filmmaking Archives - Blackpool Social Club

27 Sep

BFI Film Academy back to support Young Filmmakers

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsFilm, OpportunitiesBFI, Blackpool, Film, filmmaking, young people

Aunty Social is looking for 10 young people aged 16-19 from the Blackpool area to take part in the BFI Film Academy programme and kickstart their film careers. This autumn community arts organisation Aunty Social is helping to train and inspire the next generation of UK filmmakers and production crew. The British Film Institute’s Film Academy programme will start in October and is designed to support participants to develop the skills and industry knowledge needed to kickstart a successful career in the screen industries. This filmmaking opportunity helps young people to take a film from ‘script to screen’. From taking…

07 Apr

Connect & Collaborate: Blackpool Filmmaker Social

Kelsey Draper0 CommentsFilm, Guide, OpportunitiesFilm, film festival, filmmaking

Following the popularity of their previous networking event, Blackpool Film Festival is hosting another exciting filmmaker mixer, this time at the Rhythm & Brew Room. Networking is a vital element in building a successful career in independent filmmaking. Whether it’s forging new connections, learning from industry professionals or assembling a team of creatives to bring a project to life, attending industry events offers invaluable opportunities to develop a filmmakers career and unlock new career possibilities. However, breaking into these circles can often feel like a challenge. While film festivals and networking events are growing in number across the UK, they…

19 Jan

Short Film: Queers in Blackpool

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsFilmFilm, film festival, filmmaking

Blackpool’s newest multi-artform festival, Queer Amusements, lit up the North-West from April to September in 2024. To mark its culmination, a new short film from James Barnett (best known for his viral videos of parents Michael and Teresa on his channel @makemeaoffer) shines a light on the people who were involved, the town it took place in, and what happens next. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsadGEc4HbA&list=TLGGgNrWpRLYaJoxOTAxMjAyNQ&t=30s Drawing on interviews with participating artists and collaborators, performance footage, photography and playfully camp glances at Blackpool’s long histories of entertaining, Queers in Blackpool acts as a snapshot of a festival which looks to bring new art and…

26 Oct

Preview: Blackpool Film Festival – Scarred for Life

Louise Ashcroft0 CommentsFilm, Theatre, Dance & PerformanceBacklot, Blackpool, Film, film festival, filmmaking

An evening that celebrates the terrifying popular culture of the 1970s and 1980s comes to Blackpool Film Festival at The Backlot Cinema on Sunday 3rd November at 7pm. Scarred For Life sees writers Stephen Brotherstone and Dave Lawrence taking to the stage to discuss the TV, films, music, comics, books, adverts – and even sweets – that blighted their childhoods. So be prepared for a no-holds-barred examination of Worzel Gummidge, Doctor Who, Noseybonk, the Usborne Book of Ghosts, Horror Top Trumps, and the bovver boy skinheads from the 1980s Weetabix adverts! It's an evening inspired by their three hit books.…

21 Oct

Preview: Blackpool Film Festival

Louise Ashcroft0 CommentsFilm, GuideBacklot, Blackpool, festival, Film, film festival, filmmaking

Capturing young and local talent, premiering leading ladies, and showcasing Blackpool’s heritage, art and queer culture, Blackpool Film Festival announces its full programme for 2024. Leading ladies are called to the front this autumn with a series of femme-focussed films, events and workshops as a major strand of Blackpool Film Festival's 2024 programme. Warming up to the main weekend of events, the festival kicks off quite literally at 2.30pm at Blackpool Sixth Form College on Thursday 24th October. Sugar, Spice and Getting in Fights is a stunt workshop for women and non binary people. Led by an experienced stunt performer,…

25 Apr

Blackpool Film Festival evolves for 2024

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsFilm, GuideFilm, film festival, filmmaking

An established film festival in Blackpool has had a name change. Blackpool Film Festival sets out its plans to bring diverse cinema to wider audiences and provide opportunities for locals with ambitions to work in film exhibition. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the former Winter Gardens Film Festival has been renamed Blackpool Film Festival (BFF) to reflect its ambitions to become a town-wide celebration of independent and diverse cinema. It is already offering a rare career opportunity while a preview weekend on 27th-28th April will feature inaugural events championing young and queer filmmakers. Founded in 2014, the Winter Gardens Film…

04 Feb

Boldly exploring futuristic and heritage film at the Winter Gardens Film Festival this February

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsFilm, HeritageBlackpool, community, entertainment, Film, film festival, filmmaking, heritage, Lancashire, performance, Vintage Film, Winter Gardens Film Festival

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Blackpool's very own film festival is back, having announced a programme of screenings, talks and workshops full of futuristic film and vintage delights. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Following last year's comeback event, The Winter Gardens Film Festival returns to the iconic venue from the 11th to 12th February 2023 and will include its usual variety of classic and contemporary film. Main screenings will take place in the wonderful Opera House at the Winter Gardens. Built in 1939 as a cine-variety theatre, combining a super cinema with a world class stage for theatrical performance, the venue's capacity of just under 3000 makes it the…

26 Apr

Filmmaking class of 2022 rolls out the red carpet

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsFilm, Local NewsFilm, filmmaker, filmmaking, student, Students

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Student filmmakers from Blackpool School of Arts are set to premiere their graduation films at a special screening this Thursday. Students from the BA (Hons) Filmmaking degree course have organised a special public event at Viva Blackpool to showcase their work. The screening event will include a diverse range of short films on a variety of subjects. Included in the programme is a comedy about a man with a curious affliction, a gruesome high school horror, a documentary about a local acting troupe, a hauntingly visual experimental film, an animation and a music video. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjI1NjAlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjIzMTUlMjIlMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbSUyRmVtYmVkJTJGbHVsVEJwcTdBVWclMjIlMjB0aXRsZSUzRCUyMllvdVR1YmUlMjB2aWRlbyUyMHBsYXllciUyMiUyMGZyYW1lYm9yZGVyJTNEJTIyMCUyMiUyMGFsbG93JTNEJTIyYWNjZWxlcm9tZXRlciUzQiUyMGF1dG9wbGF5JTNCJTIwY2xpcGJvYXJkLXdyaXRlJTNCJTIwZW5jcnlwdGVkLW1lZGlhJTNCJTIwZ3lyb3Njb3BlJTNCJTIwcGljdHVyZS1pbi1waWN0dXJlJTIyJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For the last 3 years,…

26 May

Disorder – Blackpool Skate Film release

Claire Griffiths0 CommentsFilm, Local NewsBlackpool, Film, film festival, filmmaking, skate, Skateboard, skateboarding

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Blackpool Social Club bangs the drum for skateboarding and its close relationship to creativity. With Star Wars being filmed in Cleveleys and the recent Netflix nod on The Comedy Carpet we had a look at Blackpool filmmaker Jake Powell and The ATB collective latest offering: Disorder. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]While skateboarding might often get a bad rep, seen as anti-social and rebellious. Blackpool Social Club has been exploring how Blackpool and alternative creative approaches like skateboarding can benefit a traditional tourist town like Blackpool. With the town often compared to a film set, it is no surprise that Tim Burton has made…

29 Mar

BFI launches a Blackpool film club to support young aspiring filmmakers

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsFilm, Local NewsBFI, Film, filmfestival, filmmaker, filmmaking, young people

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The BFI has launched a programme of film clubs across England to offer high quality learning about film and wider screen media to aspiring young people aged 12 to 15. And the good news? There's one in Blackpool. The BFI Film Clubs, which will run this spring and summer, will offer online experiences, alongside more traditional face-to-face learning where possible, in locations identified as ‘Opportunity Areas’ by the Department for Education (DfE) due to social and economic challenges.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Coming to Blackpool The Blackpool Film Club is being hosted by Aunty Social and runs from 6 April 2021 – 19…