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Bolton Film Festival 2025: Online Edition Opens for Global Audiences

Following a successful in-person run earlier this month, the Bolton International Film Festival 2025 has launched its online edition, extending access to audiences and industry professionals worldwide. Running from 8–19 October 2025, the virtual programme features more than 300 short films from emerging and established filmmakers, including the festival’s award-winning selections across fiction, documentary, animation, […]

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Grimmfest 2025: 9-12 October

The 2025 edition of Grimmfest once again highlighted how horror remains both a creative and commercial force within the wider film industry. Across four packed days of premieres, Q&As, and screenings, the festival provided a clear snapshot of where independent genre cinema is heading. Premiering the Next Wave of Concept-Driven Horror This year’s programme leans

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Bringing Misper to Life

At this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival, we sat down with director Harry Sherriff to discuss Misper, his debut feature that blends unsettling realism with sharp dark humour. What makes the film particularly striking is its speed: from concept to premiere in roughly a year — a rare pace in an industry where first features

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Europe’s Cinema Giants

As the industry gathers for CineEurope 2025 in Barcelona, the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) and Boxoffice Pro have released the fourth edition of Giants of Exhibition: Europe. The annual report charts the fifty largest cinema operators across the continent, covering more than 18,600 screens and 2,300 venues in 38 markets.It’s a report that not

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From Shoestring to Stardom: How Low-Budget Films Became Global Hits

When most people think of cinema, they picture blockbuster budgets, elaborate special effects and A-list actors. Yet history shows that some of the most influential films of all time were made on tiny budgets. These underdog stories remind us that creativity, originality and clever marketing often matter more than money. Paranormal Activity (2007) – The

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Brides: Nadia Fall, Safiyya Ingar and Ebada Hassan on Friendship, Representation and Telling Untold Stories

From left to right :Safiyya, Ebada and Nadia. British theatre powerhouse Nadia Fall, Artistic Director of the Young Vic, makes her feature film debut with Bride — a bold and empathetic exploration of friendship, identity, and the pressures facing young Muslim women in the UK. At the heart of the story are two teenage girls,

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Love, Loss, and the Edges of Survival

Forced into homelessness after her release from prison, Chrissie searches for love and connection in places where neither is freely offered. Set on the forgotten edges of British society, Love Me, Hold Me, Always is an unflinching 15-minute short exploring poverty, loneliness, and unconditional love with rare honesty. The film marks a significant step for

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I Live Here Now : A Conversation with Executive Producer Floriane Andersen

The multi-talented and charming Floriane Andersen began her career as an actress, performing in France and touring the UK with Shakespeare productions. Alongside three fellow actresses, she began making short films—writing, directing and acting—these went on to play successfully on the festival circuit. Out of that momentum grew an all-female production company which would also

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Platform at TIFF Marks a Decade of Discovering Cinema’s Next Voices

Marking the tenth anniversary of TIFF’s competitive section dedicated to bold directorial vision and distinctive storytelling, the Platform programme continues to serve as a launchpad for some of the most compelling cinematic voices, offering audiences early encounters with filmmakers poised to shape the future of cinema. This year’s lineup brings together 10 films from 19

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