Fighting Spirit Film Festival 2021

The 2021 edition of the Fighting Spirit Film Festival takes place this year between 11-12 September at Stratford East Picturehouse and pays tribute to up-and-coming martial arts actor Max Repossi and filmmaker and festival team-member Steven Booth, who sadly both passed away this year.

This event features the UK premiere of The Paper Tigers, More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story, Kung Fu Warrior, a special screening of the Jackie Chan classic Armour of God, presented by 88 Films from a new 2K restoration, plus a top lineup of short films and awards for tomorrow's rising stars and filmmakers, and much more.

I’ve been a judge for the awards since their first event in 2016 and I always enjoy seeing the wide variety of filmmaking from talented new filmmakers and rising stars. This year is no exception and the standard has been extremely high.

About the festival:

Through martial arts cinema we aim to entertain and inspire people, promote martial arts culture, and support those who have chosen it as a career. We hope that by making this an annual event that it will help create a stronger market for martial arts and action films, support and grow the legacy of films in the genre gone before and continue to entertain, inspire, amaze and enlighten audiences.

Find out more, view the schedule and book tickets here