Philip Ilson
Profile Information
Organization:
London Short Film Festival
Role:
Festival Director
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Phone number:
Residence:
London, UK
Festival Attendance:
Arriving: 2025-04-07
Leaving: 2025-04-10
About
Philip Ilson is the Artistic Director of the London Short Film Festival, which he co-founded in 2004, after running the Halloween Society film club for 10 years previously since 1994. He was also the short film programmer for the BFI London Film Festival between 2006 and 2022, and is currently short film programmer at the Dinard British & Irish Film Festival in France. He has previously worked as a programmer at the East End Film Festival (London), Cork Film Festival (Ireland), the Branchage Festival (Jersey), Latitude music festival, and at Curzon Soho Cinema.