BFI Film Academy 2025: apply now!
We’re looking for 10 young filmmakers and film fans aged 16-19 to take part in our BFI Film Academy 2025/26. Over the course of 5 months, you will work with your fellow young filmmakers to make a short film from start to finish.
Submissions Open for BFF Short Film Competition 2024
To celebrate a new era, Blackpool Film Festival are bringing back their Short Film Competition.
BFI Film Club 2023
Want to make your own films and see them on the big screen?
Winter Gardens Film Festival 2023
Boldly exploring futuristic and heritage film at the Winter Gardens Film Festival this February
Half Term Model Making Workshops with Aardman Animations
Join an expert model maker from Aardman Animations for a fun, hands-on clay modelling workshop.
BFI Film Club Blackpool
Want to make your own films and see them on the big screen?
Job Opportunity
Aunty Social is seeking staff to support their upcoming BFI-supported Young Filmmakers Club. This spring, we’re launching a new club that will support 15 budding filmmakers aged 12-15 yrs. They’ll learn how films are made and try out lots of different skills including scriptwriting, model-making
Black History Month events with AFRA
Celebrate the beginning of Black History Month in style with AFRA Blackpool. 7:30pm – late, Saturday 5 October at Layton Institute, Westcliffe Drive, Blackpool, FY3 7HG Join us on Saturday 5 October to enjoy delicious Caribbean food, experience a live performance from Tidal Beats Community
Lights, camera, action! Volunteer character actors needed for Film Festival opening night
Some Like it Hot – Friday 16 March 2018, Blackpool Winter Gardens We’re pleased to announce that we will be hosting an immersive screening of the 1959 classic Some Like it Hot as the opening night event of the Winter Gardens Film Festival. We are looking for volunteers to take part in
Britain on Film 2017: Retroscope Photo Gallery
In summer 2017, we invited you to step back in time and discover a world of archive film showing beautiful, breezy Blackpool through the ages. We had live performances, a deckchair theatre, nifty seaside-themed craft activities, super sideshow performers, parasol parade and penny farthings! #Britain
Get involved with Retroscope – volunteer character actors needed
Retroscope – Family Archive Film Day, Saturday 29 July 2017, Blackpool Winter Gardens We’re pleased to announce that we will be hosting a family archive films day as part of the British Film Institute Britain on Film season. We are looking for volunteers to take part in our live cine
Pictures in the Park Programme: February – March 2017
All the films in Feb/March 2017. Enjoy!
Stormy Weather Photo Gallery
On Friday 9 December, we took a trip back to the 1940s for an event cinema screening of Stormy Weather (1943). We experienced this fabulous film in the atmospheric Grand Foyer of the Winter Gardens, then had a swinging time dancing to the sounds of our live band the Billionaires. We hope you enjoy
Get involved with Black Star – volunteer character actors needed
BFI Black Star event – Stormy Weather, Friday 9 December 2016, Blackpool Winter Gardens We’re pleased to announce that we will be hosting an immersive screening of the 1943 musical Stormy Weather as part of the British Film Institute Black Star season. We are looking for volunteers t
West Side story – tell us what you think
Thanks to everyone who came to our screening tonight. We’d like you to tell us what you thought of the event. Please complete this quick survey. It shouldn’t take longer than 10 minutes maximum. Thank you! Alternative survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SOF-AuntySocial