2025 Theme

Our chosen theme for 2025 is Creative Healing.

Creativity has the power to heal, to transform, and to reconnect us with ourselves. This year’s theme, Creative Healing, explores the profound ways artistic expression can nurture the soul. From painting to poetry, theatre to dance, music to meditation, creativity serves as a powerful holistic tool for recovery.

We are all creative beings, carrying the gifts of imagination and innovation. Creative Healing is a celebration of our unique, inherent talents. Through film, storytelling and art we can create a path to wholeness, promote growth, and empower our well-being.  

How to enter 

We’re looking for people who want to tell their story in an innovative and creative way. You don’t need to be an expert filmmaker or know any nifty editing tricks; we want imaginative ideas told well. Whether you’re making your film with professional kit or the camera on an old phone, the powerful bit is the story.  

So, spend some time thinking what this year’s theme means to you, plan out your film and what message you what to send and get creating.  

See our ‘how to make a short film’ page for helpful tips and ideas. 

The closing date for 2025 entries is 31st August at 11:59pm.

Submissions will be shortlisted later in the year and the winners selected by a panel our panel of festival judges. 

Previous entries  

The Recovery Street Film Festival has been going for 10 years and the films submitted have been seen over a million times! 

Over the last decade we have seen some amazing entries. From the funny to the moving, the challenging to the inspiring. Everyone who has submitted their film over the years has had a different take on telling their story.  

Check out some of the entries from previous years.