27 September 2015
Newsdesk
HOMELESS FILM FESTIVAL announced its 2015 festival event schedule today, which includes national screenings and director Q&A’s across the country from 1st – 14th November 2015.
This year’s schedule showcases screenings of 400 Blows, London to Brighton, Those Who Feel The Fire Burning, Dark Days and a Homeless Film Festival Shorts programme. Films will be shown at iconic locations and independent cinemas across the country, including, The Electric in Birmingham, The Whitworth Gallery in Manchester, HOME in Manchester and a special screening on a boat in Brighton.
The Homeless Film Festival is the first festival of its kind, dedicated to confronting and presenting homeless issues. This year’s festival will see high-end features, shorts and documentaries screened, all of which have homeless issues as a central theme or are films that are made by homeless creatives' in a mixture of genres. See Homeless Film Festivals 2014 showreel below.
Dean Brocklehurst, creator and director of Homeless Film Festival said: “We’re really excited to announce the schedule for Homeless Film Festival 2015. The charity is growing year on year and this year we’ll see our first ever screening on a boat moored in Brighton.
This special screening of Those Who Feel The Fire Burning focuses on the plight of refugees on the outskirts of Europe and is extremely timely considering the current refugee crisis.
With this year’s festival we hope to raise awareness of homelessness around the world, highlighting not only the people who are homeless but the many ways in which people become homeless.”
Dean Brocklehurst set up Homeless Film Festival with the aim of tackling some of the core issues of homelessness such as lack of aspirations, qualifications and self confidence. Aside from raising awareness through the film festival, the charity directors also run filmmaking workshops with homeless project participants in the UK, giving them the opportunity to take part in free filmmaking and art projects all year round. Particiapants develop skills in script writing, camera operating, editing and festival programming as well as more bespoke workshops requested during sessions. Recent projects in Greater Manchester include filmmaking in a day activities at Fleet House women’s refuge in Bolton and Greenbank Trafford for homeless and vunerable young people in Trafford, both part of Irwell Valley Housing Association.
Co-Director, Paula Moore, said: “Homeless Film Festival represents issues from a worldwide international perspective. The tour covers the UK but our content and work is worldwide and film submissions come from all over the world. We want to use film as a way to raise awareness of this chronic worldwide issue.”
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
SUNDAY 1ST NOVEMBER Electric Birmingham – 400 Blows
MONDAY 2ND NOVEMBER HOME – Manchester – London to Brighton + Q&A
WEDNESDAY 3RD NOVEMBER HOME – Manchester – Short Film Programm
THURSDAY 4TH NOVEMBER Boat - Brighton – Those Who Feel The Fire Burning
FRIDAY 5TH NOVEMBER Duke of Yorks Brighton – Dark Days
SATURDAY 6TH – 11th NOVEMBER To be announced
THURSDAY 11TH NOVEMBER Whitworth Art Gallery Manchester – Wasteland/Short Film
FRIDAY 12TH NOVEMBER To be announced
SATURDAY 13TH NOVEMBER To be announced
SUNDAY 14TH NOVEMBER Finale with special guests to be announced
