2024 Festival

London, Manchester, Florida and Trinidad & Tobago

Celebrating 18 years! The 2024 edition of I Will Tell International Film Festival in the UK was a groundbreaking cinematic event with high impact Screenings and Filmmaker Q&As.

Following the successful 2023 pilot that was supported by the British Film Institute to bring the festival to wider audiences across the UK, in 2024 we extended the festival to Manchester at the iconic Concorde Hangar.

The festival will also host special events in Fort Lauderdale, USA and Bandoo Trace, Trinidad and Tobago. High quality narrative features, documentaries, short films, animation, experimental and more, from across the globe. We are thrilled to announce the WINNERS of this year’s festival.  

 

CHECK OUT THE FULL LIST OF NOMINEES HERE

CHECK OUT THE FULL LIST OF WINNERS HERE

The 2024 Winners are Revealed! Watch the Trailers Below

Founded in 2007 by Jenny Lee, the name of the Festival comes from a word spoken in the Senna dialect in Mozambique Ndinadzawapanga (pronounced Nah-jah-pang-ga) and means  I Will Tell. It speaks to the power of story telling to provoke change at an individual and societal level.  The Festival is now a hybrid event that runs in London, Florida and Trinidad and Tobago in person with an enhanced virtual experience available globally online.  We support a range of established and emerging filmmakers and have premiered films such as Ava DuVernay’s 13th,  hosted high profile talent such as Lashana Lynch (007), global icons such as Raymond Santana (Central Park 5).

200
Nights
20000
Film Submissions
85
Awards
17
Years

We host Films and Discussions with Filmmakers, Subject Matter experts and Global icons. We have a unique blend of challenge and celebration and after 16 years, we love what we do even more. We are grateful for the organisations that have partnered with us to make the festival the very best it can be.

The Story Of I WILL TELL

I Will Tell is the festival of choice globally for filmmakers who tell those stories that would otherwise not be heard, the event of choice for those seeking inspiration, and the expression of the love to our world in a way that is relevant, tangible and meaningful

Anel, a young, ambitious girl from Mozambique shares with a visiting missionary her dreams to travel the world and help others. But a young man from the village reminds her that girls are not allowed to go to school, so her dreams could never become a reality. Although visibly deflated, Anel’s bold response would inspire thousands of people over the next 15 years … Ndinadzawapanga! (I Will Tell)

I Will Tell is held in London, USA and the Caribbean. In addition the livestreaming of the festival gives access to filmmakers and film lovers from across the globe

Over the years

Meet some of Our Festival Jury

The Journal

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