New venues for annual film festival

The 16th annual Bradford International Film Festival will this year include ten satellite venues across West Yorkshire.

For the first time, the National Media Museum will welcome Cineworld Bradford, Bradford Playhouse, Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds, Markaz Restaurant in Bradford, Victoria Hall in Saltaire, Ilkley Playhouse, Hebden Bridge Picture House, Otley Courthouse, Pocklington Arts Centre and Leeds Trinity University College as venues showcasing their own exclusive films and programmes as part of the festival, which runs from March 18 to 28.

Colin Philpott, director of the National Media Museum in Bradford, said “We are delighted to be expanding the Bradford International Film Festival beyond the walls of the museum. This is just the first of many ways in which the people of Bradford and beyond will see the benefits of Bradford’s status as the world’s first Unesco City of Film.”

The museum will remain the hub of the festival, where its facilities make it possible to present films in every format from 16mm, 35mm and 70mm to 3-strip Cinerama and Imax 3D.