People’s Vote Award Results October 2022

Kinofilm Festival 18th Edition decided to allow the people to decide the winner of our categories this year by allowing them to name their top three films from each programme after they had viewed it in its entirety. The results are as follows: LGBTQ Winner: Nicki Dir: Saman Haghighivand, Wri: Saman Haghighivand, Fatemeh Pourhashemi, Prod:…

Eurocine: Eastern European Shorts (Cert 15) 25th October (4pm)

An eclectic programme of short films from across Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation. A programme with something for everyone, featuring themes of mortality, exploitation, family relationships, conflict, filial love and death in this mixed programme of fiction and animation. LIFE AND DEATH Dir: Anastasiia Delibalt, Prod: Olexandr Gudenko,…

Awards Ceremony and Programme: 30th October 7:00PM

Come and join us on the evening of Sunday 30th October for a brilliant celebration and closing ceremony of our 18th Edition Kinofilm Manchester International Short Film Festival.  There will be presentations of the People’s Awards for each programme, with a Q&A and special selections programme of some of our organiser’s favourite entries this year.…

FULL A-Z LIST OF FILMS

A-Z LIST OF FILMS – Screening FILM TITLE DIRECTOR’S NAME PROGRAMME NAME DAY DATE TIME VENUE 1.2 Million Anastasia Arsentyeva Made Up North SUN 23.10.22 3:00 PM Mini-Cini A Father’s Job Frank Christian Wagner European Gems TUE 25.10.22 8:15PM Mini-Cini A Film About Nice Guys Cecilia Säverman, Julia Boström New Voices FRI 28.10.22 4:00 PM…

FULL SCHEDULE

DAY DATE TIME PROGRAMME VENUE SECTION ONLINE ON DOOR WEDNESDAY 19 Oct 18:00 Spanish Shorts Instututo Cervantes Eurocine FREE FREE THURSDAY 20 Oct 18:00 Italian Shorts Instututo Cervantes Eurocine FREE FREE FRIDAY 21 Oct 18:00 Opening Event featuring Manchester Shorts Salford Uni British Panorama £4.00 £5.00 SATURDAY 22 Oct 17:30 Tales of Women Mini-Cini Kino…

Student: Salford Student Shorts (Cert 15) 23rd Oct 2022 (1:00PM)

A collection of imaginative shorts from University of Salford students. Covering a wide range of genres and techniques, this programme bodes well for the future of Mancunian filmmaking. At University of Salford, Film Production students are taught by seasoned professional filmmakers. It’s a practical course, with an enviable storeroom of top-quality equipment allowing the students…

Outside In: New Voices (Cert 15) 28th October 2022 (4:00PM)

Controversial dinner conversation, caregivers to the homeless, a cross ethnic friendship amidst ethic descrimination, stories of memory loss, anxiety, aftermath of crisis and a magical maze,  young girl’s stroll through a surreal town and more characterise this selection of short films by filmmakers new to KINOFILMFEST 2022. A FILM ABOUT NICE GUYS Dir/Wri: Cecilia Säverman,…

British Panorama: British New Wave 2 (Cert 15) 29th Oct (8:15PM)

The denial of freedom, the power in word reclamation, knowledge in retrospect, the complexities of returning home, ancestry and morality, endangered spaces, reflections on death and separation and chance encounters that change trajectories bring this selection of British films into vibrant focus.  SEALSKIN (UK) Dir/Wri: Daisy Leigh-Phippard,  Prod: Anna Venuto, Lara Karam United Kingdom, 2019,…

Animation: Dark & Light (Cert 12) 26th October (8:15PM)

Farmers, hunters, sailors, goats. Train rides, boat rides, magic tricks. Memories that seem just like yesterday. Life-changing promises, checklists gone mad. Hilarious bodily functions, and selfies gone wild. You’ll find the wacky ups and downs, all right here.    ARTHUR AND THE SEAGULL Dir/Prod: Luca Di Cecca Italy, 2019, 5 min, Cert PG Ninety-year-old Arthur is…

Eurocine: European Gems (Cert 15) 25th October 2022 (8:15PM)

Interpretive dance, documentary filmmaking, theatrical intrigue, curious curses and questions of the nature of human existence from the perspective of an android weave together this intriguing melange of European shorts from the Eastern and Western Europe. FIBONACCI Dir/Wri: Tomáš Hubáček,  Prod: Jan Macola, Mimesis Film Czech Republic, 2020, 8 min 13 sec, Cert 15 Thirteen…

Official Film Selection Screening Calendar 2022

We are happy to announce our Official Film Selection Screening Calendar for the 18th Edition of the Kinofilm Festival.We have curated a 12-day long festival with 30 programmes falling into 8 categories: Animation, British Panorama, Eurocine, International, Euro Tales, Outside In, Student and Women in Film. For more information on these programmes, explore our ‘Events’ tab…

Opening Event featuring Manchester Shorts 21st October

Join us at the Digital Performance Lab (University of Salford) down at Salford Quays on Friday 21st October to celebrate the opening of Kinofilm’s 18th International Short Film Festival! The reception will open at 6pm which will include drinks and networking opportunities. At 7pm, our 90-minute programme ‘Manchester Shorts’ will debut in the 130 seat…

KINOFILM FESTIVAL 18th Edition October 2022

Kino are pleased to announce the 18th edition of the Festival will take place October 18th – 30th 2022. We are now presenting the festival that was originally due to take place 2021 festival was moved to 2022 to make way for the 2020 covid postponed festival from 2020, which was presented in two parts…