The 5th edition of the festival took place from Wednesday 22 to Sunday 26 October 2025. The festival was a curated celebration of 25 international and UK documentary films taking place over five days in the seaside town of Folkestone, with all screenings taking place at the beautiful Silver Screen Cinema.

If you were there, please fill in our post-festival audience award and festival survey

This year’s programme dove deep – from the ocean floor to outer space. We met the creatures who live beneath the waves, explored Korean dating, and uncovered the fight for English land rights. We visited eccentric farms and discovered the radical power of a Kenyan library. We got fired up by community solar energy, encountered a legend of 80s pop, and saw Folkestone as you’ve never seen it before. 

What did you see?