The Rob Knox London Film Festival platforms new and rising talent at the Cinema Museum on July 8

This July a film festival will platform new and rising talent in film and TV.

But this celebration has a twist, it will also be raising awareness for knife crime and social issues.

The films will be shown at the Cinema Museum in Dugard Way, Elephant and Castle on July 8.

There are nine award categories including Best Film, Best Performance, Best Supporting Performance, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Social Film, Best Non-fiction Film, Best Animation and the prestigious Rob Knox Legacy Award.

The festival honours Rob Knox, a rising star who found his breakthrough role in Harry Potter and the Half Prince, playing Marcus Belby.

But just days after filming, at only 18 years old he was stabbed to death in Sidcup, trying to protect his younger brother in 2008.

The tragic event made headlines and highlighted the continued concerns about knife crimes.

This led to Rob’s father, Colin Knox forming the Rob Knox Foundation as well as the Rob Knox London Film Festival in his honour.

The Festival’s patron Ray Winstone has recorded a special introduction that screens at the start of the event along with Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts franchise director, David Yates.

Tickets for The Rob Knox London Film Festival are available at https://filmfreeway.com/RobKnoxLondonFilmFestival/tickets

Picture: Daniel Radcliff with Rob Knox Picture: Rob Knox Foundation