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2019 Festival
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Eight classic musicals screening as part of the BFI Musicals season! The Greatest Show on Screen, a UK-wide film season supported by National Lottery, BFI Film Audience Network and ICO. www.bfimusicals.co.uk
BFI Musicals
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An all day celebration of the performance genius of Nicolas Cage.
Cage/Fest
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This event is part of Cinema Day (Monday 26th August), an initiative by Film Hub NI to celebrate cinema and film across Northern Ireland. All details can be found at www.filmhubni.org’
Cinema Day 2019
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Closing Night Gala - Gaza
Closing Night
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Belfast Film Festival are delighted to be involved with Culture night 2019 - the biggest evening in the city's cultural calendar lands on Friday the 20th September! This year CNB wanted to make a weekend of it, so as sure as day follows night, there will also be a Culture Day on Saturday 21st September. We have a selection of haunting and thrilling films for you to book for free.
Culture Night 2019
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Utopian and dystopian urban visions of Northern Ireland. This archive-based project is a playful, in-depth look at how modernist architecture and urban design was presented in media through the 1950s to the 1980s in Northern Ireland. This project is supported by the BFI Film Audience Network as part of Changing Times: Shifting Ground
High Rise | Low Rise
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Workshops, masterclasses, panel discussions, BFI doc society local and the first ever doc market
Industry Events
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All the latest Irish documentary premieres
Irish Premiere
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Maysles Brothers Award for best observational documentary
Maysles - New Observational
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The Best New Feature Documentaries from across the globe
New International
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Opening Night Gala - Alex Gibney In Conversation
Opening Night
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The best new Irish feature documentaries
Pull Focus - New Irish
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Selection of music documentaries
Shellshock
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Short Documentary Film Competition
Shorts
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Screenwriters, writers, broadcasters talk about the documentary process.
Talking Docs
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Experience Docs through immersive technology
Virtual Reality