A FILM festival which celebrates local big screen appearances is to get under way in 1940s style.
The Second Saltburn Film Festival plays at the town’s community theatre and cinema from tomorrow to Monday.
And to celebrate Atonement being the first film shown, people are being invited to come in 1940s garb, with prizes on offer for the best-dressed film-goers.
Partly shot in Redcar, the James McAvoy and Keira Knightley World War Two epic is seen as the ideal choice to start the popular festival.
It starts at 7.30pm with the screening of ‘How Atonement was made at Redcar’, followed by the film itself, which is a 15 certificate, from 8pm.
On Saturday at 7.30pm there’s God on the Rocks, starring Bill Paterson, Minnie Driver and Sinead Cusack - a Channel 4 movie from 1993 partly-filmed in Saltburn.
On Sunday at 7pm, there’s an evening of local films, with an audience award for the most popular. Admission is free.
And on Monday, The University of Teesside’s Institute of Digital Innovation (IDI) will hold The Best of Concept Film Night at Saltburn Community Theatre, 7.30pm-9.30pm.
The IDI’s Concept Film Night exclusively shows some of the most popular films produced in the last two years by North-east filmmakers. Where possible, the films will be introduced by the people who made them.
Admission is free but due to the adult nature of some of the films being shown, the event is open to 18 and over audiences only.
Wilma Gardiner-Gill, pictured, Saltburn’s arts development promoter, said: “It should be a great weekend and a real local celebration.�
For more details of the festival, call 01287 624997.
A children’s poster competition to publicise the festival was won by Saltburn Primary pupil Olivia Foster, nine. Runners-up: Maddie Pidgeon, nine, Ben Harrington, 11, Jake Prout, nine, Evan Pottage, 10, Kimberly Stonehouse, 10, Paul Dunn, eight, Kirsten Gent, 10.
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I attended the last two nights of the festival to view the short films created by local filmmakers and students from Teesside University. The range of movies was diverse and some of the filmmakers showed great flair and ingenuity. Despite the rather poor turnout for the final two nights (I understand the first two nights fared much better), I hope the event continues and we get the opportunity for a third festival next year.