Films A-Z
Until the line-up for 2010 is announced, we are keeping 2009's A to Z in place, so that visitors to the site can find out more about the films screened in our previous festival.
“All I ever wanted was a dad. Instead I got a son…” Fourteen year-old Robbie has just become a dad. And he’s just been reunited with his own estranged father, Joe. But Joe lets him down once again, and an angry Robbie snatches his baby son and goes on the run, leaving violence in his wake. As Joe joins the search for the increasingly alienated Robbie, each is forced to face up to the past and to the responsibilities and true meaning of fatherhood.
This emotionally stirring coming of age drama stars Ian Hart (Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone, Backbeat), Louise Delamere (No Angels), Steve Evets (Looking For Eric), and Chrissie Rock (Benidorm, Ladybird Ladybird), and marks the acting debut of Kyle Ward and the feature film debut of award-winning director Brian Percival and producers Michael Knowles and Stacey Murray. A Boy Called Dad received its World Premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2009 where it was nominated for the Michael Powell award with its young lead Kyle Ward winning a Trailblazer award. The film was also voted an audience favourite at the festival. It has just been accepted at the prestigious Rome International Film Festival and goes on general release in March 2010.
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Jimmy has had enough of chasing pop success in London, and returns home to Manchester to set up a folk night above a pub. He wants to get his soul back - and his girlfriend Eilish. But his old bandmate Callum is in town - maybe to steal his girl, maybe to steal his songs. The regulars, who usually fill the night have abandoned him, to watch the footie at the pub down the road, and there’s a Man From The Brewery coming to decide the pub’s future. Jimmy may end up as “Anonymous” as the ripped-off and forgotten songwriters whose music he so loves…
Screening as part of our NORTH WEST UNDERGROUND strand.
Immortalised in song by Billy Bragg, the A13 runs from the East End of London all the way to the Essex Coast. This is your chance to make that journey without ever leaving Salford, and to discover the startling history, myths, and folklore of this much travelled route.
Showing as part of REEL LIFE
A child, alone in the snow, comes upon the remnants of something terrible...
Pretty much exactly what it says in the title.
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