We are delighted to present a selection of 5 programmes from the Kinoflim International Short Film Festival 15th edition in a special advance two day festival at the Poly Cinema, Falmouth, Cornwall. A chance to get some feedback on our film selections, network with the Festival Director and our South West correspondent George Green, and see…
Festival News, our festival selection for 2018 is finally done and we will be making an official announcement very soon. Watch this space for the Official Selection announcement of all the films selected this year and our screening schedule – all coming your way soon. With going on 1000 films submitted and some really high…
Submissions to out 15th Anniversary Edition taking place 26th Nov – 2nd Dec 2018 are now closed. *LATEST CLOSING OFFER* DEADLINE EXTENDED FROM 2nd – 7th July you can get a massive 50% off your submission on both WITHOUTABOX and FILMFFREEWAY using the following code now: 50percentoffKino The code can be used for any category including already discounted categories…
Following November’s 14th Kinofilm Festival we announced our winners and special mentions on our Facebook page. We are pleased to announce here the award winners and Special mentions to the rest of the world. Thanks to all our jury members for the task of viewing and appraising all the films. We hope you agree they have made some…
Below you will find who has been nominated for our awards, taking place at our awards gala tonight at 6pm (arrival) with the presentations beginning at 6.30pm apx at International Anthony Burgess Foundation. Our jury have been working hard to make their decisions and we would like to thank them for their hard work and…
The BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British writer, director or producer goes to.. As part of the 70th anniversary celebrations, BAFTA present a screening of Red Road, a BAFTA-winning debut film directed by Andrea Arnold, in partnership with Kinofilm Festival. This is an unique opportunity to see this outstanding British debut on the big…
Where would film be without its stars? Even in the world of shorts, we find famous faces. Whoopi Goldberg and Peter Mullen, Shia LeBeouf and Jane Birkin, Ewen Mackintosh and Denise Welch can all be found strutting their stuff in this star-studded selection. PALACE (Wri / Dir: Marcus C. W. Chan, Wri: Sam Icklow, Prod:…
Guilty family secrets and sinister furniture, the perils of the bar-room pick up and the alienation of the morning after, a challenge to the food chain and an unfortunate medical condition – and various methods for disposing of bodies – in this sinister selection of shorts. LET ME IN (Dir: Max Dawiczewski, Wri: Ed Thwaites, Prod: Tobias Jones,…
Talk and Preview Screening by BAFTA award winning director Gavin Searle. Television is one the main ways British people encounter The Other, but in an age where Love Island and The Bake Off dominate the schedules can anthropology still cut the mustard on TV? Showing clips and a preview of his upcoming BBC series, The Last…
We’ve bereavement and bad timing, depression and self-delusion, bucket lists and bloody-mindedness in our third British Programme. EDITH (Dir: Christian Cooke, Wri: Ray Robinson, Prod: April Kelley, Sara Huxley, Fiona Neilson, Star: Peter Mullan, Michelle Fairley, Elliott Tittensor, UK, 2016, 15 min) Since his wife Edith’s death four months ago, Jake has fallen into a…
We’ve an agoraphobic romantic and a merry widow, a hapless detective and a frustrated filmmaker, a brace of vengeful sons and a nightmare job interview in our second selection of British films. INBOX (Wri / Dir: B Welby Delimere, Wri: Rory Fleck Byrne, Prod: Helen Gladders, UK, 2017, 7 min 30 sec) When an agoraphobic…
We’ve unusual houseguests and unexpected encounters, a West Country Western and a Liverpool revenge-noir in the first of our British Programmes. IN THIS HOUSE (Wri / Dir: Owain Hopkins, Prod: Alan Humphreys, UK, 2016, 13 min 5 sec) An elderly couple live out their strange and beautiful existence together, in a relationship where not everything…
Kicking of at 12.00 noon screening and discussion of local filmmaker Jason Wingard’s first feature IN ANOTHER LIFE. Following the screening Jason and co-producer Hannah Stephenson will have a Q&A with Festival Programmer Steve Balshaw. SYNOPSIS: …
SPECTACULAR SHORTS AND EYE-OPENING SEMINARS AT THE KINOFILM FESTIVAL. Today at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation, we’ve fatal femmes and has been boxers, border-jumpers and avenging cabbies, robberies gone wrong and time bent out of shape, and all manner of shadowy criminality in our KINO NOIR programme, which will be kicking off, in more ways…
It’s Sat the 18th November and it’s time for our opening night at the Odeon Great Northern Cinema (formally AMC Cinema). The activities kick of at 7pm with a drinks reception with live music from Greater Manchester singer-songwriter James Holt. Meet the stars and have your photos taken on our red carpet – make it a night…
Join us this Saturday as we kick start 14th Edition of Kinofilm Festival 2017 at ODEON, Great Northern. A night to be remembered with a red carpet arrival, press, photo opportunities and more! Don’t miss out for just £10 a ticket that can be bought via this link on the ODEON Website! Celebrity guests include…
14th Edition KINOFILM FESTIVAL 18TH TO 26TH NOVEMBER We are just over 2 weeks away from our opening ceremony and we’re excited to announce that we have finally finalised our schedule of short films, events and some special screenings of feature films too. We have events from BAFTA, BBC Writersroom, Women in Film and TV…
Remember when you were in school and were asked to do the German exchange and you said “yes! I want to go and stay in someone’s house” and then, a year later, they said “do you want someone to stay at yours?” and you shouted “yes!”. Well, we have an opportunity just like that. A…
Have you ever fancied taking part on a film jury to decide the winner of an award for a film festival? Maybe you already have! The 14th edition of Kinofilm Festival 2017 is looking for a jury panel to decide on our winners, by watching a selection of films and voting in November. Some experience…
The preparation for Kinofilm Festival 2017 is coming along smoothly and we have a jam-packed schedule of films and events to suit every filmmaker and film fans needs! But, first, if you have been selected for our film festival and want to show off to all your friends, family and fans, then please copy our…
It’s not long until the 14th edition of Kinofilm Festival and the festival team are working hard to finalize the film programmes, notify the filmmakers, organize events, create partnerships with fantastic businesses and create a festival that’s going to be exciting for everyone. We can confirm we have events from Women in Film and TV,…
We are excited to announce that a month ago we appointed the new Festival Manager to assist deliver this year’s Kinofilm festival. Our new Festival Manager is Nicole Pott, the Festival Director of High Peak Independent Film Festival, the inaugural event which took place in July this year and will take place again in June 2018. We are…
Do you want to become part of the 14th edition of Kinofilm Festival 2017? Kinofilm™ & Manchester International Film Festival is currently looking for volunteers with various interests and skills. As we are a non-profit film festival, we would not be able to keep our unique reputation for showcasing some of the best international animation…
Submissions only now via arrangement and deadline waivers. ****Update 18th July*** Submissions to this year’s festival are now closed, thanks to all the filmmakers that have submitted their films to us this year. If you have something that you have just finisher or just about to finish or a recent awarding winning film that you…
The award winners short film programme from Kinofilm 2016 is now available to book for your festival or screening venue. We can supply the programme on high quality Blueray, please contact us for more information. Kinofilm Manchester International Short Film & Animation Festival premiered the 2016 Festival Award Winners programme as part of the Film…
Here’s a selection of posters from the films we showed in this year’s festival. Some really great art work. Follow Us
Here’s just some of the animations shown at Kinoflim Festival 13th edition. Follow Us
Photos taken at the Instituto Cervantes on Thursday 25th Feb 2016 at Euro Shorts 3: French Italian connection. Programme presented in association with Instituto Cervantes Manchester, Alliance Francaise and the Societa’ Dante Alighieri Manchester with the technical assistance of Hardy Productions. Follow Us
Following last month’s Kinofilm Festival we are pleased to announce the award winners and Special mentions to the rest of the world. Thanks to all our jury members for the task of viewing and appraising all the films. We hope you agree they have made some great decisions from the 230 shorts films screened. National…
Union Street Workshop on Participatory Filmmaking (Free event) Mon 22nd Feb, Manchester Central Library, 11:00 Only a few seats left here. Kinofilm Festival presents a free and exciting opportunity to learn more about participatory film-making. This workshop will explore participatory film-making approaches, techniques, methods and tips and how they work in reality. Workshop facilitators Roop…
Festival Programme Guide Festival guide now published. Thanks to Manchester Film School for their support in producing this festival guide brochure and of course designer Ian Renfrew for turning this around in under two days, it’s up to the printers now to get the hard copy printed. For now here’s an online PDF version here.…
Check out some of the great images from this year’s films showing in the festival. What a talented bunch of worldwide filmmakers we have one show this year. So pleased at the quality of the chosen films but not forgetting the ones that were not selected – there was just not room for everyone and…
Kinofilm Festival Diary – 22nd-28th February (now updated 17/2) Here you can view the Programme Calendar and Programme Strands schedule. Plan your festival diary here, you can download a Festival diary by clicking here on Programme Calendar. Tickets for all Kinofilm Festival screenings and events are available now on line at our Skiddle page or at…
Sun 28th Feb, Anthony Burgess Foundation 4.00pm Tickets now available here. BEST OF BRITISH 2 (15) Doomed romance, racial tension, violence, dead-end lives, disability, dead relationships – oh, and cute fluffy bunnies – in our second British programme. The Storyteller Dir: Andreas Sheittanis, Prod: Panayiotis Verropoulos, Wri: Andreas Sheittanis UK (2015), 18…
Sun 28thth Feb, Anthony Burgess Foundation 2.00pm Tickets now available here. EURO CINE 5: SPANISH SHORTS 2 (Cert 15) Nostalgic illness, romantic plastic, social etiquette, workplace cynicism, and modern celebrity are among the targets for this second Spanish selection, El buen mal / The Good Illness UK Premiere Dir / Prod…
Sat 27th Feb, Royal Northern College of Music 8.30pm Tickets now available here. MADE UP NORTH (15) Slavery, bullying, parental betrayal, gangsters, con artists and dead pets. But it’s not all grim up north. There’s time for a little romance, too… Michael Dir / Prod / Wri: Jonathan Kemp, Prod: Jon Stonehouse, Phil Chambers UK…
Sat 27th, Royal College of Music 6.30pm Tickets now available here. WOMEN IN FILM (15) In an industry dominated by men, Kino flies the flag for female empowerment. We’ve everything from a post-apocalyptic lesbian revenge Western by the daughter of Hollywood’s most macho director, to a sensitive study of familial oppression in modern Madrid, to…
Sat 27th Feb, Central Library 3.00pm Tickets now available here. FAMILY FRIENDLY FILM PROGRAMME12) – FREE SCREENING Wild West fantasies, young love, the healing power of sport and a date with a difference in this selection of films for all the family. Billy the Kid Dir / Prod / Wri: Sam Johnson, Prod: David…
Sat 27th Feb, Central Library 1.00pm FREE SCREENING Tickets now available here. Animation 4: “KID’S CORNER” (PG) Settle in to hear some stories about lost little light bulbs, critters in machines, music well-played and not, a Grim Reaper that couldn’t, and a little mountain that could. Fulfilament Dir: Rhiannon Evans, Wri: Rhiannon Evans & Joe…
Fri 26th Feb, Anthony Burgess Foundation 8.30pm Tickets now available here. BEST OF BRITISH SHORTS 1 (15) There are intimations of mortality, fumbling attempts at romance, racial tensions, and urban alienation in the first of our British selections. No Strings Dir / Wri: Eion Maher, Prod: Liam Creighton UK (2015), 23 min, Cert 15…
Fri 26th Feb, Anthony Burgess Foundation 6.30pm Tickets now available here. Kino Tales 5: COMEDY TALES 2 (15) Sexual politics, illegal competitions, love and lust among the elderly, an argument without an ending, a wrestle with unemployment, and a very symbolic fish in this second selection of films in a humorous vein. OUT Dir…
Fri 26th Feb, Instituto Cervantes Euro Cine 4: CROSSING BORDERS (Cert 15) Tickets now available here. Homelessness, bullying, bad parenting, bridge-jumping, a journey to rediscover the inner child, and the dangers of trying to keep up with the Johansens in this second selection of films from Europe. Justlikeabitch UK…
Fri 26th Feb, Gullivers 2.00pm Tickets now available here. DOCUMENTARY SHORTS (12) FREE SCREENING Family secrets and traumas, dying traditions, factories, fish, environmental concerns and a little bit of parody in a selection that proves once again that most of the best stories tend to be true. Seven Days A Week NORTH…
Thur 25th Feb, Apotheca Bar 8.30pm Tickets now available here. TAKE 5 & UNDER (15) FREE SCREENING Brevity is very often the soul of wit. Here’s a selection of punchy, to the point, short shorts of 5 mins and under that prove it. Sound of the Crowd Dir / Wri: Keir Black, Prod: Keir Black…
