Manchester’s Festival of Horror, Cult and Fantastic film, Grimmfest, has announced its line-up as it readies to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The festival, a staple on the Manchester calendar, is set to offer up decimation with the darkest, deadliest line-up of wild, blood-spilling movies. Grimmfest will feature premieres, cult-classics, guest appearances and so much more….
Manchester-based genre film festival Grimmfest has revealed the first details of its upcoming 10th anniversary event programme. The organisers of the festival have announced the first three of many UK premieres lined up for the event. Whilst the full Grimmfest programme is set to be revealed on 3 September, an early sneak preview of three…
Home, Manchester, will host the UK premiere of Mike Leigh’s Peterloo in October, with director Mike Leigh himself and members of the cast in attendance. The premiere will be followed by a Q&A with the director. The film tells the story of the Peterloo Massacre which took place 199 years ago today. Produced by Thin…
Horror maestro John Carpenter returns to the UK this October to perform his infamous soundtracks and original compositions with a show set for Manchester’s Albert Hall. John Carpenter is responsible for much of the horror genres and cult films’ most striking soundtrack work in movies such as Dark Star (1974), Assault on Precinct 13 (1976),…
Hazel O’Connor will appear at Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music for a special screening of the digitally re-master uncut version of the film Breaking Glass. The screening will be followed by an intimate Q&A and live performance of some of the film’s best loved songs. Striding into the spotlight and catapulted into fame in…
Manchester’s UK genre film festival Grimmfest has announced that the special guest for this year’s festival will be Barbara Crampton. Renowned for he roles in cult classics such as Re-Animator and From Beyond, the horror genre icon continues to be a major figure in contemporary genre cinema, appearing in recent releases You’re Next, Beyond The…
The Printworks, Manchester, was transformed to the land of fire and ice on Sunday as ThronesCon, the Game of Thrones Fan Convention came to the entertainment complex. The convention was actors, crew, special effects and make-up artists taking part at the sold out event. [masterslider id=”16″] Organisers DraigCon are also bringing a Harry Potter themed…
The Printworks, Manchester, will be transformed to the land of fire and ice on Sunday as ThronesCon, a Game of Thrones Fan Convention comes to the entertainment complex. The event, hosted at The Printworks from 10am – 6pm, will see actors alongside crew, special effects and make-up artists take part in the fan convention, which…
Chorlton based film producers Gemma Bradley and Angel Delgado have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raised £3,000 for post-production of their sci-fi film Black Box which has been filmed in Manchester and Salford. The duo are seeking funds to finalise post-production on the movie. Black Box will be the second feature film which Gemma Bradley and…
The UK’s Music Documentary Festival, Doc’ N Roll, makes it Manchester debut this May, taking over a host of venues including Home, Gullivers, 3MT and Plant Noma. The Film Festival launched in 2014, on a mission to champion under-the-radar music films, featuring post-screening Q&As, DJ sets and live music all themed on the films. This…
