COVID-19 UPDATE: In this difficult and troubling times, our priorities are to look after one another and minimize the devastating impact of the global pandemic. We would like to reassure film-makers that we remain open for submissions until April 5th, with our programming team looking forward to viewing your work from the confines of the their homes! If the Festival cannot take place in June as planned, we intend to reschedule the event for later in the year, when it is safe for everyone to gather and watch films again together. Meantime, stay well and look after each other.
Braziers International Film Festival offers an opportunity for independent filmmakers to show their work to an enthusiastic audience, in a unique, historical setting.
Running over three days, the programme features a diverse and dynamic range of films, including documentary, animation, fiction, and contemporary artists' film & video.
The festival takes place on the Braziers Park estate, home to the annual Supernormal Festival. Films are projected to audiences in a cinema-style environment, with screenings, workshops and special events taking place inside a large, historic 17th century barn adapted for public performances, in addition to the Gothic manor house and custom-built outdoor structures. With both 16mm and digital video projections, each programme screening is followed by group discussion and Q&A with attending film-makers, who will be invited to Braziers. The festival also features workshops and special focus programmes, which in 2019 included artist-filmmakers Bea Haut and Karel Doing.
About Braziers Park:
Braziers Park School of Integrative Social Research is a community, a residential college and an architectural treasure hidden deep in the south Oxfordshire countryside. It was founded in 1950 as a progressive educational trust, and is the UK's longest-running 'intentional community'. Braziers' community members share responsibility for running the mansion house, 55 acres of land, organic kitchen garden and livestock, facilitating courses and organising events assisted by visiting volunteers from around the world.
Documentary on Braziers Park: https://vimeo.com/221863085
The Glaister Award:
The festival will present one film-maker with the 'Glaister Award'. Named after the founder of Braziers, Norman Glaister, the award recognises a film which makes a positive contribution to social development and action in the world today.