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Kino Shorts 76 – Spring Season continues – Thur 25th April 2024

Thursday 25th April 2024, KINOFILM Festival presents KINO SHORTS 76 Doors open at 7.00 pm, programme apx 7.15pm (please be early to guarantee your seat)[…]

Kino Shorts 75 – Spring Season begins – Wed 27th March 2024

Wednesday 27th March 2024, KINOFILM Festival presents KINO SHORTS 75 Doors open at 7.00 pm, programme apx 7.15pm (please be early to guarantee your seat)[…]

Kino Shorts 74 – Our Autumn season continues WED 8th NOV 2023

Wednesday 8th NOVEMBER, KINOFILM Festival presents KINO SHORTS 74 Doors open at 6.30pm, programme apx 7.00pm (please be early to guarantee your seat) Kinofilm is[…]

Kino Shorts 73 – Our Autumn season continues WED 25th Oct 2023

Wednesday 25th OCTOBER, KINOFILM Festival presents KINO SHORTS 73 Doors open at 6.30pm, programme apx 7.00pm (please be early to guarantee your seat) Kinofilm is[…]

Kino Shorts 72 – Autumn Season begins – WED 27th Sept 2023

Wednesday 27th September, Kinofilm Festival presents KINO SHORTS 72 Doors open at 6.30pm, programme starts 7.00pm (please be early to guarantee your seat) Kinofilm is[…]

Kino Shorts is Back at Mini Cini – Thur June 8th 2023

Thursday 8th June, Kinofilm Festival presents Kino Shorts 71 Doors open at 7.00pm, programme starts 7.30pm (please be early to guarantee your seat) Kinofilm is[…]

KINOFILM presents KINO SHORTS – WED 22nd June 2022, 7.30pm

Kinofilm Festival is pleased to present our next event in the new series of KINO SHORTS’ NorthWest filmmakers event. The event will take place bi-monthly[…]

SAVE THE DATE: 27th April – KINO SHORTS IS BACK!!

KINOFILM Festival Presents KINO SHORTS – WED 27th APRIL 2022, 7.30pm Kinofilm Festival is pleased to announce the relaunch of our KINO SHORTS NorthWest filmmakers[…]

Official Selection 2022

We are now in the process of contacting all the filmmakers whose films are accepted to Kinofilm 2022, taking place this October. Apologies to all[…]

Kino Flash Pop-Up Festival in Withington, 22 – 29 August

Cinema’s Coming Home  20 years after the closure of the iconic Cine City, legendary Manchester short film festival operators Kinofilm are bringing cinema back to[…]

Kinofilm Announces Online Festival – International Spring Edition

FESTIVAL PASSES ON SALE NOW HERE. We’re thrilled to announce that the Kino festival  will return to celebrate its 25th Anniversary with its first online[…]

We Welcome this year’s Jury Members

 For this year’s International Section of the 16th Kinofilm Festival in our Premiere OnLine Edition, we reactivated  our jury members lined up for last[…]

Black Friday Weekend Voucher Code 75% OFF Submissions

As we enter our last month of submission we are proud to offer for the first time a special Black Friday Discount Code from FRIDAY[…]

Coming Soon to Manchester & Withington

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT RE. FESTIVAL DATES KINOFILM™ will present its 16th short film festival, Manchester International Short Film and Animation Festival from Saturday 21st March to[…]

KINOFILM 15th Edition Award Winners, Runners Up and Special Mentions

As the 15th Edition of KINOFILM Festival comes to a close, it’s time to look back and reflect on the amazing array of short films[…]

Closing Weekend and a bumper packed day starts at 12noon 1/12/18.

We have a packed day of films today with 9 programmes of mind blowing, ground breaking short films.. Come on down and enjoy our British[…]

Fri 30th Nov Women in Film – on offer at NIAMOS from 12noon

In addition to our spectacular Animation day at Partisan today (Friday 30th) we have another super day on offer today at Niamos, with our special[…]

Get Ready! The Opening Gala is here! (24/11 6.30-11pm)

It’s Sat the 24th November and it’s time for our opening night at the great new and historic venue NIAMOS (formally Nia Centre/BBC Playhouse/Grand Junction[…]

KINOFILM 19, Manchester European Short Film Festival May 2024

GREAT NEWS, AFTER A BREAK OF TWO YEARS KINO IS MAKING A WELCOME RETURN WITH A SPECIAL EUROPEAN MINI SHORT FILM FESTIVAL IN MAY, FROM[…]

KINO AT THE POLY Falmouth, 19th & 20th Oct

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[…]

Submissions: 15th Edition 2018 -Submissions now closed: 7th July

Submissions to out 15th Anniversary Edition taking place 26th Nov – 2nd Dec 2018 are now closed.  *LATEST CLOSING OFFER* DEADLINE EXTENDED FROM 2nd –[…]

Get Ready! The Opening Gala is here! (Sat 18th Nov 2017 7-11pm)

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[…]

Posters of Shorts from Kinofilm 13

Here’s a selection of posters from the films we showed in this year’s festival.  Some really great art work.

Festival Gallery 2. Selection of Posters for Animations

Here’s just some of the animations shown at Kinoflim Festival 13th edition.  

Festival Gallery 1. Italian & French Shorts at Instituto Cervantes

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[…]

Kinofilm 2016 Award Winners

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[…]

Latest News, Festival Brochure, Info Point

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[…]

Gallery Of This Year’s Shorts

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[…]

Festival Diary, Tickets. What, When & Where? Check this post!

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,[…]

British Shorts 2, Sun 28th Feb

Sun 28th Feb, Anthony Burgess Foundation 4.00pm            Tickets now available here. BEST OF BRITISH 2 (15) Doomed romance, racial tension,[…]

Euro Cine 5: Spanish Shorts 2, Sun 28th Feb

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[…]

Made Up North, Sat 27th Feb

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[…]

Women in Film, Sat 27th Feb

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[…]

Family Friendly, FREE SCREENING, Sat 27th Feb

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[…]

Animation 4: Kids Corner FREE SCREENING, Sat 27th Feb

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[…]

British of Shorts 1, Fri 26th Feb

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[…]

Kino Tales 5: Comedy Tales 2, Fri 26th Feb

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[…]

Euro Cine 4: Crossing Borders, Fri 26th Feb

Fri 26th Feb, Instituto Cervantes Euro Cine 4: CROSSING BORDERS (Cert 15)          Tickets now available here. Homelessness, bullying, bad parenting, bridge-jumping, a[…]