Check out the trailer for latest Martin Scorsese movie Silence.
The film takes place in 17th Century and stars Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver as two Portuguese missionaries who travel to Japan to search for their mentor (Liam Neeson) and minister to Christian's who have been outlawed. Scorsese has been developing Silence since 1990 and is a significant passion project for the director. One things for certain - it looks epic.
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We've had plenty of fantastic work submitted to next years festival and there is still time to get yours in before our final deadline on November 16th. 2016 was a stunning year for MANIFF and 2017 is set to be even better with a wide range of films from around the globe.
Check out the video below and see what you can expect from one of the fastest growing festivals on the circuit.
To submit go to FilmFreeway or Withouabox
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There is still time to enter your work for consideration to next years Manchester Film Festival. Our FINAL deadline is November 16th.
Enter through:
Filmfreeway https://filmfreeway.com/festival/MANIFF
Withoutabox https://www.withoutabox.com/maniff
We accept submissions in all disciplines.
Next years festival is taking place 2nd-5th March and is set to be our biggest and best year yet.
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The Manchester International Film Festival (March 3-6) has announced its official selection this morning and will open with the international premiere of sports documentary Dennis Viollet - A United Man.
The film is a portrait of the late Manchester United football player who survived the notorious Munich air crash of 1958 and went on to become not only the captain of Manchester United but also the first British footballer to pioneer the sport worldwide and bring ‘soccer&...
The early bird deadline for Manchester Film Festival is on the 1st of September so there is less than a week left to take advantage of the reduced submission fees. Head over to any of our submission platforms, just click on them listed below to get your entry in before the deadline!
Withoutabox
Filmfreeway
FIlm Festival Life
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After the huge success of the first Machester Film Festival we are already planning for the 2016 edition. The dates have now been finalised as the 3rd - 6th of March 2016 and submissions are now open!
You can submit via, filmfreeway. withoutabox, film festival life and festhome.
Just Click the links below to submit now!
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ManIFF2015 is proud to announce its official feature selection for the inaugural Manchester Film Festival. All 20 trailers of the World and U.K premières were played and received with excitement and intrigue at an exclusive press screening at The Landing, MediacityUK. Amongst the films to première at the inaugural Manchester Film Festival, which is taking place at the AMC Great Northern Warehouse from 10th- 12th July, is the U.K Première of ‘Two Down’ which is...
ManIFF2015 The Manchester Film Festival’s press release screening of its official feature film selection will take place on Thursday 30th April 2015 11.00a.m at ‘On the 7th’, The Landing, MediaCityUK. The relaxed gathering of approximately one hour will unveil 18 trailers of the chosen films to showcase the inaugural Manchester Film Festival.
Any press/bloggers etc who would like to attend please email: neil@maniff.com to arrange. Space is very limited.
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MANIFF's secret screenwriter is still giving out his screenwriting tips for free. Still wondering who he is?
"If you feel you would much prefer to run with your story idea and start writing your script today instead of answering what appear to be dumb questions and making lists, I would strongly advise you not to. "
Instead head over to the screenwriting blog for this weeks lesson.
http://www.maniff.com/the-craft-of-screenwriting/2015/3/...
WHEN WRITING A STORY FROM SCRATCH (especially if you are making it up as you go along) the subconscious is continually asking questions, mainly: ‘what happens next?’
And if you come up with an answer to your subconscious question you will call this a ‘creative thought’.
But really it was the answer to a question you asked on autopilot.
Questions and answers are the single most important thing in the CREATION of your story.
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We are offerening an exclusicve 25% submission fee doscount to all members of filmfestivals.com.
Simply submit your film via FilmFreeway https://filmfreeway.com/festival/ManchesterInternationalFilmFestival
Use the discount code FILMFEST25 and receive your 25 % discount.
Submissions are open until the 20th of March.
Good Luck and Happy Submitting!
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SO, YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR A SCREENPLAY?
If there is something you can learn how to do—and providing you want to learn how to do it—you could learn how to do that thing to an OK standard, right?
And if you can learn how to do it to an OK standard, there is no reason you couldn't learn how to do it to an excellent standard, no?
So tell me something that you can’t learn how to do?
Don’t listen to people who say things like you either have it or yo...
Industry Screenwriter agrees to be ManIFF’s Stig!
FREE SCREENWRITING WEB COURSE
Every great film begins with a great story and Manchester International Film Festival is excited to announce its very own ‘Secret Screenwriter’ web course. ManIFF’s chosen ‘Stig’ of the film world is donning his screenwriting helmet and is offering his knowledge to all our followers in the run up to the inaugural Manchester International Film Festival 2015. Whether you follow his...
Manchester International Film Festival is pleased to announce that entries for the inaugural festival are now open via filmfreeway and withoutabox. The links are below.
Check the Website: http://www.maniff.com/
Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ManchesterIFF
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ManIFF2015
The Manchester International Film Festival has been founded to become an annual event to showcase strong and inventive film-making. Running alongside the ...
MANIFF is pleased to announce that the Manchester worker bee is to be its official emblem.
The symbol of the bee was used to portray Mancunians’ hard working ethos during the industrial revolution, in the 19th century.
The winner of the best film of the 2015 festival will be the first to receive the annual Golden Bee award. Other categories that include best screenplay, best feature, best short, and best director will receive a collection of accolades that comprise of ’ The Silver ...
MANIFF2015 is excited to announce its first confirmed venue for its inaugural year, the AMC Manchester.
In partnership with the UK’S exclusive AMC Manchester, the festival will house the first of its exclusive screenings at the Grade 2* listed Great Northern Warehouse in the heart of the world’s most industrious city.
The Great Northern Warehouse champions the city’s heritage as being the one time home of the historic transport interchange that housed the colossal volumes of ...
