This year's Crystal Palace International Film Festival will run from Thursday 29 February to Saturday 23 March 2024, and tickets are on sale now.

You can watch trailers for ‘the world’s coolest film festival’, recently rated third out of 12,000+ film festivals worldwide, see the schedule and buy tickets here.

CPIFF gives the opportunity to meet and hear from independent filmmakers attending from all over the world. The Q&As are fascinating and many nights quickly sell out so book early.

One of the UK’s best comedians, Shappi Khorsandi, returns to present the CPIFF Awards & Comedy Night following Johnny Vegas, Kerry Godliman (Ricky Gervais' Afterlife), Andy Zaltzman and Mark Steel.

See also the Crystal Palace International Film Festival website.