Winter Gardens Film Festival Archives

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…

Preview: Winter Gardens Film Festival 2022

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsFilmBlack and White Film, Film, film festival, Winter Gardens, Winter Gardens Film Festival

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This week the Winter Gardens and other venues across Blackpool welcome back the annual Winter Gardens Film Festival – after an unexpected two-year hiatus. Running from Wednesday to Sunday (9-13 March) the 2022 programme features screenings, talks, discussions and workshops for movie fans and film-makers and this year it’s bringing silent film back to historic Opera House. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Following a screening of Mary Poppins Returns for schools on Wednesday morning, the North West Film Archive will show Blackpool on Film in the afternoon – a fascinating dip into the archive’s collection featuring the seaside town. Wednesday night features a…

Interview: Catherine Mugonyi Director of the Winter Gardens Film Festival

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altB's Clancy Mason caught up with Winter Gardens Film Festival Director, Catherine Mugonyi to find out more about what is happening this weekend: CMa: Tell us a little bit about your background? How did you get to the point where you are now directing a film festival? CMu: I've run a Blackpool-based neighbourhood cinema group called Pop-up Picturehouse for the last 5 years and it's been a fascinating journey. I found out that there are plenty of people living locally who enjoy independent and classic film yet struggle to find places to see it outside of their homes. The group…