Since 2014, Blackpool Film Festival has brought a diverse range of film experiences and artist-led events to Blackpool. Previously known as the Winter Gardens Film Festival, this year the festival has been rebranded as Blackpool Film Festival to become a town-wide, multi-venue celebration of film.
Our town has so much to offer, and we want our festival to help demonstrate that by inviting audiences to enjoy a range of exciting experiences in the growing cultural hub that is Blackpool. This year marks the 10th anniversary of BFF, and we want to make it bigger and better than ever. To do that, we need your help!
We are looking to raise £1000 by the end of September to help us fund competition prizes, hire equipment, and support our volunteers.
Competition
2024 sees the return of our Short Film Competition, a special event showcasing the work of upcoming and established filmmakers from all across the globe. In order to help support and encourage these filmmakers to continue with their craft, we want to offer a cash award of £300 to the winning filmmaker, to help fund their future projects and grow their career opportunities.
Screenings of all shortlisted entries will take place across the festival weekend (1st-3rd November), culminating in an awards ceremony on Sunday 3rd. If you donate £10 or more, you will receive 2 tickets for one of the Film Competition shortlisted screenings.
Equipment
While the main location for our film screenings will take place in the Backlot Cinema, we also plan on holding other pop up screenings in other smaller venues across town. Hiring extra equipment such as projectors and screens will help us to avoid cancelling any events if there are any technical mishaps. We hate to let our audiences down last minute, so this will allow us to have backup options if anything goes wrong.
Volunteers
Blackpool Film Festival is run by a dedicated team of volunteers, who assist with a variety of festival activities including administration work, specialist programming and Front of House hosting. BFF could not run if it wasn’t for our wonderful volunteers, many of whom return year after year to lend their skills and enthusiasm to make our events run as smoothly as possible. With the amount of time and energy our volunteers give to help deliver our festival events, your donations will help us provide food and refreshments for everyone across the weekend.
We appreciate all your help and support and we hope to see you at the 2024 Blackpool Film Festival!
For more information, programme updates and festival news, please visit blackpoolfilm.co.uk.
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