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Semi Finalists Announced for 2024 Screenplay Competition
Manchester Film Festival and ScriptUp are proud to announce the Semi Finalists for the 2024 Screenplay Competition. Please see the full list below. This list will be whittled down to the finalists in the coming weeks. A huge congratulations to everyone on this list....
Manchester Film Festival Screenplay Competition Quarter Finalists
Manchester Film Festival and ScriptUp are proud to announce the Quarter Finalists for the 2024 Screenplay Competition. Please see the full list below. This list will be whittled down to the semi finalists and finalists in the coming weeks. A huge congratulations to...
Richard Armitage (The Hobbit Trilogy, Fool Me Once) to attend the Manchester Film Festival
Richard Armitage will attend the UK premiere of THE BOY IN THE WOODS at the Manchester Film Festival 2024 on Sunday 24th March.
Official Selection 2024 Announcement
The Manchester Film Festival proudly announces its milestone 10th edition, scheduled to take place at the Odeon, Great Northern, from Friday, 15th March to Sunday, 24th March. This celebration of cinema will feature an incredible lineup of films from across the globe.
MANIFF2023 Award Winners
The ninth edition of the Manchester Film Festival ended on Sunday night with the annual award ceremony. Big winner on the night was British comedy A KIND OF KIDNAPPING, which celebrated its world premiere at the festival by picking up three awards for Best...
Opening Weekend at MANIFF2023
Manchester Film Festival reopened its doors last weekend with opening film, Rye Lane. Directed by Raine Allen-Miller this was easily one of the festival’s greatest opening night movies to date. A beautifully curated piece of artistic expression, with visuals so...
Filmmaker Q&A’s Confirmed for MANIFF2023
It’s ONE WEEK until the Manchester Film Festival 2023 and we are pleased to confirm which of our films will be followed by a live in-person Q&A session with the filmmakers and cast. Friday 10th MarchRye Lane – Director Raine Allen-Miller and lead actress Vivian...
SIX more films announced for MANIFF2023
Manchester Film Festival is excited to announce SIX more feature films and one short film to this year’s line-up. This includes BREAKING starring John Boyega; NOVEMBER starring Academy Award winning actor Jean Dujardin and the Oscar-nominated short film THE RED...
MANIFF2023 Line-Up Announcement
Manchester Film Festival is delighted to announce the line-up for the NINTH edition of the festival, taking place at the Odeon Great Northern 12-19th March. With 6 feature film world premieres and 17 feature film UK Premieres. All Films are screening in Manchester for...