What happened over the launch weekend
Find out here about all the activity during the launch weekend.
THURSDAY 18th MARCH
The People's Première
8.15pm, National Media Museum
In a first for Bradford, City of Film is proud to bring you the first People's Première, Perrier's Bounty. Check out the Telegraph and Argus for your chance to win tickets to the night of the year. Who knows? It could be you giving Branjelina a run for their money on the red carpet as Hollywood glamour comes to town.
Dust down your poshest of frocks. You'll need it.
National Media Museum, Pictureville, Bradford. BD1 1NQ
Film and Food Menu at Symposium, Idle
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings
Enjoy a fabulous film themed meal. Taking inspiration from films as diverse as Bridget Jones Diary, Ratatouille, Splash, Driving Miss Daisy and Silence of the Lambs, Symposium offers a 2 or 3 course meal. Check out the menu and find out more about the films that have inspired these dishes.
Symposium Ale and Wine Bar, Albion Road, Idle, BD10 9PY. Tel: 01274 616587
FRIDAY 19th MARCH
The 16th Bradford International Film Festival
Films galore at the 16th Bradford International Film Festival.
Industry Weekend
All day. National Media Museum and University of Bradford
The 2010 Industry Weekend Strategies for Survival is two packed days of events and masterclasses for anyone working in film. This year’s event will focus on how people and organisations are creating new business models to help them survive in these difficult times, including how different platforms are enabling filmmakers to get their work to new audiences.
Click here to find out more
Pop-up Cinema
11am - 5pm, Centenary Square
Guerilla cinema comes to Bradford! Exclusively for City of Film, Pop-up Cinema pops up where you least expect it, in a marquee in Centenary Square to bring you the best from Hollywood to Bollywood and the new Bradford film My City, My Family, My Film. Wander in at your leisure, grab a seat and enjoy the film. Programme to be confirmed shortly. Entry FREE. Download the film programme and times here
Kirkgate Centre
9am - 5.30pm
Your chance to recreate your own Oscar moment as a special City of Film animation offers a sneaky peak behind-the-scenes on a film shoot. Entry: FREE.
Who needs Hollywood when we've got red carpet glamour right here in Bradford? Check out the girls at Boots, The Perfume Shop, New Look, River Island and others who are channelling their inner Keira/Meryl/Demi to dress like their favourite movie stars just for City of Film weekend.
City Centre
All day
City of Film brings comedy legends to your doorstep...well, almost. Take a stroll around Centenary Square and the Kirkgate to see if you can spot Laurel and Hardy. Ask them nicely and - who knows? - you could capture the moment for posterity.
Recreate the Hollywood hills with City of Film's take on the immortal letters...for HOLLYWOOD read BRADFORD in Centenary Square.
Cult Fiction Symposium
1pm, Bradford Playhouse.
Join the Northern Film School's Dr Lance Pettitt and others to discuss gender representation in film. Entry: FREE
Bradford Playhouse Chapel Street, Little Germany, Bradford. BD1 5DL
Yarn Spinners Guided Film Tour of the City Centre
City Centre, 2pm - Meet in the foyer of the National Media Museum
Bradford-based Yarn Spinners Tours are offering a special guided ‘movie’ tour of the City Centre over the launch weekend to celebrate film locations and places of film history and importance.
The guide is knowledgeable and passionate about Films and Bradford, being born and bred in the city and being an actor himself. He will guide visitors to some of the locations on the Movie Trail that were used for classic films such as Billy Liar and Room at the Top and for television productions such as No Angels, and Coronation Street. This guided walk is through much of the city centre, which includes a mixture of flat and hilly areas. Duration 1 hour 45 mins. Cost £5; (£3 concessions). To book your place Web: www.yarnspinnerstours.co.uk and follow the Tour Programme link
email: info@yarnspinnerstours.co.uk or call mobile: 07980 943 391
Mad Hatter's Unbirthday Tea
Great Victoria Hotel, 3pm - 6.30pm
It might not be your birthday, but that's no excuse not to celebrate. Taking its inspiration from Alice in Wonderland, the Great Victoria Hotel is delighted to present the Unbirthday Tea for City of Film weekend. Indulge yourself for £15 for two (£2 goes to Leukaemia Research). Pre-book a cake and candles (£5 supp) and celebrate not being a year older. Call to reserve your place: 01274 728706. Entry: £15 for two
Great Victoria Hotel, Bridge Street, Bradford. BD1 1JX
Why not combine with a trip to IMAX to watch Alice in Wonderland in 3D?
Omar Khan's
Anytime during City of Film weekend
Fabulous food at a special City of Film price...present your Bradford International Film Festival ticket to get 10% off your bill.
Omar Khan's, 30 Little Horton Lane, Bradford. BD5 0AL
Film and Food Menu at Symposium, Idle
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings
Enjoy a fabulous film themed meal. Taking inspiration from films as diverse as Bridget Jones Diary, Ratatouille, Splash, Driving Miss Daisy and Silence of the Lambs, Symposium offers a 2 or 3 course meal. Check out the menu and find out more about the films that have inspired these dishes.
Symposium Ale and Wine Bar, Albion Road, Idle, BD10 9PY. Tel: 01274 616587
Arts of Place Launch
6pm - 8pm, Impressions Gallery
Meet the artists behind Arts of Place, a creative programme of temporary events, commissions and learning to raise cultural aspirations for Bradford's City Park. Entry: FREE, refreshments included. To be sure of your place, call 01924 215550, or email cathy@beam.uk.net . Download the flyer for this event here.
SATURDAY 20th MARCH
The 16th Bradford International Film Festival
Films galore at the 16th Bradford International Film Festival.
Industry Weekend
All day. National Media Museum and University of Bradford
The 2010 Industry Weekend Strategies for Survival is two packed days of events and masterclasses for anyone working in film. This year’s event will focus on how people and organisations are creating new business models to help them survive in these difficult times, including how different platforms are enabling filmmakers to get their work to new audiences.
Click here to find out more
Roald Dahl Family Funday
All day, Central Library
Running alongside the National Media Museum's weekend, a chance for kids to enjoy the best of the man, whilst parents pit their wits against the City of Film quiz. Entry: FREE
Central Library, Prince's Way, Bradford. BD1 1NN
Zouk Tea Bar Cookery Class
10am, approx 3hrs
A first for Zouk Bradford, just for City of Film. Join a small, select group to learn how to make the finest Indian cuisine from scratch, then dine like a Bollywood star as you pull up a chair and enjoy the fruits of your labours. You'll leave with a goodie bag to help you recreate your dishes at home, together with a hotline to answer your culinary conundrums from the comfort of your own kitchen. As an extra treat for City of Film weekend, you can join the class for the special reduced rate of £49.50. Places are strictly limited to make sure you get real one-to-one attention, so book early to avoid disappointment. Call 01274 258025
Zouk Tea Bar, 1312 Leeds Road, Bradford. BD3 8LF
Architecture and Cinema Symposium
10am - 6pm, On Location, National Media Museum
The University of Bradford presents a one day symposium for City of Film. Speakers include film-maker Murray Grigor, David B. Clarke, author of The Cinematic City, Mark Tewdwr-Jones from UCL, Richard Gray from the Cinema Theatre Association and Justin Jaeckle from the Architecture Foundation. Download the flyer here. Capacity is limited, so please contact Dr. Mark Goodall (tel 01274 236071, email: m.goodall@bradford.ac.uk) to reserve your place. Entry: FREE, to include lunch, refreshments and screenings.
National Media Museum, Pictureville, Bradford. BD1 1NQ
Pop-up Cinema
11am - 5pm, Centenary Square
Guerilla cinema comes to Bradford! Exclusively for City of Film, Pop-up Cinema pops up where you least expect it, making the most of an empty shop in Centenary Square to bring you the best from Hollywood to Bollywood and the new Bradford film My City, My Family, My Film. Wander in at your leisure, grab a seat and enjoy the film. Programme to be confirmed shortly. Entry FREE. Download the film programme and times here
Lunch & A Private Function
Lunch reservations 12 - 1.30pm, screening 2.30pm, Midland Hotel
What better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than in the company of a leisurely lunch and a fine film from one of Britain's national treasures? Former BIFF Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Michael Palin was a guest here, so it's fitting that, to celebrate City of Film, the Midland Hotel is delighted to host a three course lunch and coffee followed by a screening of A Private Function. Demand will be high for this intimate event, so to be sure of your table, contact the Events Office on 01274 735735, or email on events@midland-hotel-bradford.com
Entry: £17.50 ph, inc 3 course lunch & coffee and screening. Deposit required to secure your table. Download the flyer here.
Midland Hotel, Forster Square, Bradford. BD1 4HU
People's Cinema
12-6pm, Playhouse
Made a film but can't get it shown? Then this is for you. Exclusively for City of Film, the People's Cinema sets up at the Playhouse for one weekend only. How does it work? Simply send in your film to Fabric, they'll watch it to make sure it's suitable for public screening, then allocate you a slot. Invite your family and friends to come and see your handiwork from the comfort of a proper cinema seat. Whilst Fabric will not schedule extreme material, guests are advised that viewing is at the audience's own risk.
Entry FREE to register and screen your film and FREE to watch. Spaces to screen youir film will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Once the programme is full, its full.
To book your slot contact Fabric: tel 01274 370291; email: fabric@creativebradford.co.uk and put PEOPLE'S CINEMA in the title box.
Fabric, The Design Exchange, 34 Peckover Street, Little Germany, Bradford. BD1 5BD
The Bradford Playhouse, Chapel Street, Little Germany, Bradford. BD1 5DL
The People's Cinema will also show the new Bradford film My City, My Family, My Film .
Yarn Spinners Guided Film Tour of the City Centre
City Centre, 10.30am - Meet in the foyer of the Midland Hotel
Bradford-based Yarn Spinners Tours are offering a special guided ‘movie’ tour of the City Centre over the launch weekend to celebrate film locations and places of film history and importance.
The guide is knowledgeable and passionate about Films and Bradford, being born and bred in the city and being an actor himself. He will guide visitors to some of the locations on the Movie Trail that were used for classic films such as Billy Liar and Room at the Top and for television productions such as No Angels, and Coronation Street. This guided walk is through much of the city centre, which includes a mixture of flat and hilly areas. Duration 1 hour 45 mins. Cost £5; (£3 concessions). To book your place Web: www.yarnspinnerstours.co.uk and follow the Tour Programme link
email: info@yarnspinnerstours.co.uk or call mobile: 07980 943 391
Mad Hatter's Unbirthday Tea
Great Victoria Hotel, 3pm - 6.30pm
It might not be your birthday, but that's no excuse not to celebrate. Taking its inspiration from Alice in Wonderland, the Great Victoria Hotel is delighted to present the Unbirthday Tea for City of Film weekend. Indulge yourself for £15 for two (£2 goes to Leukaemia Research). Pre-book a cake and candles (£5 supp) and celebrate not being a year older. Call to reserve your place: 01274 728706. Entry: £15 for two
Why not combine with a trip to IMAX to watch Alice in Wonderland in 3D?
Kirkgate Centre
9am - 5.30pm
Your chance to recreate your own Oscar moment as a special City of Film animation offers a sneaky peak behind-the-scenes on a film shoot. Entry: FREE.
Who needs Hollywood when we've got red carpet glamour right here in Bradford? Check out the girls at Boots, The Perfume Shop, New Look, River Island and others who are channelling their inner Keira/Meryl/Demi to dress like their favourite movie stars, just for City of Film weekend.
City Centre
All day
City of Film brings comedy legends to your doorstep...well, almost. Take a stroll around Centenary Square and the Kirkgate to see if you can spot Laurel and Hardy. Ask them nicely and - who knows? - you could capture the moment for posterity.
Recreate the Hollywood hills with City of Film's take on the immortal letters...for HOLLYWOOD read BRADFORD in Centenary Square.
Omar Khan's
Anytime during City of Film weekend
Fabulous food at a special City of Film price...present your Bradford International Film Festival ticket to get 10% off your bill.
Omar Khan's, 30 Little Horton Lane, Bradford. BD5 0AL
Celebrating Jean Simmons - Dinner & Life at the Top
Dinner reservations 6.45pm - 8.15pm, interview & film screening 9pm
In the year that British cinema lost one of its finest daughters, the Midland Hotel invites you to celebrate the life and work of Jean Simmons at this very special evening. Life at the Top (1965) was filmed at various locations in Bradford, including this hotel. During her last stay here in 2003, Ms Simmons was interviewed by Look North's Harry Gration and awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Bradford International Film Festival. A must for all film fans, a fabulous four course dinner and coffee is followed by Harry's interview, together with a private screening of Life at the Top. To book, call the Events Office on 01274 735735, or email events@midland-hotel-bradford.com. Entry: £25ph, inc 4 course dinner & coffee, interview & screening. Deposit required to secure your table.
Download the flyer here.
NB: Jean Simmons: Rose of England is featured in this year's Bradford International Film Festival on Sunday 28 March at the National Media Museum.
Midland Hotel, Forster Square, Bradford. BD1 4HU
Film and Food Menu at Symposium, Idle
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings
Enjoy a fabulous film themed meal. Taking inspiration from films as diverse as Bridget Jones Diary, Ratatouille, Splash, Driving Miss Daisy and Silence of the Lambs, Symposium offers a 2 or 3 course meal. Check out the menu and find out more about the films that have inspired these dishes.
Symposium Ale and Wine Bar, Albion Road, Idle, BD10 9PY. Tel: 01274 616587
SUNDAY 21st MARCH
The 16th Bradford International Film Festival
Films galore at the 16th Bradford International Film Festival.
People's Cinema
12-6pm, Playhouse
Made a film but can't get it shown? Then this is for you. Exclusively for City of Film, the People's Cinema sets up at the Playhouse for one weekend only. How does it work? Simply send in your film to Fabric, they'll watch it to make sure it's suitable for public screening, then allocate you a slot. Invite your family and friends to come and see your handiwork from the comfort of a proper cinema seat. Whilst Fabric will not schedule extreme material, guests are advised that viewing is at the audience's own risk.
Entry FREE to register and screen your film and FREE to watch. Spaces to screen youir film will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Once the programme is full, its full.
To book your slot contact Fabric: tel 01274 370291; email: fabric@creativebradford.co.uk and put PEOPLE'S CINEMA in the title box.
Fabric, The Design Exchange, 34 Peckover Street, Little Germany, Bradford. BD1 5BD
The Bradford Playhouse, Chapel Street, Little Germany, Bradford. BD1 5DL
The People's Cinema will also show the new Bradford film My City, My Family, My Film .
Mad Hatter's Unbirthday Tea
Great Victoria Hotel, 3pm - 6.30pm
It might not be your birthday, but that's no excuse not to celebrate. Taking its inspiration from Alice in Wonderland, the Great Victoria Hotel is delighted to present the Unbirthday Tea for City of Film weekend. Indulge yourself for £15 for two (£2 goes to Leukaemia Research). Pre-book a cake and candles (£5 supp) and celebrate not being a year older. Call to reserve your place: 01274 728706. Entry: £15 for two
Great Victoria Hotel, Bridge Street, Bradford. BD1 1JX
Why not combine with a trip to IMAX to watch Alice in Wonderland in 3D?
Kirkgate Centre
9am - 5.30pm
Your chance to recreate your own Oscar moment as a special City of Film animation offers a sneaky peak behind-the-scenes on a film shoot. Entry: FREE.
Who needs Hollywood when we've got red carpet glamour right here in Bradford? Check out the girls at Boots, The Perfume Shop, New Look, River Island and others who are channelling their inner Keira/Meryl/Demi to dress like their favourite movie stars, just for City of Film weekend.
Omar Khan's
Anytime during City of Film weekend
Fabulous food at a special City of Film price...present your Bradford International Film Festival ticket to get 10% off your bill.
Omar Khan's, 30 Little Horton Lane, Bradford. BD5 0AL
Film and Food Menu at Symposium, Idle
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings
Enjoy a fabulous film themed meal. Taking inspiration from films as diverse as Bridget Jones Diary, Ratatouille, Splash, Driving Miss Daisy and Silence of the Lambs, Symposium offers a 2 or 3 course meal. Check out the menu and find out more about the films that have inspired these dishes.
Symposium Ale and Wine Bar, Albion Road, Idle, BD10 9PY. Tel: 01274 616587
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