Blackpool Film Crowdfunder
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We’re busy behind the scenes working to make this year’s Blackpool Film Festival our best yet, but to do that, we need your help.
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Volunteer with us
With 2024 marking 10 years of BFF, and the expansion of our festival to various venues across Blackpool, we’re on the lookout for more volunteers to help us out.
BFF Short Film Competition
Submissions Open for BFF Short Film Competition 2024
We’re looking for powerful films of all genres and styles, which highlight important social issues such as climate change, LGBTQIA+ rights, gender equality and other subjects which impact the world we live in.
We’re Hiring!
Aunty Social is looking for a Festival Development Coordinator to support the work of Blackpool Film Festival. This role is an entry-level position for a Fylde Coast-based aspiring film exhibition professional.
The Boundary-Breaking Beauty of Shelagh Delaney’s A Taste of Honey (1961)
By Beth Barker At just 19 years old, Shelagh Delaney wrote her first play – A Taste of Honey (1958). Born to working-class parents in the northern city of Salford,…
Whistle Down The Wind
In the shadow of Pendle Hill: a British classic 60 years on
By Billy Burton I can’t remember when or how I first found out about Whistle Down the Wind, Bryan Forbes’ timeless and endearing classic about three Lancashire children who discover…
Winter Gardens Film 2022
Dream Town: A Brief Anatomy of Blackpool
Friday 11 March 2022 Doors open 5:30pm, event starts 6pm ART B&B, 180 Promenade, Blackpool, FY1 1RJ Join online arts & culture magazine Blackpool Social Club for an evening of…
The Best of Iris 2021: LGBT+ Film Festival
The Best of Iris 2021: LGBT+ Film Festival
Doors open 4:15pm, screening starts 4:30pm, Saturday 12 March 2022The Pavilion, Blackpool Winter Gardens, 97 Church Street, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1 1HL. The 15th Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival brought a…
Burton on Blackpool
Burton on Blackpool: How a Hollywood megastar became Blackpool’s biggest fan
By Simon Bland From Bob Dylan and The Beatles to The White Stripes and Arcade Fire - Blackpool certainly has no shortage of big-name musicians who have taken a shine…
Blackpool On Film - Winter Gardens Film Festival
Blackpool on Film
Doors open 1:15pm, event starts 1:30pm, Wednesday 9 March 2022, Opera House Running Time: 1.5 to 2 hours, includes comfort breaksCert: U The North West Film Archive presents Blackpool on…
