[2] The festival's patrons are Abhishek Bachchan,[3] Prof. Rachel Dwyer, Lord Diljit Rana, Sunita Sangar, Sabiha Sumar and Meera Syal.
The 21st Edition of UKAFF was held on 27 March – 4 May 2019, with the festival in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leicester and Manchester.
The Festival was opened by Nagesh Kukunoor's film on child trafficking Lakshmi.
At the 14th LAFF in 2012 Pakistani films won three awards for the first time in the festival's history.
Other films to have premiered at LAFF include Fire, Godmother, Khamosh Pani, Barfi, Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain, Waiting, Manto, Rang Rasiya, Margarita with a Straw and Good Morning Karachi.