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  • The Hearth – World Premiere

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    The Hearth Premiere – on Sale Now!

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    Seamus Heaney Centre X Bff: Week of Critique

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    Lumi X Bff: Armand Review

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    The 24th Belfast Film Festival Announces the Winners of Its 3rd International Film Competition!

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    In Conversation With Lalor Roddy

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    Lumi X Bff: Lush: A Far From Home Movie Review

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    Bff24 Long Short Weekend

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    Lumi X Bff: Second Chance Review

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    Bff24 Opening Night : Fréwaka

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    The Beginner’s Guide to Radu Jude

  • Blown By The Wind

    Bff24 Provoked Narratives With Palestine Film Institute

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    Radu Jude to Lead Belfast Film Festival International Jury for Its 24th Edition

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    Belfast Film Festival 2024 Programme Announced

  • Long Short Weekend Cover

    The Long Short Weekend Is Back!

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    bff24 Opening Film Announced

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    Vacancy: Box Office Manager

  • Summer Cinema 2024

    Belfast One – Summer Cinema at City Hall

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    Pride on the Big Screen

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    The Hearth – Get Involved!

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    Vacancy: Business Development Manager

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    How to Have Sex:  a Girl Walks Home Alone Rose Baker

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    Volunteering at the 23rd Belfast Film Festival

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    Event Information for Belfast One Summer Cinema at Belfast City Hall!

  • Pride Flag

    Statement From Belfast Film Festival

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    Belfast One Summer Cinema Is Back!

  • Peace and Beyond 2023: A Journey Through Film

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    Belfast Film Festival Drive in at Titanic Slipways

  • Yer Men In Spain Still

    New Documentary Yer Men in Spain Lifts the Lid on Northern Ireland’s 1982 World Cup Experience.

  • Return to Seoul Directed by Davy Chou

    Return to Seoul Wins Best Film at the 22nd Belfast Film Festival

  • Godfather

    Job Opportunities at Belfast Film Festival!

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    ‘The Northman’ Preview Screening at Cineworld

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    Marilyn Hyndman 1953 – 2022

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    100 Years of Happiness at Common Market Belfast

  • H3: 40 years on from the 1981 hunger strike

    H3: 40 Years on From the 1981 Hunger Strike

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    Stacey Gregg’s ‘Here Before’ Uk Premiere Brings Belfast Film Festival  2021 to a Close

  • Brid Brennan and Stephen Rea

    Doineann Receives Gala Premiere at the Belfast Film Festival

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    Festival Catch Up

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    ‘​Bring Down the Walls’: Screen Daily Review

  • Spence Brothers, Shorts, Shapes and Mandrake

  • An Emotional Evening as Lyra, by Alison Millar Screens at Odeon in Belfast.

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    Kenneth Branagh Opens Belfast Film Festival With Irish Premiere of ‘Belfast’.

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    Limited Edition Festival Pass 2021

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    Make Film History – a Call for Proposals

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    bff21 Official Launch Message!

  • Brid Brenann

    Bríd Brennan to Receive Realta Award at bff21

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    Irish Première of Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ to Headline 21st Belfast Film Festival

  • Here Before Pelicula

    Back With a Bang & Bringing It All Back Home!

  • Saint Patricks Day, From The Archives. 1

    Saint Patricks Day, From the Archives

  • Docs Ireland 3 - Open for Submissions!

    Docs Ireland 3 – Open for Submissions!

  • Tomorrow Is Saturday 1

    Programmer, Stuart Sloan Talks Docs & His November Highlights.

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    Festival Teasers

  • 76 Days 1

    Whats Coming Up in Docs Ireland November 2020?

  • Ignite: Documentary Talent Development Programme 5

    Ignite Documentary Project Participants Announced

  • LAUNCH DAY

    We’re Back! Welcome to Our Launch Day!

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    Belfast Film Festival & Docs Ireland Are Back With a Month of Movies

  • Northern Ireland Screen Feature Development Pitch

  • Ignite: Documentary Talent Development Programme 4

    Ignite: Documentary Talent Development Programme

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    Huge Success on the Sofa, Shorts!

  • BFF20 Short Film Competition Winner: Ciúnas (Silence)

    Bff20 Short Film Competition Winners

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    Bff20 Online – Whats on Offer!

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    Bff Sofa Shorts Day – Saturday 4th April

  • Docs Ireland

    Docs Ireland 2020 Postponed

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    20th Belfast Film Festival Postponed

  • WE'RE HIRING! 1

    The 20th Belfast Film Festival Launch

  • The 20th Belfast Film Festival; 1st 9th April 2020

    Belfast Film Festival Celebrates 20 Years With Film’s Finest

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    The 20th Belfast Film Festival; on Sale 5th March

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    Young Filmmakers Documentary Competition

  • Docs Ireland 3 - Open for Submissions!

    Docs Ireland 2020: 10th – 14th June

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    High Rise | Low Rise

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    Ordinary Love – Belfast Premiere!

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    Fair Winds and Following Seas for Our Ship Ahoy Season!

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    Summer Cinema Weekend at Belfast City Hall

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    Event Information for Belfast One Summer Cinema at Belfast City Hall!

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    Summer Cinema at City Hall Is Back for 2019!

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    Makers of Gaza Donate Docs Ireland Prize Money to Gaza Red Carpet Festival Appeal 

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    2019 Docs Ireland Official Awards Announcements

  • Docs Ireland 3 - Open for Submissions!

    Day Five: Don Letts Receives the Outstanding Contribution to Music Documentary Award

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    Day Four: Docs Ireland Honours Margo Harkin

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    Day Three: Docs Ireland Welcomes Bernadette Mcaliskey

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    Day Two: For Sama Director Waad Al-Kateab at Docs Ireland

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    Day One: Docs Ireland Taking Over Belfast!

  • 2Alex Gibney: In Conversation

    Special Guests at Docs Ireland

  • Ni Screen Feature Development Pitch Line Up

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    Music Documentaries at Docs Ireland

  • Our First Ever Docs Ireland Programme Has Launched

  • Develop Your Skills In Pitching And International Co Production!

    Develop Your Skills in Pitching and International Co-Production!

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    Bfi Doc Society Local at Docs Ireland

  • Watch | Lenny Abrahamson: In Conversation

  • Watch | Aamir Khan: In Conversation

  • Watch | Robert Carlyle: In Conversation

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    The 19th Belfast Film Festival Winners

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    Day 10: Beats Closes the 19th Belfast Film Festival

  • Win Funding for Your Feature Documentary Pilot!

  • Day Nine: Glitz And Glam At The Titanic Ballroom 2

    Day Nine: Glitz and Glam at the Titanic Ballroom

  • Day Eight: The Great Satan And Scrambled Eggs

    Day Eight: The Great Satan and Scrambled Eggs

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    Review | Closing Night Film: Beats by Jemma Strain

  • Day Seven: The Matrix Stuns At Sarc 18

    Day Seven: Heavy Trip, the Matrix & More

  • Review: Heavy Trip By Jemma Strain

    Review | Heavy Trip by Jemma Strain

  • Day Six: Aamir Khan Brings The House Down 24

    Day Six: Aamir Khan Brings the House Down

  • Day Five: Half Way There And Plenty More To See!

    Day Five: Half Way There and Plenty More to See!

  • Review: Satan's Slaves By Jemma Strain

    Review | Satan’s Slaves by Jemma Strain

  • Day Four: Quizpickable Me Win The 19th Belfast Film Festival Quiz

    Day Four: Quizpickable Me 2 & Brexit at Tiffany’s at the Bff19 Quiz

  • Review: Float Like A Butterfly By Jemma Strain

    Review: Float Like a Butterfly by Jemma Strain

  • Bff19 Short Film Winner Hold The Line

    Bff19 Short Film Winner | Hold the Line

  • Day Three: Lenny Abrahamson Is In The Building! 3

    Day Three: Lenny Abrahamson Is in the Building!

  • Day Two: Robert Carlyle Receives The Bfi Award For Outstanding Contribution To Cinema

    Day Two: Robert Carlyle Receives the Bff Award for Outstanding Contribution to Cinema

  • Day One Of The 19th Belfast Film Festival! 10

    Day One: No Bumps at the Opening Night Gala!

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    The Border and Beyond

  • Virtual Reality At The 19th Belfast Film Festival 8

    Virtual Reality at the 19th Belfast Film Festival

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    Special Guests at the 19th Belfast Film Festival

  • Bff19 Launched

    19th Belfast Film Festival Launch by Jemma Strain

  • Doc Fest Ireland March Update

    Docs Ireland – March Update

  • 19th Belfast Film Festival Launch 2

    The 19th Belfast Film Festival Is Here!

  • Aamir Khan, Superstar From Indian Cinema Is Belfast Bound

    Aamir Khan, Superstar From Indian Cinema Is Belfast Bound

  • Belfast Film Festival Announces New All Ireland Documentary Film Festival

    Belfast Film Festival Announces New All-Ireland Documentary Film Festival

  • We're Hiring!

    We’re Hiring!

  • Happy Christmas From Belfast Film Festival!

    Happy Christmas From Belfast Film Festival!

  • Uprising: Spirit of 68!

  • BFF partner venue QFT to celebrate 50 years of movie magic

    Bff Partner Venue Qft to Celebrate 50 Years of Movie Magic

  • Belfast Says Yes! to Pull Focus 5

    Belfast Says Yes! to Pull Focus

  • Ni Premiere of the Camino Voyage

  • Glider

    Incredible Big Show – End of Summer Outdoor Cinema Brought to You by Glider

  • I, Dolours

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    Premieres, Filmmakers, Docs! 

  • Pull Focus Programmes

    Opening Night of Pull Focus Documentary Festival: The Image You Missed

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    Sunshine and Singing at Summer Cinema!

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    Pull Focus Documentary Festival Has Launched!

  • Belfast Film Festival's outdoor screening of The Wicker Man at the Giant's Ring

    Belfast One in Association With Belfast Film Festival Present Summer Cinema at City Hall

  • CinePunked's Offensive Comedy Kitten

    Separating Art From the Artist

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    The 18th Belfast Film Festival Winners

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    Ken Loach Receives the Réalta Award for Outstanding Contribution to Cinema

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    Comic Genius Graham Linehan in Belfast!

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    The Dig After-Party in the Marcus Ward!

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    Day Ten: Digging Their Way to Success at the Movie House, Dublin Road!

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    Day Nine: Standing Ovation for the Vagina Monologues!

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    Day Eight: Snowflake and Tigers!

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    Day Seven: Hanging Out With the It Crowd!

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    Ken Loach Receives the Réalta Award for Outstanding Contribution to Cinema!

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    Day Six: Ken Loach Is in Town!

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    Day Five: Bernadette Mcaliskey and Aoife Mcardle Sell Out the Qft!

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    Good Girls Wins Gold!

  • Zoe Tweedy With Her Mum & Sister

    Day Four: Black Box, Beanbag and Belfast Buzzing With Winners and Premieres!

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    Day Three: Good Girls Gets Gold!

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    Day Two: Elvis Was in the Building!

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    Day One: The 18th Belfast Film Festival Has Begun!

  • Pitts Family Circus

    Ni Independents – Class of 2018

  • Calais

    How to Festival!

  • Elvis Dead

    Music and Live Events at the 18th Belfast Film Festival

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    The 18th Belfast Film Festival’s Virtual Reality Studio!

  • Ken Loach: In Conversation 1

    Special Guests at the 18th Belfast Film Festival

  • Lance Daly

    Lance Daly to Attend Opening Night Gala at the 18th Belfast Film Festival

  • Black Panthers

    50th Anniversary of Black Panthers and q&a With Bernadette Mcaliskey

  • Hear My Voice

    Hear My Voice on the 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement

  • 18th Belfast Film Festival Has Launched!

  • Festival Pass

    Last Chance to Buy! Limited Edition 18th Belfast Film Festival

  • Internationally Acclaimed Film-Maker Mark Cousins Appointed Chairperson!

  • Beanbag Cinema Programme

  • The 34th - The Story of Marriage Equality in Ireland // BFF Archive

    The 34th: The Story of Marriage Equality in Ireland

  • A Happy Thanksgiving With Planes Trains and Automobiles

  • Don’t Miss the Early Bird Deadline! 18th Belfast Film Festival Submissions

  • Halloween Horror Fest at South13

  • Happy Thanksgiving! Your Chance to See Planes, Trains and Automobiles at Belfast’s Central Station.

  • Maze Premiere

  • Respect Film Festival: Tuesday’s Lineup of Films

  • Respect Film Festival: Monday’s Lineup of Films

  • Respect Film Festival: Sunday’s Lineup of Films

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    Landforms #3: Andes

  • Wanted: Irish Non-Fiction Shorts for Bff17

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    Landforms #1 : Danube

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    Bfi Blackstar at Belfast Film Festival

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    Michael Moore’s Visit to Belfast

  • Free Screening of Gadjo Dilo (Crazy Stranger) With Bff, Moviehouse and the Romanian Roma Community Association

  • Groundworkni Have a Little Shop of Horrors in Connswater St Community Garden!

  • Belfast Film Festival at This Year’s European Open Heritage Days

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    This Week: Northern Irish Docs – Through a Female Lens

  • Pride

    New Lgbt Cinema at Belfast Pride – Friday July 24th – Sunday August 2nd

  • Writing and Performance Workshops Coming Up in Our Beanbag Cinema

  • The Festival May Be Over but Our Programme Most Certainly Is Not!

  • As Summer Takes a Sharp Snappy Turn Into Autumn, Here’s What’s Been Happening at Festival Towers….

  • School On Screen

    School on Screen: Classics at Nettlefield & Strandtown Ps

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