News
Widescreen Weekend played host to a special guest. This one did not quite have the stature of Ray Winstone or Barbara Windsor, yet he's been around for 50 years, and his film has been enjoyed by millions around the world.
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Congratulations to Lars Kornhoff and Rúnar Rúnarsson, the winners of this year's Shine Short Films Award, and the newly launched European Features Competition.
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To be in with a chance of winning, just buy a ticket for the screening of That Summer on Thursday 26th April, and arrive five minutes early to make sure you get your name in the draw.
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We asked some friendly local film bloggers to offer their festival tips for the less cinephilic film lovers amongst us, and Michael Pattison from idFilm has picked out three hidden festival gems.
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Day two of the festival, and James watched the Shine Award Competition nominees, saw The Dodge Brothers Busk, and borrowed a family for an authentic Chuck Jones Family Film Funday experience.
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Those generous people at AVA Books have donated a selection of books from their Basics Film-Making series for our BIFF by Night Film Quiz on Friday 27th April at 8pm in the National Media Museum café.
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Our in-house festival junkie and film lover reviews Juan of the Dead, We Are Poets, How I Filmed the War and Conference. Thanks James!
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We asked some friendly local film bloggers to offer their festival tips for the less cinephilic film lovers amongst us, and Sam Turner from Film Intel has picked out three films featuring people to watch out for.
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This year's festival isn't too far away, and we're looking forward to a special opening night.
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Virgin Media, our title sponsor, loves film. They're dedicated to uncovering the best and brightest film making talent Britain has to offer, so each year, they give undiscovered film makers the chance to have their work showcased to millions through the UK's biggest short film competition, Virgin Media Shorts.
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You can now pick up a copy of the Bradford International Film Festival 2012 catalogue at our catalogue hubs throughout the region.
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Those of you who picked up the festival newsletter this week will have already heard the news, but we can now announce that the Culture Show and BBC Radio 5 Live film reviewer, Mark Kermode, will be in conversation with Ray Winstone on Saturday 21st April.
Photograph credit: Linda Nylind
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Taking Mark Kermode's advice that "there is nobody in the world who doesn't look better with a quiff", and inspired by Ray Winstone's punk 'do in Ladies and Gentleman, the Fabulous Stains, we're giving you the chance to win two tickets to see Kermode's band The Dodge Brothers - all you have to do is show us your quiff!
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This year, two of our film festivals will be celebrating 100 years since the birth of a truly legendary director who brought the world some of Bugs Bunny's, Elmer Fudd's, Road Runner's and Daffy Duck's greatest moments in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons.
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Performing a specially-composed live soundtrack to the late-period silent film Beggars of Life, country blues, rockabilly and skiffle four-piece The Dodge Brothers will be joined on stage by one of the world's leading silent film accompanists, Neil Brand, on piano.
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