Bath Film Festival
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox film festival Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Bath Film Festival, known as FilmBath, is an annual film festival held in Bath, England.[1] It was established in 1991 by members of the Bath Film Society.
The organisation has expanded in duration, venues, and titles. In 1997, it was registered as a non profit-distributing company and, in 2000, as a charitable organisation. The festival has also expanded its programme over the years[2] to include workshops for festival-goers, live music accompaniments to silent cinema, and more recently, open-air cinema, starting in 2003 with a screening of E.T. in partnership with the Holburne Museum of Art. Since its foundation, the festival has screened over 1000 films.
IMDb is a co-sponsor of the festival and of several festival awards.[3]
Nicolas Roeg's 2007 film Puffball had its UK premiere at the festival.[4] In January 2014, a special screening of Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ at Wells Cathedral (along with a companion screening of The Passion of Joan of Arc at Bath Abbey) provoked some controversy; the church defended its decision to allow the screening.[5][6]
In 2014, the festival's executive director, Holly Tarquini, founded the F-Rating which is awarded to films directed and/or written by women.[7] The F-Rating has been adopted by dozens of independent film festivals and cinemas,[8] including the Barbican Centre. In 2017, the keyword 'F-Rated' was added to over 22,000 titles on IMDb.[9]
References
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- ↑ Christopher Hansford, "An All-Star Cast for This Year's Fabulous Film Fest", Bath Chronicle, 8 November 2012.
- ↑ "Bath, Nordic, Assembly: film festival previews", The Guardian, 22 November 2013.
- ↑ Charlotte Cripps, "Something Wicked This Way Comes", The Independent. 30 October 2007.
- ↑ Michael Trimmer, "Wells Cathedral defends decision to screen 'The Last Temptation of Christ'", Christian Today, 10 January 2014.
- ↑ "Cathedral Supports Showing of Last Temptation of Christ", Wells Journal, 16 January 2014.
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