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13th ¡VIVA! FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAMME ANNOUNCEMENT15 – 25 MARCH ’07Now in its 13th year, ¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival (March 15 – 25) returns to Cornerhouse, Manchester, with 10 action-packed days and nights of Hispanic film with many new features hitting UK screens for the first time. Sponsored [...]

PENGUIN LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE FILM COMPETITIONTO PROMOTE THE MOST CHILLING THRILLER OF THE YEARYour browser may not support display of this image.THE WOMAN WHO MISSING FOR FIVE YEARSTHE CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR WHO FINDS HERAND THE SERIAL KILLER WHO WANTS THEM BOTH DEAD…Penguin is offering an exciting opportunity for budding filmmakers with [...]

INTERNATIONAL INDIAN FILM ACADEMY AWARDS PUTSINDIAN CINEMA ON GLOBAL MAPFollowing on from its hugely successful launch in London and Yorkshire, the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFAs) has ascertained its position as a global institution which not only promotes the growth and popularity for Indian cinema internationally, but forges greater [...]

Untrained Filmmaker Wins Top Award at the 2006 Imperial War Museum Student FilmFestivalA documentary produced by an English Literature student with no formal trainingin film production has been awarded ‘Winner of the Audience Poll’ in theImperial War Museum’s Sixth Annual Student Film Festival. Liberating Dachau,made by Genevieve Simms, who was [...]

UK REGIONAL CRITICS VOTE FOR THEIR FILM OF THE YEARANNUAL FILM AWARDS TO BE LAUNCHED AT JANUARY 2007 ‘CINEMA DAYS’ EVENT8 January 2007 – It was announced today by Cinema Days that UK regional film journalists are to vote for their film of the year. The new accolade – “The [...]

Campo Viejo – making film and wine go hand in handEnjoy a complimentary glass of Campo Viejo, the UK’s favourite Rioja, for the opening night of Notes on a Scandal at participating Picturehouse cinemas across the UK on Friday 2nd February 2007. Starring award-winning actresses, Cate Blanchett and Dame Judi [...]

V DISCOVERING LATIN AMERICA FILM FESTIVAL23 November- 3 December, 2006Whether you are an enthusiastic film-lover, or keen to awaken your senses to the cultural diversity that Latin American cinema has to offer, the fifth Discovering Latin America Film Festival brings together an eclectic mix of internationally acclaimed feature films, documentaries [...]

Coinciding with the opening of the Kendal Mountain Film Festival, Berghaus sponsored athlete Leo Houlding made his latest daredevil challenge by climbing the Printworks building in central Manchester today (9 November).As well as launching the Kendal Mountain Film Festival, of which he is a patron, climbing a landmark building is [...]

A free public screening of two episodes from the new fully-funded Open University/BBC series Nation on Film with strong Yorkshire themes will be held at the Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds.The screening will take place at 7pm on Monday November 13 and is free to the public on a [...]

SHORT SNAPSHOTS OF TRUE TALENT: NOKIA SHORTS 2006 FINALISTS REVEALED- Amateur filmmakers in line to win a BIFA-The five finalists of the Nokia Shorts 2006 Classic category are announced today. They will receive a massive boost to their film careers by having their entries screened at this year’s British [...]