Welcome to the second year of AP’s UK Film Photographer of the Year competition! We’re looking for your best film photographs taken in 2025. Entries are FREE, and close 21st January 2026. Winners will be announced at our prestigious AP Awards in February.
Film photographers from the UK are invited to enter the competition, for the chance to win a massive prize pot worth £4,000. Continue reading to see the prizes up for grabs from Analogue Wonderland, Kodak Professional and Ricoh.
UK Film Photographer of the Year 2024 – Winning Portfolio by Cal Holland
How to enter
We are looking for your very best images from 2025. Submit a selection that represents your creativity, your expertise, and your personal vision.
The judges will be looking for a set of 5-8 images that showcase your ability to shoot fantastic film images across a range of genres, situations and styles.
Prizes
The winner gets over £4k of prizing, including:
- A brand new Pentax 17 film camera
- A year’s supply of Kodak film
- A year’s supply of film developing and scanning with the Analogue Wonderland lab
- A limited edition Pentax t-shirt and baseball cap!
Two runners-up win £1000 worth of film, £1000 worth of developing and scanning, and a limited edition Pentax t-shirt!
The Judges
Nigel Atherton, Group Editor, Amateur Photographer
Jessica Miller, Deputy Online Editor, Amateur Photographer
Paul McKay, Founder, Analogue Wonderland
Andrew Church, Quality Manager, Kodak Alaris
Adrian Uden, Marketing Manager, Ricoh
Inspiration for your entries
Check out our film photography articles to help get you started with your entries.
- How to shoot film at night
- How to make a pinhole camera
- Capturing Women’s football on film
- Analogue street photography tips
- Top tips for how to get creative with analogue film photography
Terms
You can submit photos taken on black and white, colour negative or colour slide film, or any combination, but all photos must have been taken on a physical film during 2025. Images must be submitted as digital scans (please do NOT send prints or slides) which must be at least 2000 pixels on their longest side. Some minor digital editing is permitted but the core character of the emulsion must be retained.
You must be residents of the UK to enter. Winning photographers will be required to verify that their portfolio images were all shot on film.
Photographers found to have uploaded imagery taken on digital cameras to this contest will have their Photocrowd accounts deactivated. Photographers found to have uploaded AI-generated imagery to this contest will be at risk of prosecution and damages will be sought.
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