The South Asian Film Festival Federation (SAFFF) is an open and ongoing initiative pioneered by UKAFF initially as a response to the exigencies faced by the global South Asian film festival sector due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-21. 

Since then, SAFFF events spanning hybrid networking events, conferences, educational and creative industry-based workshops and panel discussions have nurtured a sustainable and dynamic convergence point for filmmakers, digital streaming platforms, producers, exhibitors, students, policymakers and audiences to engage around multifaceted dimensions of British South Asian/South Asian film curation, culture and production.
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To further these goals, the UK Asian Film Festival in collaboration with the BFI hosts an annual delegate networking event as part of the BFI London Film Festival programme in October.