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Held at Leigh Film Factory over Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th October
Held at Leigh Film Factory over Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th October.
Clementine Bogg-Hargroves hosted both events again
Some photos from our 2025 festival award ceremonies
Held again in the home of Leigh Film Factory, we had our two most well attended nights ever!
Both events were hosted by the lovely & multi-talented Clementine Bogg-Hargroves from Get Giddier.
Here are some photos from the 2024 events
Now in our permanent home of Leigh Film Factory, we celebrated our 10th Anniversary.
Once again the festival was spread over two nights with awards being presented on the final night.
Five category awards were presented on the night by our host Richard Houghton.
Our Award Winners
Watch the 2023 Awards Ceremony below.
The four award winners who attended the events were interviewed after the ceremony and you can watch that film below.
Our fifth awardee Josie Charles (Writer & Director of Dead Cat Film) unfortunately could not be at our event but they did send this acceptance video which was shown on the night. You can watch that film below.
Here are some photos taken at the events.
We moved to our new home in 2022. The event took place at Leigh Film Factory which is Leigh's only independant cinema, situated in Leigh Spinners Mill, which is a grade-ii listed building.
The festival was spread over two nights with awards being presented on the final night. As usual we have a good mix of filmmakers and short film fans in attendance. Five category awards were presented on the night by Natasha Hawthornthwaite & Scott Davenport from Northern Heart Films.
Our Award Winners
Our Media Director Andrew Nowell, interviewed the filmmakers & other dignitaries in who came to the events. You can watch those below.
Here are some photos from the events.
