We’re Hiring!
Aunty Social is looking for a Festival Development Coordinator to support the work of Blackpool Film Festival.
This role is an entry-level position for a Fylde Coast-based aspiring film exhibition professional.
News
Introducing Blackpool Film Festival
It’s been a while, but we’re still here!
We’ve been busy behind the scenes as this year, we’re realising our long term goal to ‘spin out’ WGFF into Blackpool Film Festival (BFF), an independent town-wide organisation and multi-venue festival.
Opera House screening update
We have sadly encountered a major technical issue with the Opera House projector and sound system. We’ve been working hard to resolve it, but unfortunately have not been able to fix this problem. – Fashion Reimagined – will now take place in the Baronial Hall, starting 15 minutes later than
Bait: A Monochrome Masterpiece
By Stuart Holmes Each year, millions travel across England’s spectacular coastline, from Cleveleys to Cornwall, seeking escapism. We really do like to be beside the seaside. As such, on the Fylde Coast and beyond, tourism has become increasingly central to local communities prospering. Such seasonal resorts are typically dependent on
The Boundary-Breaking Beauty of Shelagh Delaney’s A Taste of Honey (1961)
By Beth Barker At just 19 years old, Shelagh Delaney wrote her first play – A Taste of Honey (1958). Born to working-class parents in the northern city of Salford, she was never destined for fame or fortune. Instead, she put pen to paper (or, more appropriately in her case,
In the shadow of Pendle Hill: a British classic 60 years on
By Billy Burton I can’t remember when or how I first found out about Whistle Down the Wind, Bryan Forbes’ timeless and endearing classic about three Lancashire children who discover a runaway criminal and mistake him for Jesus Christ, but I know that I’ve long been aware of its existence.