Bolton International Film Festival Rolls Out the Red Carpet for its Seventh Year
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The red carpet will be rolled out as Bolton International Film Festival returns for its seventh year next month. The BIFA and BAFTA accredited short film festival will be screening 300 short films, including 42 world premieres, 20 European premieres and 77 UK premieres. Running from Wednesday, October 4 to Sunday, October 8, the festival will be held at the Light Cinema in Bolton and will be attended by some of the leading names in the industry, both behind the scenes and on screen.
Ricky Gervais will be making his directorial debut with the dark comedy “7 Minutes”, while other short films feature well known names such as Aidan Turner, Robert Webb, Juliet Stevenson and Joe Wilkinson. Julie Hesmondhalgh will be attending the festival to support “The Group”, which she stars in. Audiences will also be introduced to many other short films by some of the world’s rising stars, such as a directorial debut from Ben Brewer who worked as lead visual effects artist on ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’.
Organisers say there’s something for all tastes - drama, comedy, documentary, animation, horror, sci-fi, family friendly, fashion films, dance films and award-winning VR. There are also over 20 industry events this year, including sessions with Tim Webber, Chief Creative Officer at Framestore; BAFTA-winning screenwriter Danny Brocklehurst; BAFTA-winning animator Elizabeth Hobbs; and Bart Yates, Founder of Blink Ink, one of London's top commercial production companies. Representatives from the British Film Institute, Doc Society and BBC Writers Room will also be in attendance, as well as festival programmers from Raindance, Sheffield Doc Fest and Manchester Animation Festival, in the hope of offering support and guidance to those looking to forge and develop a career in the screen industries.
The festival received over 3000 submissions this year and Adrian Barber, the festival director said “Each year the festival grows in size and stature, the reputation of the festival has now stretched across the globe and we’ve recently reached the Top 50 most popular festivals from over 12,000. We’re a community led festival, primarily run by volunteers, so its amazing to see stars send in their films and in many cases come and support the films in person.” Last year seven films travelled on to the final stages of the OSCARS, nine were nominated to the BAFTAs and one film went on to win both the major awards.
Tickets and passes are now on sale, more details on the event can be found on the festivals website : www.boltonfilmfestival.com. Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to see some of the world's most exciting filmmakers and to participate in Q and A’s and masterclasses with highly respected figures from within the film and television industry. So don your finest and get ready to walk the red carpet as Bolton International Film Festival rolls out the red carpet for its seventh year.
