Festival History

The Same Difference Film Festival first took place in 2005. The next festival will be our fourth.

The Same Difference Film Festival is the brainchild of Aik Saath, a registered charity aiming to promote peace and understanding between communities through a peer-led scheme of conflict resolution and anti-racism education.

The Same Difference Film Festival is a conflict resolution and anti-racism film festival based in Slough. The aim of the Same Difference Film Festival is to help to explore each other's identities and communities. This helps to create a greater awareness of each other, dispels myths and stereotypes, and increases community cohesion. Film festivals have a long history of facilitating dialogue at different levels of society and it is hoped that this festival will perform a similar function for Slough. Film is an ideal medium for communication across perceived boundaries of race, culture and gender - this festival is an attempt to harness that medium.

Click here to find out more about the organisers of the festival.