Belfast Film Festival: 10 days of star-studded premieres, quirky events and the best in world cinema
The Belfast Film Festival is back with its annual ten-day film festival, packed full of star-studded premieres and the best in world cinema.
TV View: I Love Larne a study in eccentricity that you'll either love or hate
I really wasn't going to watch I Love Larne. Mainly because it initially sounded like another BBC NI foray into the world of the joke-free comedy. To be fair, it's a specialist genre they're spectacularly adept at (more of the Blame Game next week), but rather this was a documentary from the usually reliable True North stable.
TV View: Stating the obvious no hindrance to William
It's a Brave New World innit? What a life it must be for William Crawley. Whenever the bods at the Beeb want to share their excitement about "stuff" they've just discovered - like the negative effects of drinking, posh local people from the old days or that Wendy Austen's been doing Talkback for much longer than the allotted time usually given to a female broadcaster - another point on the curious Crawley Career Curve (try saying that when you're drunk) is plotted.
The Exorcist: Classic that still puts us in a spin
Last night's special Belfast Film Festival screening of the horror classic The Exorcist came with a brief introduction from BBC Radio Ulster's Ralph McLean.
The Fifth Season: Artsy Wicker Man doesn't catch fire
The Belfast Film Festival's commitment to showing notable new cinema continued last night with a screening of a film that has been spoken of in some quarters as Belgium's answer to The Wicker Man.
La Traviata: Great visuals, but sound was murder in the cathedral
If location, location, location is everything then one would imagine it to be a shrewd move for the organisers of the Belfast Film Festival to choose one of the city's most iconic buildings for a showing of an operatic classic.
Made in Belfast: Corking lines, fine cast... this is brilliance on a micro-budget
Making a film is "a bit like running a marathon backwards and catching the javelin", we were told at the gala opening of the 13th Belfast Film Festival.
Belfast Film Festival puts home-grown and global movie talent in the frame
A debut movie about a debut novel will kick off the 13th Belfast Film Festival tonight.
Unusual venues for film festival
From horror in the park to a prison classic behind bars, movie lovers are being offered the chance to watch big screen favourites at some unlikely venues during this year's Belfast Film Festival.
Cool... why Paul Newman will play to a captive audience when film festival goes to jail
An old prison, a school library and a city park are some of the more unusual settings for movie screenings as part of next month's Belfast Film Festival.
Movie takes you on dark journey
The curtain came down on the 11th Belfast Film Festival last night with the world premiere of director John McIlduff's Behold the Lamb.
Review: TT3D – Closer to the Edge, Belfast Film Festival, Movie House, Belfast
The Belfast Film Festival revved up a gear last night with the Northern Ireland premiere of TT3D: Closer To The Edge.
Review: Moby Dick, Sinclair Seamen’s Mission, Church, Belfast
The importance of the location where you see a film is maybe underestimated. The right place adds quite a bit to the overall pleasure.
Review: Biosuite - Emotional Response Cinema, Sonic Arts Centre Belfast
A Belfast Film Festival audience found itself part of a science experiment last night.
Long night of films to make you flinch
Belfast has come a long way since the city banned Universal’s Frankenstein in 1931.
Killing Bono launches Belfast Film Festival
It was a Beautiful Day for the opening of the 2011 Belfast Film Festival as it launched with the premiere of Killing Bono.
Review: Killing Bono, Belfast Film Festival
Killing Bono was partly filmed on Belfast’s ‘Golden Mile’, in the streets around Belfast Metropolitan College and at Frames nightclub.
Cinema-goers to get plugged in for ultimate sensory experience at Belfast Film Festival
In a world first, creative technology will collide with horror fans at this year’s Belfast Film Festival.
Big bad John
Growing up in the village of Corrinshego, Co Armagh, John Lynch may not have envisaged the success that his long career would bring him.
Curtain raises for Belfast Film Festival
Thursday evening saw the opening at The Movie House, Dublin Road, of the 10th Annual Belfast Film Festival.
Belfast Film Festival kicks off
The Belfast Film Festival kicked off at the Moviehouse on Dublin Road last night with the premier of the new Colin Farrell movie Triage.
Belfast Film Festival: Gala start with Colin Farrell Triage premiere
The 10th Belfast Film Festival got off to a gala start last night with the Irish premiere of the new Colin Farrell movie.
Editor's Viewpoint: Escape into cinema
The Belfast Film Festival, which begins today, provides an important showcase to local audiences for the best in cinema. It also provides yet another important dimension to the cultural life of Northern Ireland.
Belfast Film Festival to reel in the fans
There will be a touch of Hollywood glamour in Belfast from tonight as this year’s Belfast Film Festival kicks off in style.
Interview: Ciaran Hinds
’You wouldn’t realise it from listening to his voice, but Ciaran Hinds is a very busy man. Even setting up an interview ahead of his appearance at this year’s Belfast Film Festival is dictated by what he refers to as his “busyness”.
Roll out the red carpet for Belfast Film Festival
I am often asked what is different about the Belfast Film Festival, and what sets it apart from other such events.
Colin Farrell and Ciaran Hinds have role to play in Belfast film fest
Movie stars Colin Farrell and Ciaran Hinds will be among the big names hitting the silver screen in Belfast next month at the Belfast Film Festival.
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