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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

ITS GREAT UP NORTH

This year, we are delighted to welcome as a guest programmer Radio DJ, Author, cultural critic and proud Northerner Stuart Maconie, who will be exploring the issue of Northern Identity in a series of specially-selected screenings.

SALFORD GOES INTERNATIONAL

STUART MACONIE

Salford Film Festival prides itself on its regional focus, on being a festival with a strong northern accent. This year, we are delighted to welcome as a guest programmer Radio DJ, Author, cultural critic and proud Northerner Stuart Maconie.

FESTIVAL TICKETS

Avoid disappointment, and get ahead of the rush. Book your Salford Film Festival Tickets now!

FILMONIK KABARET

To energise the local filmmaking community and to kick off this year’s festival in grand style, we’re teaming with Filmonik to present a 4-day pre-festival filmmaking extravaganza out and about on the streets of Salford.

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