaborations will also be considered.
• We prefer poetry films that are no longer than 6 minutes.
• We accept poetry films may have been previously published or shown elsewhere.
• Please enter one poetry film per filmmaker.