› 2000 The first Filmstock was an epic 15 day event. The first year welcomed animation legend Ray Harryhausen to the festival and we screen an unseen Abbott & Costello episode, alongside some fantastic short films. One of these, a documentary called ‘Bezdan’ was one of the first films exported from Bosnia since the Balkans conflict, and nearly didn’t make it. As a way of attracting local audiences, the initial re...

› Filmstock There is a town 30 miles North of London called Luton. It used to be famous for hats, then cars and now an airport. In 1999 however two Lutonians decided to change that and conceived an international film festival. In June 2000 Filmstock was born. Since that first event the festival has seen many changes. The one constant has been the fact that each year we build it from scratch. However, the d...

> FILMSTOCK now open for submission. We are looking for short films, documentaries and feature films for the 2008 programme. All the info is here, but if nothing is crystal clear, get in touch. The Filmstock programme has a very special energy because each year it consists of films submitted by filmmakers. It is organic and diverse and every year is diff...