Festival Newsletter

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The nights are drawing in, there’s a nip in the air, the leaves are changing colour and our thoughts naturally turn to The Keswick Film Festival! 

What is there to look forward to during the long winter evenings to come? The programme of films already looks stunning. American Honey, Toni Erdmann and La La Land have been receiving tremendous reviews and will be highlights of the Festival. Add to those titles The Patriarch and Neruda and the prospects look even brighter. As ever, our selections portray the best and worst of human behaviour, from the creation of lyrical poetry for the delight of others to the awful intolerance people can feel for one another.

Osprey Short Film Awards 2017

We are now accepting entries for the 2017 Osprey Short Film Awards at the 18th Keswick Film Festival. To be considered for the awards a film must

• Have a significant connection to Cumbria or Keswick Film Festival
• Be no more than 10 minutes long.
• Have been completed during 2016

For full details on all the rules and how to enter please visit the Short Film Awards section of the website.

Osprey Short Films 18 & Under Winner: The Eletheromaniac and the Nostalgic

Watch the winning short film in the 18 & Under category from Harriet Wigginton and read about it in the Times & Star.

The Eletheromaniac and the Nostalgic from Hatty Wigginton on Vimeo.

Osprey Short Films Open Category Winner: Mourning

Watch the winning short film in the Open category, Mourning by N. Andrew Elliot.

Osprey Short Film Award Winners

Congratulations to all eleven films shortlist for this year's Osprey Short Film Award. All of the films screened at The Alhambra on Saturday received 'Highly Commended' certificates. Many thanks to Rayna Campbell, the director of Lapse of Honour for announcing the winners in each category as follows:

18 & Under: The Eleutheromaniac and the Nostalgic by Harriet Wigginton
Open: Mourning by N. Andrew Elliot
Audience Award: Autumn Veil by BFI Film Academy

Sunday at the Festival

It's the final day of the festival but there's still lots to enjoy:

• Karun - Alhambra at 12:30pm
• The Last Explorers... - Alhambra at 2:10pm
• On the Side of the Road - Alhambra at 10:00am
• My Love, Don’t Cross that River - Studio at 12:30pm
• Karun - Alhambra at 12:30pm
• The Last Explorers... - Alhambra at 2:10pm
• Dukhtar - Alhambra at 3:30pm
• Ornette: Made in America - Studio at 3:30pm
• The Wolfpack - Alhambra at 5:30pm
• A Great Day in Harlem - Studio at 5:45pm
• A.K.A Nadia - Alhambra at 8:00pm
• Barker & Shaw At The Movies - Theatre at 7:30pm

Saturday at the Festival

Lots going on today at the Festival. An animation themed programme for children at Rheged, the Osprey Short Film Awards, a talk on special effects, Mark Kermode's Best Foreign Language Film, Q&As with the directors of Lapse Of Honour and The Closer We Get and the day ends with a late night screening of the critically acclaimed A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night.

• This Changes Everything - Theatre at 10:00am
• Animation Workshops - Rheged at 11am, 1pm, 2:30pm
• The Peanuts Movie - Rheged at 11:00am
• Osprey Short Film Awards - Alhambra at 11am
• Court - Theatre at 1:30pm
• Dementia Friendly Screening: Calamity Jane - Alhambra at 1:30pm
• Sherpa - Rheged at 2:00pm
• Simon Hughes On Special Effects - Studio at 4:00pm
• The Closer We Get + Director's Q&A - Theatre at 4:00pm
• Still The Water - Alhambra at 4:00pm
• Imaginaerium - Studio at 7:00pm
• The Assassin - Alhambra at 7:00pm
• Lapse of Honour + Director's Q&A - Theatre at 7:00pm
• A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night - Alhambra at 9:30pm