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…
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: …
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…