The Whitley Bay Film Festival is organised by Primate Productions and celebrates great films in Whitley Bay, a town without a cinema. The 2011 festival screened films in Whitley’s Bay’s most iconic venues; St Mary’s Lighthouse, the Spanish City Dome and more.
Our screenings were themed events creating a unique experience for visitors, including; the Lighthouse screening of John Carpenter’s 1980’s classic horror ‘The Fog’ as well as King Kong, a celebration of Sci Fi films, a Classic Horror night and Dirty Dancing in the iconic Spanish City Dome, being just a few of the events that took place at this years festival.
The festival also featured screenings of classic features, independent short films, local audiovisual archive footage of our area, children’s screenings and artist’s films.
More photos can be found on our facebook page ..www.facebook.com/whitleybayfilmfestival
Short video documenting some of the events: Whitley Bay Film Festival 2011
Some quotes:
Pleased to see quirky cultural stuff happening in Whitley Bay :0).
Thank you, thank you, thank you for going out of your way to organise something special for Whitley Bay
Thanks so much and what a wonderful experience.
I just wanted to say ‘Well done!” to everyone involved in the organisation and the running of the Whitley Bay Film Festival.
Everyone I have spoken to about the festival really enjoyed it and only have good things to say about the event. Thank you to all the volunteers too and lets hope we can look forward to another in 2012.
It made me proud to live in Whitley Bay.
Reviews:
http://intersectingsets.wordpress.com/2011/08/27/the-fog-whitley-bay-film-festival/
http://thenorthernline.com/2011/09/12/7239/
http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2011/08/%e2%80%9cbellboyyyyyy%e2%80%9d-quadrophenia-by-the-sea/
If you would like to get involved in Whitley Bay Film Festival 2012, please complete our Participation Form
We look forward to hearing from you!
