Grimmfest, the Manchester based genre film festival, has announced the first ever Grimmfest Awards to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The new scheme will celebrate the very best genre titles selected for the annual festival as well as the creative teams behind them. The announcement comes as the build up towards during the submission period for…
Home Manchester is screening a season of films from directors who have only directed one feature film. The season has been selected by Jason Wood, Artistic Director: Film, featuring eight movies which were released between 1955 and 1990. So what’s being screened during the One-Film Wonders season at Home? The Honeymoon Killers (18) + intro…
One of the most iconic movies of all times, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, comes to Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall for a screening accompanied by a full symphony orchestra. The year is 1936, and professor of archaeology and “obtainer of rare antiquities” Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is tasked by U.S. Army Intelligence…
Manchester Film Festival has confirmed that US actor Shia LaBeouf, Finnish artist Nastja Säde Rönkkö and British artist Luke Turner will be special guests at the festival where they will premiere their documentary film #TAKEMEANYWHERE before its worldwide release. The film charts LaBeouf, Rönkkö and Turner as they embarked on a month-long project to hitchhike…
Meet the Puppet Masters Conferences returns for its third year, featuring leading speakers from the worlds of animation and puppetry at Waterside Arts. This year, Meet The Puppet Masters features guests with a connection to Cosgrove Hall Films, which is subject to a special exhibition at Waterside Arts. Confirmed speakers include: Bridget Appleby – Bridget…
Film fans, prepared to be submerged in music as a screening of Steven Speilberg’s Jaws comes to Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall with the score performed live by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. The performance marks one of six regional performances which have been announced following a successful run at the Royal Albert Hall. Based on the…
The Dancehouse Theatre, Manchester, will host a rare double bill of the 30s classics Frankenstein and its sequel Bride of Frankenstein next week. The screening, a collaboration between Design Manchester’s DM17 Film Season and the Gothic Manchester Festival, will be introduced by co-curator Sir Christopher Frayling. Sir Christopher will look at the release of his…
Manchester’s Grimmfest, one of the leading horror movie festivals in the UK, has launched this year’s fright-filled festivities. The four day horror, cult and fantastic movie extravaganza takes place at Vue Cinema at Manchester’s Printworks and features countless premieres, deadly females, men on a mission, top picks from other festivals and shorts. One of the…
Manchester’s Festival of Horror, Cult and Fantastic Film, Grimmfest, has announced the 2017 line-up as it promises to be bigger, bolder and bloodier than ever before! So what can we expect from Manchester’s Grimmfest 2017? Premieres … lots of premieres … Grimmfest 2017 will hold world premieres, European premieres, UK premieres … lots of them!…
Home Manchester will present a season of independent Indian cinema with a selection of one-off screenings exploring a flourishing film scene rarely experienced in British cinema. Not Just Bollywood introducing audiences to must-see films, many of which never made it onto UK cinema screens, curated by Omar Ahmed, a UK-based film scholar and PhD researcher…
