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The world’s largest free film festival for young people returns!
Welcoming almost 400,000 pupils and their educators each year, education charity, Into Film, will launch bookings live on September 10th to the Into Film Festival, the world’s largest free film festival of its kind. The Into Film Festival offers over 3,000 free film screenings, festival film guides, screen careers activity, and curriculum-linked special events at over 600 cinemas across the UK this Autumn, exclusively for UK educators and their pupils aged 5-19.
The 2025 Into Film Festival will launch on November 7th with UK Premieres across the UK of Future Council, the latest feature from director, Damon Gameau (2040, That Sugar Film), the story of eight kids on the ultimate school excursion: a road trip across Europe to challenge powerful leaders and find solutions to our greatest ecological challenges. This is a coming-of-age journey that dares to imagine a brighter future.
Director, Damon Gameau said: “Future Council highlights how important the creativity and morality of young people is in this moment. I couldn’t think of a better launch pad into Europe than the Into Film festival."
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Zootropolis 2, will close the Festival with a Pupil Premiere in London. Detectives Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman) find themselves on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile who arrives in Zootropolis and turns the mammal metropolis upside down.
Festival Pupil Premieres include: British director, Gurinder Chadha’s (Bend it Like Beckham) latest film, Christmas Karma, a Bollywood-inspired musical drama inspired by the Charles Dickens novella, A Christmas Carol; the final chapter of the untold story of the witches of Oz, the global cinematic and cultural sensation, Wicked For Good; Australian family comedy, Kangaroo and festival preview screenings of I Swear based on the true story of John Davidson who was diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome.
Adding an additional educational element, supporting literacy through film, is the Into Film Festival Review Writing Competition, which asks young people to review the films they’ve seen at the festival. Each of our winning entries will receive a £200 voucher for their class to enjoy.
The Into Film Festival is supported by Cinema First and the UK film industry.
Free Into Film Festival bookings will go live on Wednesday 10th September for all UK educators and are on a first come first come first served basis, waiting lists are available: www.intofilm.org/festival