London offers free film festival

In what has been described as "London's biggest filmic free-for-all" the Portobello Film Festival offers a top day out for all.

Running from August 6-22, the independent festival screens new features, shorts, cult movies and lots more at a host of locations around the Notting Hill Portobello area.

Film Screenings are set up for big audiences, with around 15,000 people attending each year and the whole thing is free.

In addition there is a big emphasis on music at the event that first began in 1996.

Both Guy Ritchie and Shane Meadows are filmmakers who made their mark at the event.