Kinofilm Festival is pleased to present our next event in the current season of NorthWest filmmakers events. KINO SHORTS Edition 69 will take place at our new host Manchester venue, the Mini-Cini, based at Ducie Street Warehouse, with state of the art projection and reclining seats, a fantastic lounge area, bar and restaurant. Address…
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 at our new host Manchester venue, the Mini Cini, based at Ducie Street Warehouse, with state of the art projection and reclining seats. Address is 51 Ducie Street, Manchester. M1 2TP There…
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 our filmmakers for the delay in letting everyone know, but we have had a few issues to deal with but we are now well underway with the process. We should…
International Winners 2021 The 16th KINOFILM Festival online edition is now over and we’re proud to remind our audiences and filmmakers of the winning films announced on 16th may 2021. Time to look back and reflect on the amazing array of short films we were proud to showcase this year. With over 230 shorts in…
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 Sunday 29th March 2020. (please note the revised dates announced on social media some 2-3 weeks ago). Look out for details of a Gala Special opening screening with opening party…
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 THE 10TH & 13TH – 19TH MAY 2024. THE FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE IN MANCHESTER AT MINI CINI, DUCIE STREET WAREHOUSE AND THE INSTITUTO CERVANTES ON DEANSGATE. Welcome to this…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Thur 25th Feb – Instituto Cervantes 6.15pm FREE SCREENING Euro Cine 3 (French & Italian) (Cert 15) Tickets now available here. A challenge to all you Euro-sceptics out there! A selection of films from France and Italy in collaboration with our partners Dante Alligeri and the Alliance Francaise. We are pleased to announce that a Q&A…
Wed 24th Feb, Anthony Burgess Foundation 6.30pm Kino Exposed 2 (UK Student Shorts) (15) Tickets on Sale Now Here We’ve racial tensions, family tragedies, Internet paranoia, mermaids, mad artists, clones and social etiquette for serial killers in this selection of new student work from up and coming UK talent… One Day In Whitechapel Dir /…
Wed 24th Feb, Instituto Cervantes 6.15pm Tickets now on sale here Euro Cine 1. Spanish Shorts 1 (Cert 15) FREE SCREENING Paranoia, paper marriages, people on the periphery and poo are among the subjects for the first of our selection of some of the best new films from Spain… Nemo UK…
Wed 24th Feb, Central Library 4.00pm Animation 1: “DARK & LIGHT” (12A) Tickets now available here. Tales about addiction, greed, death and war presented alongside stories on wonder, creativity and unshakeable friendship. From day-to-day life, to outer space, these are the stories life is made of. Dacryphilia BRITISH Premiere Dir: Rene Chandler, Wri: Amanda…
Tues 23rd Feb, Central Library 6.00pm Tickets now available here. KINO TALES 3: ROMANTIC TALES (15) Love is on the rocks, it’s on a road to nowhere, and yet it transcends death in this series of relationship-themed shorts. Conversations with Strangers Dir /Prod: James Sampson, Prod: Marcus Crouch, Wri: Jonathon Nobbs, Siobhan Callas, Stephanie Wessell…
Mon 22nd Feb, 70 Oxford Street, 7.50pm FREE SCREENING Tickets for Monday now available here. Tues 23rd Feb, Central Library, 4.00pm (Repeat Pay screening) Tickets for Tuesday now available here. MADE IN MANCHESTER in Association with MANCHESTER SCHOOL OF ART Women boxers, killer garden ornaments, traumatised war veterans, police investigations and stalkers. Ah, Manchester. So…
Mon 22nd Feb, Central Library 6.00pm Tickets for Monday available now here. Tues 23rd Feb, Central Library 2.00pm (repeat screening) Tickets for Tue available here INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA SHORTS 1 (15) We’ve feckless fathers and desperate daughters, unsettling encounters and exploitative directors, and a man’s bone-chilling glimpse of his own immediate future in the first of…
Mon 22nd Feb, 70 Oxford Street 5.50pm FREE SCREENING Tickets for Monday available here preceded by iShorts Conference on Monday 22nd at 4.00pm at 70 Oxford Street. Thur 25th Feb, Central Library 3.00pm (repeat Paid screening) Tickets for Thursday available here iSHORTS 2015 (15) in Association with MANCHESTER SCHOOL OF ART and CREATIVE ENGLAND…
Details of all the screening within the various programne strands in this year’s festival below. The iShorts Event in association with Creative England and MMU School of Art iShorts Conference (panel Discussion) Mon 22nd Feb, 70 Oxford street 4.00pm iShorts (Creative England) (15) FREE SCREENING Mon 22nd Feb, 70…
We are pleased to announce all the films screening in Kinofilm Festival 2016. Browse the A_Z List of films screening in this year’s Festival, for the day, time, venue and programme selection (download available below). Full programme details for the festival to be announced shortly. Down load A-Z films FINAL web 2016 copy3 Film Title…
Kinofilm will be holding two advance preview events for the Manchester International Short Film & Animation Festival. The first of these will take place on Wed 27th January at Central Library. Come get a taste of what’s to come during Kinofilm Festival with a special selection of shorts from this year’s Festival. The screening takes…
Ok we’ve had an incredible busy last three months viewing all the festival submissions – thanks go out to our programming team. If you submitted a film to us then you should have heard from us by now if your film has been accepted. If you haven’t heard from us then sorry you probably won’t…
We have a jam packed programme of great films this month at Kino Manchester. Yes, Kino Shorts is back at the Three Minute Theatre this WED. Doors open from 7pm, programme starts at 7.3o.. Everyone is wellcome to attend and tickets are just £5 or £4 concessions (students/unwaged) – evidence must be shown please. Of…
Our first event of the year took place on 28th January at the Three Minute Theatre in the Northern Quarter. Packed full of goodies the event went down a storm with a great selection of fillms. Here’s a summary of what was screened on the night. Our friends from MSI in Liverpool joined us with…
So the festival is over, and we have announced this awards for this year, please see the poster of Award Winners 2014. We are pleased with the results of this year’s festval and would like to thank everyone involved, including all our volunteers, venues and partners, and of course, the participating filmmakers and audiences. We…
FILMMAKERS! YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET INVOLVED IN AN EXCITING NEW OPPORTUNITY AT KINOFILM MANCHESTER The KINOFILM Manchester International short film festival is due make its return at the end of May/early June of 2014. This is Kino Manchester’s last call for submissions to the festival. Entries across all online sites closed on 31st March…
UPDATE: 30th April 2015 Please note this is an archive page. The student festival below took place in 2013 and has not taken place as a dedicated festival since. Kino Exposed is now (for the time being) combined as specific strand of the main KINOFILM FESTIVAL. All students can submit to KINOFILM (via Filmfreeway) at…
Festival Overview Kinofilm Manchester European Short Film Festival – MANCHESTER (2013/14)) http://www.facebook.com/kinofilmfest Please note the Festival provisionally dated for Nov 2013 has been moved to Feb 2014 for logistical reasons beyond our control. Kinofilm would now like to announce the dates of the relaunch of the KINOFILM Manchester International Short Film Festival will be 26th…