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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PRODIGAL SONS

Elvis and Donny, two incompetent criminals with a gambling problem, kidnap local bookie Taff The Turf (Roy Hudd), intending to pay off their debts with the ransom. Only problem is, they kidnap him on a Saturday evening, and the banks aren’t open till Monday. To pass the time, Taff suggests they watch the sport on TV and encourages the hapless pair to open a temporary betting account… Showing as part of CAUGHT SHORT ONE: LAUGH THIS OFF!

 

PLACKY BAG

A plastic bag, adrift on the streets of Salford. We see them every day, and never pay any attention. But every bag has a story… Showing as part of CAUGHT SHORT TWO: SHOTS FROM THE NORTH WEST UNDERGROUND

 

PORQUE HAY COSAS QUE MUNCA SE OLVIDAN [BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS YOU NEVER FORGET]

Naples, Italy, 1950. Four friends are playing football out on the street, when their ball is accidentally kicked into the mean old lady‘s yard. They’ll never play with that ball again… and for that, their revenge will be shocking… Showing as part of CAUGHT SHORT FOUR: FABLES AND FAIRYTALES

 

PTITZI BOZHII [BIRDS OF HEAVEN]

An elderly Bulgarian peasant woman finds herself playing unwilling host to an eccentric and equally elderly English tourist (Ann Firbank), in this wryly funny study of cultural collision and the importance of growing old disgracefully.

 

Showing as part of GO EAST!

 

PARALLEL CHOICES

 

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