Since its inception in 2003, Salford has been a festival with a strong regional voice, rooted deep in the local community. Offering a heady mix of British `kitchen sink’ classics, international cinema with a local connection, and premieres of new work filmed in and around the region, the Festival is dedicated to promoting and raising the profile of Salford as an area of creative excellence in filmmaking, and as a breeding-ground for some of the world’s great talent, past, present and to come. Celebrating the city's cinematic history and thriving contemporary talent, it’s a festival for the people of Salford, by the people of Salford, starring the people of Salford.
But we’re a hospitable people. We don’t want to keep things all for ourselves, so we’re inviting the rest of the world to join us. The focus may be regional, but the view is widescreen. There’s something for everyone to enjoy, from local community films to cutting-edge new shorts; from timeless classics and rarely-screened cult features to international premieres.