The Portobello Film festival celebrated its 30th anniversary of offering free independent film to west Londoners this year.
Filmmaker Terry Gilliam and illustrator Ralph Steadman hosted a Q&A on the festival’s opening night.
The volunteer-led festival was launched in 1996 in response to, at least from the founder’s perspective, a decline in the British film industry.
The philosophy was simple: to screen as many independent films as possible to provide budding film directors with a forum to get their works seen.
Since then, many of the directors featured in the festival have become mainstream filmmakers whilst Portobello have screened works at the film festivals in Cannes, Venice, and Macau.
The festival ran from the 28 August-14 September at the Muse 269 Gallery and the Gate Picturehouse.
The winter edition of the festival runs from 3-7 December.
Find out more in the video below.
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