The FES FILM FESTIVAL is a film festival with a DIFFERENCE
Bringing outstanding local and independent films to unique community venues across the South and beyond.
Featuring award-winning work, fresh creative voices, and Playing Away, winner of the 2022 FILM EXPO SOUTH Script Competition.
- Bookings are direct via venues, please see VENUES & DATES below
What's Screening
Playing Away
Writer: Steven Langridge
Director: A.D.Cooper
‘Enchanting, Endearing and, Enduring.’
Suitable for 15+
After escaping through the window, Aldo helps his wife to climb out too. Giggling like naughty children, they slip off to the seaside to re-live the fun that drew them together all those decades ago.
Night Armour
Writer: Carol Younghusband Director: Carolina Giammetta
‘What happens after the date, when all the finery comes off?’
Suitable for 15+
Make-up, aides, and killer heels boost a young widow’s confidence on a blind date, but she didn’t bargain on him returning.
What Happened to Evie
Writer: Carol Younghusband Director: Kate Cheeseman
‘A girls fractured memories distort the truth in this multi-layered thriller.’
Suitable for 15+
A schoolgirl’s splintered memories of a sexual assault reveal a reality that when revisited from an alternative perspective uncovers a very different truth.
Home To the Hangers
Written & Directed by: A.D.Cooper
‘There’s only one place to find peace.’
Suitable for 15+
A war-weary soldier finds healing in his familiar haunts. A poem by Edward Thomas
Ace
Written & Directed by: A.D.Cooper
‘ Never Grow Up. Never Grow Old.’
Suitable for 15+
Two bored urban boys try to annoy an old man in a mobility scooter by cycling up to him and yelling in his face. His response is anything but predictable.
The Banjo Boys
Director: Johan Nayar
‘They met on the streets, the world became their stage.’
Suitable for 15+
When two Malawian street performers encounter a British travelling musician, an opportunity arises that takes them on a journey from the dusty streets of Malawi to the stages of Zanzibar, Europe and the US, confronting the harsh realities of life as artists and embracing the transformative power of music.
Venues & Dates: Between 1st and 30th April 2026
What's Next with FES Film Festival?
Children’s Film Festival – Summer 2026
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The FES Film Festival Winter 2026
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