First Films Announced For 2020 Festival

The countdown has begun for the 21st Keswick Film Festival. It is only about 100 days until the Film Festival starts on 27th February – by which time the nights will be drawing out again and the snowdrops will be out in force.

Not only that but the Alhambra is looking fantastic after its refurbishment, ready to screen such delights as Parasite, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Monos, Judy and Punch, The Kingmaker and many more. The screens at the Theatre by the Lake and Rheged will be busy too – keep checking our website, Twitter and Facebook for further information on the programme.

Passes are on sale now from the Theatre by the Lake and individual tickets from 3rd January.

More Audience Scores

The scores for all of the films are now available so you can now see how your favourite films fared.

Audience Scores - Top 3s

We've started adding up all of the audience votes and can now reveal the top 3 feature films and documentaries at the 20th Keswick Film Festival.

Feature Film

 

Green Book - 91%

The Guilty - 87%

Jellyfish - 86%

Documentaries

Nae Pasaran - 92%

Citizenfour - 91%

Another Day of Life - 90%

Osprey Winners

More than a hundred people came along to watch the Osprey Short Film Awards on Saturday afternoon. Directors James Gardner (Jellyfish) and Mike Tweddle (Sparrowhawk) helped hand out the certificates to all of the filmmakers.

The main prizes were awarded as follows:

Open Category: A Mercy Kill by Richard Skelton
Student Category: Cake by Alana Barton
Audience Award: Holding Space by Rebecca Kenyon

You can find more details about all of the films on our website and photos from the event are available on our Facebook Page.

Sunday at Keswick Film Festival

There's still lots to see on our final day, including the award winning Green Book, a preview of "one of the best movies ever made about survival" Arctic and the UK premiere of A Long Hot Summer in Palestine with director Norma Marcos.

Please note that due to demand the Studio films have been moved to the stalls of the main house.

• Another Day Of Life - 11:00am Alhambra
• A Long Hot Summer in Palestine Premiere + director Norma Marcos Q&A  - 11:00am Theatre 
• Only You - 1:00pm Alhambra
• Nae Pasaran - 1:30pm Theatre
• Jellyfish - 2:00pm Rheged
• Too Late To Die Young - 3:30pm Alhambra
• Neil Sinyard on The Memphis Belle + Documentary + Feature Film - 4:00pm Theatre
• Arctic (Preview) - 6:00pm Alhambra
• Green Book - 8:30pm Alhambra

Sunday's Studio Films

Due to popular demand we have moved Sunday's films scheduled for the Studio to the Main House. This means there are now more tickets available for A Long Hot Summer In Palestine, Nae Pasaran and The Memphis Belle.

Today's films (CitizenFour, Prevenge and Faces Places) will still be in the Studio.

Saturday at Keswick Film Festival

Today we have long films (4 hours) and short films (2 mins) and plenty in between the two. We're also delighted to be joined by special guests Alice Lowe and director Carl Hunter for our Gala Screening of Sometimes Always Never.

• Fighting With My Family - 10:00am Alhambra
• An Elephant Sitting Still - 11:00am Theatre
• Citizenfour - 11:00am Studio
• Down To Earth - 11:15am Rheged
• The Osprey Short Film Awards - 12:30pm Alhambra
• Sorry To Bother You - 1:15pm Rheged
• Rafiki - 3:00pm Alhambra
• Prevenge - 2:30pm Studio
• Happy As Lazzaro (Preview) - 5:00pm Alhambra
• Lizzie - 4:30pm - By The Lake
• Faces Places - 5:00pm Studio
• Sunset (Preview) - 8:00pm Alhambra
• Sometimes Always Never + Q&A with Alice Lowe and director Carl Hunter - 8:00pm Theatre By The Lake