Following a roaring first year, Sustain Film Festival has confirmed our next edition for March 2026. Our first festival provided curious creatives with four unforgettable days of screenings, panels, workshops and creative encounters. We listened to you, and the feedback you provided is shaping the next Sustain. There is so much more creativity, sustainability and community to dig into.
We warmly invite you to be part of the next chapter to our story.
Sustain is a film and animation festival based in Guildford. The theme of the festival has environmental overtones, but we welcome submissions from artists, creators, producers and makers from across the creative and cultural landscapes, with an open invitation to interpret the theme as they see fit. We seek stories and artworks far and wide – local, regional, national and global. We want to bring people together to promote the future wellbeing of the planet, as well as the current cultural wellbeing of its inhabitants. We want to deliver experiences that explore the very nature of our species, that probe into our psyches, ask big questions of who we are, and who we might become.
Find us
The Guildford Institute, Ward St, North Street, Guildford