Brighton Rocks International Film Festival 2026
15 - 21 June 2026
|DALTONS - THE ACTORS - DUKES AT KOMEDIA
Enjoy over 200 films at our 3 fabulous venues at Brighton's most diverse, original and boundary-pushing film festival.
Time & Location
15 - 21 June 2026
DALTONS - THE ACTORS - DUKES AT KOMEDIA
Guests
About the event
Our Festival Schedule can be accessed here.
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Tickets
VIP FESTIVAL PASS
This pass allows you full access to 25 screening sessions held over the week AND panel discussions (including with acclaimed screenwriter David Hare) AS WELL AS the AWARDS CEREMONY hosted by Toyah Willcox.
£60.00
FULL SCREENING PASS
This pass gives full access to each of the 25 screening sessions held throughout the week of 15 - 21 June. NB. *Panels and the Awards Ceremony require separate ticketing.*
£50.00
WEEKEND SCREENING PASS
This gives access to all screenings and held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. NB. *The panel with Dave Hare & BRIFF Awards Ceremony with Toyah Willcox requires separate ticketing.*
£40.00
#1: Made in Brighton I
Screening at DALTONS on Monday 15 June 6 - 8.30 PM of: Flying Lessons · ASKING4IT · One Last Run · All the Colours · The Weight of It · Pushing Up Plastic · Touch Grass · Don’t You Want Me Baby? · Straight Outta Kemptown · Rabbit Ears Followed by a Q&A with the Filmmakers
£12.99
#2: Double Bill Feature Films
Screening at DALTONS on Monday 15 June 8.30 - 10.30 PM of: The Glass Magazine · Modern Women Followed by a Q&A with the Filmmakers
£12.99
#3 Sparks Film School Showcase
DALTONS on Tuesday 16 June 4 - 6 PM: Sparks Film School Showcase A dedicated screening session featuring work by local young filmmakers aged 5–18.
£12.99
#4: Made in Brighton II
Screening at DALTONS on Tuesday 16 June 6 - 8.30 PM of: One of Many Suppers · The Dodgy Bottle · FutureGaze · Seven Dials · Star Crossed · Hey Sexy · Nanny Pet · Wavelength · Clutter · Unisex · It’s No Thing · Delete · Rockpools · Life Class · The Swamp Q&A with filmmakers follows screening
£12.99
#5: Made in Brighton III
Screening at DALTONS on Tuesday 16 June 8.30 - 10.15 PM of: Overdue · The Second Fisherman · Erased · A Step Forwards · The Scam · A Tail · Breakdown · Granny DJ Screenings followed by Q&A with Filmmakers
£12.99
THE CONSEQUENCES OF MONSTERS
"The Consequences of Monsters" - Tuesday 16 June 10:15–11.30 PM Across decades, the echoes of past horrors shape the nightmares of the present in this anthology feature of queer bedtime stories—where every choice leaves a shadow, and every monster comes with a consequence. The Consequences of Monsters is a scrappy, queer horror anthology feature and tribute to 1970s midnight cinema. Q&A with filmmakers follows screening.
£12.99
#6: Student Films Rock I
Screening at DALTONS on Thursday 18 June 6 - 8 PM of: 6:00–8:00 PM · Student Films Rock I Before You Leave · Tiny · Boy · Honk · Matrescence · The Shore of Promises · The Adventures of Bo Tanker · Red · In the End Q&A with filmmakers follows screening
£12.99
#7: AXIOM24 @ BRIFF26
Who Do You Make Films With After Film School? Building Lasting Creative Collaborations With panellists: • Katiana Weems-Ado (BRIFF programmer, writer & director) • Hannah Renton (writer/director) • Timi Akindele-Ajani (cinematographer/director) • Rufai Ajala (cinematographer)
£9.99
#8: Student Films Rock II
Screening at DALTONS on Wednesday 17 June 8.45 - 11 PM of: Funk · Favouritism · Pigeonman · Birthday Boy · Miss Canton · Ari & Iris · Limbo · Into the Silence · Drained · All That Still Exists · Divine Hunger · Magazine Dreams Q&A with filmmakers
£12.99
JQS Rocks @ Dukes at Komedia
WEDS 4.00 – 6.00 PM: JQS Rocks at Dukes at Komedia (Brighton Rocks partner event) Showcase of short films from students of JQS Learning, featuring a Q&A with industry professions inc. Dagmar Scheibenreif, Vanessa Hehir and Richard Anthony Dunford.
£5.00
The R.I.P Man (Partner Event)
WEDS 7.00 – 9.00 PM: The R.I.P Man at Dukes at Komedia - Presented in association with Brighton Rocks Festival. Slasher Horror film made in Brighton, directed by Jamie Langlands, featuring a Q&A with the cast and crew. "The R.I.P Man" Rest In PAIN! This event sits outside the official festival selection.
£5.00
#9: Docs Rock I
Screening at DALTONS on Thursday 18 June 5:30–7:45 PM of: A Climate Diary: Around the Middle East · Songs of Salt · Freedom of the Sea · Runner's High · Lightning Flowers (feature film) Q&A with filmmakers follows screening
£12.99
#10: Docs Rock II
Screening at DALTONS on Thursday 18 June 7:45–11 PM Part I · Dispatches from Albion (7:45–9:15 PM) Gilbert & George Daytripping Forever! · Designing from Home · James Pearson-Howes: Sitting Still · Littlest Stunt · Children of Albion · Dave Muir – All or Nothing · One in Two Part II · Difficult Lives, Fragile Spaces (9:15–11 PM) The War Within · A Film – My Body · Please Do Not Resuscitate · Eleutheria Q&A with filmmakers follows screening Content warning: mature themes
£12.99
#11: Docs & Drama Rock (LGBTQ)
"Life Beyond the Binary" - Screening at ACTORS on Friday 19 June 5 - 7 PM of: Safe · Why We Pride · Rap Baby · Cheers Camden · Charades · All Change · Galatea · Krizalit · Can Accom · Mala Mente Followed by Q&A with Filmmakers
£12.99
#12: LGBTQIA+ Drama Rocks
Screening at ACTORS on Friday 19 June 7 - 9 PM of: Game Over · Start Again · Magid / Zafar معجد/ ظفیر · Behind The Reflection · Wake Up · Saturday Night Butch · Ubiquitous · Y · Geronto Q&A with filmmakers follows screening
£12.99
#13: Drama Rocks I
"Malaise in the Ménage" - Screenings at ACTORS on Friday 19 June 9 - 11.30 PM of: Menagerie · Forces Mineures · Birthmark · Wine Without Roses (feature film) Q&A with filmmakers follows screening
£12.99
#14: Drama Rocks II
"No Border No Cry" - Screenings at DALTONS on Saturday 20 June 11AM–1:00 PM of: Kinder Than Cuts · The Long Spring · Rule, Britannia · Hind · Butcher’s Stain · DIRT · Post · Misery and Other Choices Q&A with filmmakers follows screening
£12.99
#15: Drama Rocks III
"What the Children Saw" - Screenings at DALTONS on Saturday 20 June 1:00-3:00 PM of: Kit · Chokehold · Daddy Daze · Ivanko’s Childhood · Dog · Findmy · Goodnight, Papa Q&A with filmmakers follows screening
£12.99
#16: Drama Rocks IV
"Drama Rocks IV: Winding Paths & Rocky Roads" - Screenings at DALTONS on Saturday 20 June 3:00-5:00 PM of: Electricity Pylon · (Mum) · Bubbles · We're All Black Down · Here Rot · Finding Calm · Every Time I See a Yellow Car Q&A with filmmakers follows screening
£12.99
#17: Drama Rocks V
"Man Trouble" - Screenings at ACTORS on Saturday 20 June 12 - 12 PM of: The Secret Assistants · Hero · I Am the Prize · Deli Meat · Manosphere · Dinner for Loners · Paranoyya Q&A with filmmakers follows screening
£12.99
#18: DAVID HARE LIVE EVENT
2:00–3:00 PM at ACTORS A panel discussion hosted by SCRIPT CLUB with acclaimed novelist and screenwriter David Hare, featuring a discussion of The Hours (2002). Presented by Luke Foster & Lucy Nordberg.
£12.99
#19: 45 Revs Per Minute
45 Revs Per Minute: For Women Rocking 45 and Over - Screenings at ACTORS on Saturday 20 June 3:30–5:30 PM of: Body Clock · A Fresh Start · Bard Arse · Grain · Old Girl in a Tutu: Susan Rennie Disrupts Art History · Poppy · Simultané · The Fuck It List · Bluff · Purser Q&A with filmmakers follows screening
£12.99
#20: Comedy Rocks
Screenings at ACTORS on Saturday 20 June 5:30–7:30 PM of: L’Abricot · Hopes and Beans · Paper Round · Self+Tape · Gibberish · The Postman · Pass the Salt · M’ungry · El Lloron Q&A with filmmakers follows screening
£12.99
#21: Down the Rabbit Hole I
Experimental Films "Down the Rabbit Hole" - Screenings at ACTORS on Saturday 20 June 7:30–9:45 PM of: The Motion · The Boy’s Gaze · No Man's Land · Out of Order · Sirena · Perfect Girl · A Summer’s Astray · Small Hours · Do You Have Kids? Q&A with filmmakers follows screening
£12.99
#22: Down the Rabbit Hole II
"Down the Rabbit Hole II" - Screenings at ACTORS on Saturday 20 June 9:45 PM–12:30 AM of: Now’s Your Time · Plaster · Burnt Toast · The Humbug · The Belladonna · Night Whispers · Tapeworm · Bleumoi · Mercy · The Trick · Better Anything · What Goes Round (Or Things That Go Bump in the Night) · Strong Batch · Burnt Orange Q&A with filmmakers follows screening
£12.99
#23: Women Rock
Screenings at DUKES AT KOMEDIA on Sunday 21 June 12:00–2:00 PM of: Fragment of Earth Offered Up to the Light · An Excess Baggage · Sirena · Loneliness Doesn’t Come Alone · The Wolf · Reload · Fractured Frame · Makes a Wish Q&A with filmmakers follows screening
£12.99
#24: 'Luna' & Best of Fest!
Screenings at DUKES AT KOMEDIA on Sunday 21 June 2:00–4:00 PM of: 2:00–4:00 PM · ‘LUNA’ & Best of Fest Under the Orange Moon from Love Lives Here 愛住在這裡 · Pushed Together · On the Border of the Word · Moth & I · Bubbles · Luna (feature film) Q&A with filmmakers follows screening
£12.99
#25: Drama Rocks VI (relaxed)
Relaxed Screening (Autism-Friendly) at DALTONS on Sunday 21 June 11AM-1 PM of: Rocket Fuel · Uncle Artoo · Wesley the Vampire · The Cowgirl · God of Mischief · How Not to Try Again · Round Corners – Such a Fool · Accession (Efterträde) · Father Oh Father Q&A with filmmakers follows screening
£12.99
#26: Drama Rocks VII (BSL)
Films for & by the Deaf & Hard of Hearing Community - Screenings at DALTONS on Sunday 21 June 1:00-3:00 PM of: Cleaned Out · Eresmos Trilogy · Reconnection · Deaf Jams: Dance With Me · Detachable Q&A with filmmakers follows screening (with BSL interpretation)
£12.99
#27: LGBTQIA+ Docs Rock
Voice Shift & Tomorrow’s Too Late (feature film) We are invited to witness, up close and intimately, the changes undergone by singer-songwriter and X Factor finalist Dylan Holloway. From the highs of gender euphoria to the challenging lows of self-doubt and vulnerability, will Dylan’s dreams come true in the mission to live authentically — or will he have to give up the one thing that has always brought solace: the voice? Q&A and Performance by DYLAN HOLLOWAY follow screening
£12.99
AWARDS with TOYAH WILLCOX
DALTONS 5:30-7:00 PM Presented by Toyah Willcox (Quadrophenia, Jubilee & more)
£20.00
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