Some seats will be available on the door but to ensure your place please book online here: SFW Event Brite

“In the Old West, a lone cowboy leads an uprising against a terror from beyond our world. As this gunslinger slowly starts to remember who he is and where he’s been, he realizes he holds a secret that could give the town a fighting chance against the alien force.”

Last year’s YFF launched with a fabulous free screening of ‘Scott Pilgrim vs the World’. This year we think we’ve topped it. So once again we will have a giant fancy dress event with prizes for the best dressed but this year sees a new and exciting theme. So dust off your Stetson and get out that old ray gun for the Youth Film Festival’s launch at Cineworld of ‘Cowboys and Aliens’

Come along and enjoy an eclectic mix of short films made by or aimed at young people. Some of the films are locally made and some come with Q & A’s with the filmmakers. Whatever your taste, if you love films and filmmaking, there will be something here for you.

Time: 9am - 5pm
Venue: SoCo Music Project
Tickets: £5 a team
Age: 14 – 19 years old.
To book your team for the challenge go to: SFW Event Brite - Only one member from each team needs to book. 


Do you have what it takes to make a film in 8 hours?
If so then this filmmaking competition could be just for you. SFW: Youth Film Festival is holding a one day filmmaking challenge for teams of young local filmmakers (14 - 19 year olds) to come along and make a film in a day. To enter all you need is a small team of fellow filmmakers and a digital camera (don’t forget your tapes and memory cards). The maximum members in a team is 5 and there is an entry fee of £5 which goes towards the prizes for the winning team.
The day will start with an Introductory Session from 9am till 10am. Here you will receive advice to help you through the day.
Then from 10am till 2pm you will be given a theme for a short film and you will set out to shoot your masterpiece in and around Southampton.
From 2pm till 5pm you will return to SoCo to edit your film in time for a 5pm screening and prize giving. Do you think you’ve got what it takes?

Time: 10.30am - 12.30pm
Venue: Harbour Lights Picturehouse
Tickets: Free, booking required.

To book please go to: Harbour Lights or call 0871 902 5733

All summer young filmmakers have been working on their submissions for this year’s competition. In 2010. 20 films were entered and the screening and awards ceremony brought together filmmakers and their fans at Harbour Lights cinema for an amazing event.  This is your chance to celebrate the great short films entered by the region’s young filmmakers this year.  Films can be in any style or genre but last no longer than 6 minutes.   Judges will award prizes in the 3 age categories - under 11s, under 16s and under 19s - and you, the audience, will vote for the best film overall.

If you would like to enter a film to the competition click here.

Time: 10am - 12pm
Venue: Cineworld
Tickets: £1.00
Age: 12 and under.

Introduce your children to the cinema experience at Cineworld Southampton for Only £1 per person. Each Saturday pick from one of our Movies for Junior (M4J) films starting from 10AM. For information on the M4J movies and to book your tickets please visit this website for details www.cineworld.co.uk.

Time: 12 - 2pm
Venue: Cineworld
Tickets: Free
Age: 12 and under

After going along to the Saturday Matinee at Cineworld why not pop upstairs and enjoy this great  free filmmaking workshop. Great fun for all under 12s with a chance to try out the green screen, make a small animated film, create and keep a festival t-shirt and much more. No need to book up, just come along and enjoy this Fun with Filmmaking workshop.

Time: 5 - 6pm
Venue: SoCo Music Project
Tickets: Free, just turn up
Age: 12+, Parents Welcome

Come along and watch the great films made on this year's 8 Hour Film Challenge. Marvel at these young filmmakers who have proved that you can conceive, shoot and edit a short film in one day all based on a one world title.

Time: 1 - 3pm
Venue: Cineworld
Tickets: Free, just turn up
Age: 12 and over

So you're young, creative and you want to get involved in filmmaking. Or maybe you already are. So where do you go? Well you can head down to the Young Filmmakers Network and check out some like minded people. Come and try out some great software like Adobe After Effects and Ultra, try your hand at film editing and green screen listen to some really great speakers tell their stories and find out about some opportunties coming up. If you love filmmaking and you want to get together with like-minded people then this is the place to start. No need to book just pop into Cineworld in Ocean Village and head to the upstairs meeting place.