KINO SHORTS 85- WED 27th MAY 2026
KINOFILM presents: KINO SHORTS 85, Wednesday 27th May 2026, Venue: Cultplex Cinema 2, 50 Red Bank, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M4 4HF Box Office/Doors Open: 6.30[…]
KINOFILM presents ITALIAN SHORTS PROGRAMME, Thur 14th May 2026
Thursday 14th May, Instituto Cervantes, Deansgate, Manchester Doors open at 6.00pm programme starts at 6.30pm Welcome to KINO for this fine selection of ITALIAN Shorts[…]
KINO SHORTS 84 – WED 22nd APRIL 2026
KINOFILM presents: KINO SHORTS 84, Wednesday 22nd April 2026, Venue: Cultplex Cinema 2, 50 Red Bank, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M4 4HF Box Office/Doors Open: 7.00[…]
KINO SHORTS 82 – WED 26TH NOVEMBER 2025
KINOFILM presents: KINO SHORTS 82, WED 26th NOVEMBER 2025. Venue: Cultplex Cinema 2, 50 Red Bank, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M4 4HF Box Office/Doors Open: 7:00[…]
KINO SHORTS 81 – THURS 6TH NOVEMBER 2025
KINOFILM presents: KINO SHORTS 81, THUR 6th NOVEMBER 2025. Venue: Cultplex Cinema 2, 50 Red Bank, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M4 4HF Box Office/Doors Open: 7:00[…]
Sunday Soul Alldayer plus film THE JACKIE SHANE STORY- 26/10/25
KinoFilm Manchester Presents: Kino Soul On Sunday, All-dayer #3 including the Movie “Any Other Way – The Jackie Shane Story”. Doors open at 2.00pm, Film[…]
Sunday Soul Alldayer plus Screening Of Summer Of Soul – 21/9/25
As part of Kino’s 20th Anniversary we present our second KINO SUNDAY SOUL and MOVIE All-Dayer at the fabulous Nia Centre (NIAMOS) in Manchester, featuring[…]
Best of Kino 2025 – Didsbury programme, award winners & nominees
Kino’s 20th anniversary touring programme starts next week, two screenings in our first week of the tour. This is our second screening and our second[…]
Kinofilm Festival Award Winners 2025
We would like to announce the Winners, Runners Up and Honourable Mentions in all the award winner categories in this year’s festival. Congratulations to all[…]
Spanish Shorts – Thurs 29th May 2025, 6.00pm
KINOFILM Festival Presents SPANISH SHORTS PROGRAMME Thurs 29th May – 6.00pm (for 6.30pm start) at the INSTITUTO CERVANTES A wild programme of the best Spanish[…]
Documentary – Sun 18TH May 2025, 8:00pm
KINOFILM Festival Presents DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME Sun 18TH May 8:00pm at Mini Cini, Ducie Street Warehouse A brilliant programme of issues including missing children in South[…]
Volunteer Registration Open Now
Love film and love working with other people that do? Do you want to be involved in the 18th Edition of Kinofilm Festival which has[…]
KINOFILM presents KINO SHORTS 70 – Wed 21st Sept 2022, 7.30pm
Kinofilm Festival is pleased to announce edition 70 of our KINO SHORTS NorthWest filmmakers event in Manchester, taking place Wednesday 21st Sept at Mini Cine,[…]
KINOFILM presents KINO SHORTS 69 – THUR 18th August 2022, 7.30pm
Kinofilm Festival is pleased to present our next event in the current season of NorthWest filmmakers events. KINO SHORTS Edition 69 will take place[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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 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 –[…]
Kinofilm 2017 Awards Winners, Runners Up and Special Mentions.
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[…]
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[…]
Festival Volunteers Wanted Now
Do you want to become part of the 14th edition of Kinofilm Festival 2017? Kinofilm™ & Manchester International Film Festival is currently looking for volunteers[…]
Festival Short Film Submissions – Subs Close 15th July + Discount codes
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[…]
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.
Education Events and Networking Events
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[…]
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,[…]
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[…]
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[…]
Documentaries FREE SCREENING, Fri 26th Feb
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[…]
Take 5 & Under, FREE SCREENING, Thur 25th Feb
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.[…]
Kino Experimental, FREE SCREENING, Thur 25th Feb
Thur 25th Feb, Apotheca Bar 630pm Tickets now available here. KINO EXPERIMENTAL (15) FREE SCREENING Medically-inspired dance routines, robot sex, motherhood, mental illness, the aftermath[…]
Euro Cine 3: French/Italian Shorts, FREE SCREENING, Thur 25th Feb
Thur 25th Feb – Instituto Cervantes 6.15pm FREE SCREENING Euro Cine 3 (French & Italian) (Cert 15) Tickets now available here. A challenge to all[…]
Animation 3: O!PLA Across the Borders, Polish Shorts, Wed 24th Feb
Wed 24th Feb, Anthony Burgess Foundation 8.30pm Tickets are on sale now here. Animation 3: O!PLA ACROSS THE BORDERS 2015 Polish Animation (CERT 18) Please[…]
Kino Exposed 2: UK Students, Wed 24th Feb
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[…]
Euro Cine 1: Spanish Shorts 1, Wed 24th Feb
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[…]