The inaugural Margate Film Festival will take place from 3rd to 7th October 2018, focusing on the theme of ‘outsiders’ and moving attitudes to people and places.
The festival celebrates Margate’s creative culture with over 15 events more than 5 days. It also celebrates it’s enormous past and variety of cultural identity. The festival sees new works from local artists, live performances, debut features from British and International filmmakers, shorts, archive footage, live film scores, talks, family workshops and more.
The festival will provide a platform to local musicians to showcase their music and talents teaming up with Margate Film Festival present an afternoon of live music from local artists alongside a programme of music videos film on location around Thanet.
The festival will pay homage to the area’s changing nature through experimental programming – bringing together, shorts and features from the festival circuit.
British and foreign film will be brought together to pay homage to the area’s changing nature through experimental programming
Margate Film Festival aims to be an important annual contributor to the cultural life and reputation of the town and of Thanet as a whole. The festival opens with celebrated film Pin Cushion by British writer-director Deborah Haywood featuring, a dark twisted modern fairy-tale about odd-ball mother and daughter moving to a new town, which will be introduced by Margate-based cinematographer Nicola Daley.
Some other highlights of the festival are ; Lost In Vagueness with a live performance by Claire Orme- the debut feature from director Sofia Olins – tells the extraordinary untold story of Glastonbury Festival’s most iconic and anarchic sideshow attraction, Lost Vagueness and its ingenious but ocassionaly self-destructive creator Roy Gurvitz. Featuring Fat Boy Slim, Madness, Kate Tempest and Michael & Emily Eavis, as well as a whole host of outlandish performers.
Kate Williamson leading the Margate Film Festival wrote, “The festival goes beyond film, beyond cinema even. It’s an extravaganza of creativity and local people, all doing what they do best, for the love of it. Margate is no one fixed thing, nor is the festival –with a packed 5 days of cross-arts events that have been curated organically from the myriad of local talents, it’s a ‘taste of Margate’, brought together by a team of passionate volunteers and community spirit. An opportunity to really see what’s happening here”.
The tidal pool of Walpole Bay has become the central meeting point for so many residents of Margate because they can gently float, swim and chat there.
The festival has some interesting events including a Family Workshop – Stories Shadows and Silent Film, an exciting opportunity for parents and children to explore classic silent short shadow animations by early filmmaker Lotte Reiniger.
Tickets can be found online and start from £7.06 to £9.21.
For more information visit https://margatefilmfestival.co.uk
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Margate Film Festival to Celebrate Diverse Cultural Identity
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