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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KANDAHAR BREAK

Escape is the only option. Death is the only alternative. 1999: the Taliban rules Afghanistan with a fearsome grip. In the ancient city of Kandahar, a team of British Bomb disposal experts works to rid the surrounding deserts of landmines - remnants of the country’s decades of war. In this tyrannical world of fundamentalism and tribal feuding, one wrong step can lead to violence and tragedy… A gripping tale of doomed romance and a violent manhunt across an inhospitable landscape, the films stars Shaun Dooley (Mark of Cain, Red Riding) and Life on Mars / Ashes to Ashes star Dean Andrews.

 

KONTAKT 2009

Online dating has its limitations, and not simply due to the translation software… Showing as part of CAUGHT SHORT ONE: LAUGH THIS OFF!

 

KASZEL UMARLAKA [DEAD MAN’S COUGHING]

Is it likely that in a godforsaken small town you can still meet a witch? Does a pig bring good luck and can it deliver a man from disease? Jaded politician Edmund is about to find out…

 

Showing as part of GO EAST!

 

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