As part of its year-round Outreach programme, Belfast Film Festival is working with a number of venues throughout Northern Ireland on the BFI Neighbourhood Touring Cinema Project. The pilot scheme aims to deliver a series of screenings in rural areas and hard to reach communities in urban areas. Funded by the BFI and delivered in… Read Article →
BLACK STAR champions the achievements of black stars from the earliest years of cinema through to the present day, whilst exploring why opportunities to shine on screen have been historically limited for black actors. BLACK STAR celebrates films that feature black actors in central roles, bringing their work to a new generation of UK audiences… Read Article →
Saturday night saw enthusiatic hordes of Wicker Man fans gather at one of the country’s finest ancient sites, the Giant’s Ring. The Ring, with a henge at its centre, dates from the Neolithic period and was built around 2700BC, predating the Egyptian pyramids. Not only was the venue perfect, surprisingly … so was the weather! … Read Article →
Belfast Film Festival and Feile an Phobail last week hosted a packed to capacity night in the Omniplex, Kennedy Centre, for the home-town premiere of Bobby Sands: 66 Days. The premiere was followed by 2 sold out Feile preview screenings and a record-breaking first weekend of attendances in Irish cinemas. Directed by local filmmaker, Brendan… Read Article →
From outdoor picnic screenings to a Georgian mansion and a splendid Victorian hall, Belfast Film Festival promises a summer of unique and unforgettable experiences in parks and buildings throughout the city. Lower Crescent Park, Belfast City Council’s open space near Botanic Avenue, is the site for a movie marathon with eight films over the weekend… Read Article →
Nicholas Keogh the Director of the 2016 winning short film, Introducing Brian, joined us last week for a presentation ceremony. Nicholas who is originally from Rostrevor, represented Northern Ireland at the 2006 Venice Biennale. Kevin Jackson the Festival Chair presented the award. Nicholas’ producer Manal Laginaf, Michele Devlin Festival Director and Stephen Hackett (Programmer) attended… Read Article →
Last week Academy Award®-winning filmmaker and political provocateur Michael Moore visited Belfast to present his latest film ‘Where to Invade Next’. On his short visit, Michael was shown the sights of Belfast during a whirlwind tour, by filmmaker Mark Cousins (I Am Belfast). First stop was The Crown Bar, and some of the film history… Read Article →
Belfast Film Festival will welcome Academy Award®-winning filmmaker and political provocateur Michael Moore to Belfast next week. Michael will join us on 15th June for two sold-out events at the Movie House that include a screening of his latest film, ‘Where to Invade Next’. Tickets for both the ‘In Conversation’ event, and a second screening… Read Article →
For weeks we’ve been biting our nails in anticipation … and at last it’s official… the 16th Belfast Film Festival award winners are announced: 10th Maysles Brothers Documentary Award Winner Tchindas Directed by Marc Serena & Pablo García Pérez de Lara SPAIN 2015 95 MINS Judges Statement, 23 April 2016 The 10th Maysles Brothers Documentary… Read Article →
The film ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ closed the Belfast Film Festival 2016 The evening of the closing night gala started at the Movie House with the screening of the film ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’, a comedy drama directed by Stephen Frears tells the inspirational true story of the eponymous New York heiress who obsessively pursued her dream… Read Article →
The first programme of the competition in short films took place at Queen’s Film Theatre on Friday evening. Attendance was high and included many individuals involved in the makings of these films. The atmosphere in the QFT was distinctly full of a creative buzz!
The Black Box opened its doors to Easter 2016, with the participation of Graham Reid and Q&A after the screening conduced by William Crawley. Graham Reid’s Science Fiction TV film made in 1982. On the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising, students at a Northern Irish college mark the event by stanging an uprising against… Read Article →
Great Premiere of the documentary ‘Outcasts by choice’ about the Belfast punk legends ‘The Outcasts’. A documentary by Paul and Kate McCarroll. ‘Outcasts by choice’ is a documentary by Paul and Kate McCarroll about the Belfast punk legends ‘The Outcasts’, which Premiere took place at the Strands Art Centre. Leather jackets, black t-shirts and big… Read Article →
The sounds of jazz, 80s cheese junk and 70s punk were heard across the city last night with three very different festival experiences, each of which played to a capacity crowd. The plush surroundings of Belfast Harbour Commissioners was the scene for Robert Altman’s 70s take on film noir, The Long Goodbye. Guests were welcomed… Read Article →
Killian Scott and the directors of ‘Traders’, Rachael Moriarty and Peter Murphy, took part in a Q&A following the screening in the QFT. What if it made sense for ordinary people to kill each other for money? Jobs are gone. Homes are being repossesed. Suicide rates are soaring. This is ‘Traders’: a dark, exciting thriller… Read Article →
