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.

 

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JADE

Silver Bear winner at Berlin. Jade, caught in a dilemma of her own making, struggles to choose the right path. It becomes clear to her, though, that she may have no choice at all… Showing as part of CAUGHT SHORT THREE: FAULTY CONNECTIONS

 

JESUITO DE MI VIDA [DEAR CHILD JESUS]

Jesus, a six-year old boy awakes in the night with an urgent need to pee, but his fear of the dark means he is scared to make the trip to the bathroom. Influenced by his devoutly religious mother. he asks God for a miracle…
 

 

JUMP

Standing on top of a sagging school roof, an obese headmaster attempts to talk down his latest suicidal pupil…
 

 

STARRING…THE PEOPLE OF SALFORD

Born in 2003 the Salford Film Festival paid special attention to the huge variety that Salford communities are famous for, and in encouraging their involvement in film-making both on screen and behind the camera, paved the way for five more seriously succ

STEVE BALSHAW INTERVIEW

My primary role is to select, source and secure the films, and to build these into a programme of screenings and related events that will hopefully attract an audience - so I deal with filmmakers and producers, and often with the various screening venues,

INNOVATE, DON’T IMITATE!

Manchester prides itself on being “The City of Innovation”. Benjamin Disraeli famously stated that “What Manchester does today, the rest of the world will do tomorrow

THE ORSON WELLES OF SALFORD

He was Salford's Welles and King of Manchester Exploitation movies. He was a pioneer of independent filmmaking in the region. And now there's a book. You should own it.

UNDERSTANDING THE PAST

In our past is our future. Understand one, and you can better visualise the other. This selection of films from the North West Film Archive offers a glimpse of the world that was, here in Salford - some of it now lost forever, some of it simply altered be