Bolton International Film Festival
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Bolton International Film Festival is an annual event held in Bolton, Greater Manchester.[1]. Founded in 2017, the festival screens over 300 short films across a five day festival. It acts as an amplifier of emerging and established talent through it's industry talks, masterclasses and networking sessions and aims to break open the door to a creative industry that many people in their early career stage find difficult to access and navigate.
Bolton Film Festival is a BAFTA qualifying festival[2] and BIFA qualifying festival[3], meaning short films that are screened at the festival may be eligible for either a BAFTA or BIFA award. The festival has been recognised at one of the Top 10 Best UK Film Festivals [4]
The festival is open for entries from November to June on FilmFreeway. All films included in the Official Selection are in competition to receive a number of awards. These awards recognize outstanding talent in film making. The winning films are selected by a jury of industry experts[5], and are presented at the Closing Night Awards Ceremony.
The festivals patron is the actor Maxine Peake. The festival takes place at the Light Cinema in Bolton along with other supporting satellite venues including the Bolton Museum & Libraries. It is supported by Bolton Council, Bolton at Home, University of Bolton and the BFI.
2017
The festival began its journey as a small community arts project screening 57 short films, one of which, "The Silent Child" by director Chris Overton went on to win the short action academy award in 2018. The festival welcomed filmmakers from all around the world including Sri Lanka, Belgium and Portugal. Industry speakers included BAFTA breakthrough writer Chris Lunt, actors Iain McKee, director David Thacker and animator Meryl Edge.
2018
In 2018 the festival screened 120 short films[6]. Guest speakers included patron Maxine Peake, producer Sol Papadopoulous of Hurricane Films, BAFTA winning director Colin O'Toole, producer Loran Dunn of Delaval Films, Catherine Bray of Random Acts and Jenny Monks of Tigerlily Productions.
2019
The festival screened 311 films. Guest speakers included actor Diane Morgan, BAFTA winning writer Matt Greenhalgh, the Jarman Award winning artist Hetain Patel. The festival became part of the CE50 family, an award by Creative England[7] which recognises "the achievements of 50 of the most exciting, innovative and disruptive creative companies and individuals across film, games and digital media."
2020
The festival screened 258 short films online during its Covid edition. Guests included Ruth Madeley, documentary filmmaker Paddy Wivell, Tom Box of Blue Zoo. The festival gained accreditation to Section B of the BAFTA Qualifying Festivals List[8] for the British Short Film award. British short films programmed at Bolton Film Festival and one other festival from Section B of the Qualifying Festivals List are eligible to enter BAFTA’s British Short Film award.
2021
The festival screened 311 films at its fifth edition. Guest speakers included actress Julie Hesmondhalgh, producer Rebecca Mark-Lawson, Anna Price video editor of several Louis Theroux episodes, Simon Nelson of BBC Writers Room, Hannah Bush Bailey of Doc Society and Philip Illson of London Short Film Festival. and The festival gained BIFA accreditation[9], the British Independent Film Awards, highlight and reward the best, most innovative and creative independent filmmaking and filmmakers in the UK.
2022
The festival screened 319 films at its sixth edition, one of the films "An Irish Goodbye" went on to win the BAFTA award at the 76th British Academy Film Awards, the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and also the IFTA award. The festival was recognised as a "Top 10 Best Reviewed Film Festival" on FilmFreeway from over 12,000 registered film festivals worldwide. Guest speakers included comedian Joe Lycett and radio presenter Shaun Keaveny, producer Chris Hees, writers Paul Clarkson and Michael Clarkson of Red Rose and Haunting of Bly Manor, John Domokos of The Guardian, Amy O'Hara of Film4, Paul Franklin of DNEG and Mick Audsley British film and TV editor with credits including Twelve Monkeys and Harry Potter Goblet of Fire.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Bolton Film Festival". Bolton Film Festival.
- ↑ "BAFTA" (PDF). BAFTA.
- ↑ "BIFA Qualifying Festivals" (PDF). BIFA.
- ↑ "Freelance Video Collective". Freelance Video Collective.
- ↑ "Bolton Film Festival Jury". Bolton Film Festival.
- ↑ "Bolton Film Festival Archive". Bolton Film Festival.
- ↑ "We are creative UK". Creative UK.
- ↑ "BAFTA qualifying list" (PDF).
- ↑ "British Film Awards" (PDF). BIFA.
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