Presented by

Underscore Studios x BFI

2025

🎬 Submissions Now Open | 🎟️ Tickets Available

Underscore Cinema returns for its second edition — a bold and proudly grassroots festival that champions working-class filmmakers across the UK.

Presented by Underscore Studios and supported by the BFI, this year we’re once again taking over the iconic Rio Cinema in Dalston for a one-day celebration of radical, heartfelt, and boundary-pushing cinema from working-class voices.

Underscore Cinema is one of the very few festivals in the UK that unapologetically and explicitly champions working-class voices.

We don’t just include them — we’re built for them.

September 13, 2025 1pm to 3pm | 📍Rio Cinema, Dalston