Bolton Film Festival returns from 30 September to 4 October 2026, marking its tenth edition as a major celebration of short-form filmmaking. The festival has also an online programme running from 7 to 18 October. The 2026 festival features an impressive 305 short films, selected from almost 4,000 submissions representing more than 120 countries. The
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Fifth anniversary edition runs from 6 October to 7 November 2026 across Scotland with screenings in Glasgow, Cromarty, Edinburgh, Dunfermline and Aberdeen Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival has announced its 2026 programme, marking the festival’s fifth anniversary with its most ambitious and geographically expansive edition to date. Bringing together some of the most exciting, powerful,
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A FILM BY CASEY WALKER NORTHERN UK PREMIERE AT GRIMMFEST ON 8-11 OCTOBER COMING SOON TO UK CINEMAS As a brutal winter grips the Canadian wilderness and the fur trade begins its collapse, the isolated inhabitants of a remote trading outpost enlist Cole Franklin, an American mercenary haunted by his past, to investigate the silence
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Grimmfest, Manchester’s International Festival of Fantastic Film, returns to Odeon Great Northern, Manchester, from 8–11 October for its 2026 edition. This year’s feature film line-up brings an extraordinary collection of genre talent to the big screen, including Luke Hemsworth (WESTWORLD), Barbara Crampton (RE-ANIMATOR), Asia Argento (LAND OF THE DEAD), Maribel Verdú (PAN’S LABYRINTH), Belén Rueda (THE ORPHANAGE), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (THE TUDORS), Kevin Durand (ABIGAIL), Alyssa
Award-winning performer, comedian, “bad boy of clown,” and one of Vulture’s Top Comics You Should & Will Know, Zach Zucker is debuting his Stamptown Variety Special globally on Netflix August 25th. A raunchy and chaotic, full-on fever dream, Stamptown (created by Zucker) is a late night variety show & pure spectacle featuring the most exciting and wildly entertaining performances from around
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I came up with the idea of launching the competition because when I was a younger film maker there were a number of sponsored 48 hour competitions. I met lots of people who would later become collaborators in the early part of my career through this. I realised that most of those competitions have fallen
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Winner of the £50,000 Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence, EIFF 2026 | Directed by Kieron J. Walsh | 99 mins Skintown arrived at the 79th Edinburgh International Film Festival as one of the buzziest titles in competition and left as its crowned champion, winning the audience-voted £50,000 Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking
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Psychological horror that keeps it’s finger on your pulse to the end. Following its recent screening at the Manchester Film Festival, Visceral Images brings together a tightly contained psychological story with an equally intense production process. Written and directed by Edward A. Palmer and led by performances from Imogen King and Vishnu Krishnan, the film
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The twelfth edition of the Manchester Film Festival took place 19-29 March at high profile cultural city centre venues, with the annual awards ceremony taking place on Saturday 28 March that celebrated some of the finest emerging talent in the world of cinema. LIFEHACK, directed by Ronan Corrigan, took home the prestigious Golden Bee, while LITTERMATES, directed
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Taking place at key city centre venues including HOME, Met Film School and The CUPRA City Garage, the Manchester Film Festival Industry Programme 2026 brings together leading voices from across the UK film landscape. Topics covered include making, financing, selling and sustaining a career in film in 2026, making it essential for filmmakers, producers, writers,
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