Ilkley Film Festival returns 18th-22nd February 2015, plus monthly screenings to start this September!

The second Ilkley Film Festival bringing you not three, not four, but FIVE days of film screenings, an increase in live accompaniments and musical events, and, with a move to half term week in response to your feedback, much more for the kids and young people of Ilkley to get involved in.

lkley Film Festival has secured a £5,000 grant from Film Hub North, part of the BFI Film Audience Network, enabling it to host a new series of monthly events in the Kings Hall, from September to December, culminating in a two-day Ilkley Christmas Film Festival on the 23rd and 24th of December.

The events, which will include live music, panel discussions and special guests, mark a significant step forward in the festival’s ambition to secure a permanent, monthly high-quality cinema event in Ilkley.

Festival director Martin Pilkington said: “The Film Hub North’s support is such a fantastic endorsement of our work. Ilkley hasn’t had a cinema in years but given the brilliant response from the public to our first festival, there is clearly a demand for a broad range of programming.

“The funding will allow us to bring more film to more people which is brilliant for the people of Ilkley and beyond.

“We set out with the intention of building on the two day festival but we just didn’t think we would be able to do that so soon.”

Booth’s supermarket, which was the first corporate sponsor of last year’s festival, also has confirmed its continued support for the festival in 2015 which takes place from February 18 to 22.

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