The company provides a platform for emerging talent – to commission emerging artists, showcase their work, to offer networking occasions with industry leaders and to provide inspiration and learning opportunities.
Tongues on Fire is also the producer of the London Asian Film Festival that aims to entertain, inform, educate and affect change in mood, emotion or thought. This annual film festival has been going strong for over fifteen years and champions both arts and cinema intertwining political and social messages with entertainment.
The London Asian Film Festival is an eclectic mix of films, stimulating interviews, outstanding lectures series, workshops, live performances, visual arts exhibitions, master classes and the annual short film competition. We’re proud to hold the annual London Asian Film Festival awards ceremony that rewards the great films, film makers and artists.
The Festival pushes boundaries and overlaps with global cultures through films and all other art forms with a broad crossover appeal.
Cinema is a magical place. It appeals to all our senses, plugs into other people’s experiences and offers an alternate perspective. Watching a film at the cinema is a shared experience where you go on a collective journey with the rest of the audience. The tears, the laughter, the joy, the suspense and seeing through a window to another world, all is a shared moment. What is more amazing than that?
Our passion for South Asian arts and cinema remains as resilient and strong as it did when Tongues on Fire began.
You can send us your film:
to be shown as a Feature Film ( Films must be in English or with English subtitles. The film needs to be sent in DVD format, or screener or for online viewing, with a brief synopsis of the film to the address given in the contact us page which can be found here); this years theme is Women in Cinema – so this could be on screen or behind the camera.
for the Short Film Competition (the competition is open to anyone above 16. Films can be any genre including narratives, animations, music videos, documentaries among others. It must be 10 minutes or less. ( Films must be in English or with English subtitles. The film needs to be sent in DVD format, or available online to view) Short films must be about South Asian issues or be made by a South Asian (written, producer, directed, main cast etc.) our focus this year is Women in Cinema – this could be on the screen or behind the camera);
to be screened as a Documentary (Films must be in English or with English subtitles. The film needs to be sent in DVD format with a brief synopsis of the film to the address given in the contact us page which can be found here).
To submit your film, do the following:
Send us a screener of your film, along with an information pack which should include a short synopsis of the film, your contact details, the running time and language of the film.
You can send this to Tongues on Fire, Westbury House, 23-25 Bridge Street, Pinner, HA5 3HR.
Please make sure you agree to our terms and conditions before you submit your film. You can download the submission form with the terms and conditions - filmsubmissionform .
Please include all the required information and we will be in contact with you as soon as we receive the film screener. It would be helpful if you email us of your intention to send in a film.
To be shown as a Feature Film ( Films must be in English or with English subtitles. The film needs to be sent in DVD format, or screener or for online viewing, with a brief synopsis of the film to the address given in the contact us page which can be found here); this years theme is Women in Cinema – so this could be on screen or behind the camera.
for the Short Film Competition (the competition is open to anyone above 16. Films can be any genre including narratives, animations, music videos, documentaries among others. It must be 10 minutes or less. ( Films must be in English or with English subtitles. The film needs to be sent in DVD format, or available online to view) Short films must be about South Asian issues or be made by a South Asian (written, producer, directed, main cast etc.) our focus this year is Women in Cinema – this could be on the screen or behind the camera);
to be screened as a Documentary (Films must be in English or with English subtitles. The film needs to be sent in DVD format with a brief synopsis of the film to the address given in the contact us page which can be found here).
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