Whitley Bay Film Festival 

2026​

Thank you to all who came!​

Over the years our patron Ian La Frenais, has invited some amazing guests to our humble film festival and this year was no exception.

On the 5th September we launched this year's festival with very special guest, highly acclaimed documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield with a screening of his film Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love.​

Graham Fellows (AKA John Shuttleworth) was here to celebrate the 20th anniversary of It's Nice Up North. We celebrated the Centenary anniversary of Buster Keaton's The General with an original live, electronic soundtrack performed by The Mediators in the fantastic setting of The Stephenson Steam Railway Museum and Seaton Delaval Hall was the setting for the 40th anniversary screening of Jim Henson's Labyrinth. 

We toured some favourite (and some new) venues for classic film events with screenings at The Crescent Club, St Mary's Lighthouse, the Rendezvous Cafe, Jam Jar Cinema, showcasing a range of films from classic favourites, 50s Sci Fi, 80s Horror, Animations, Documentaries and a double bill of local writer, Tom Hadaway's works with Amber Films at the Fishermen's Mission in Cullercoats.

We'll be posting some photos and videos here soon.

Were you there? We'd love to hear your feedback

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Special Thanks to venues:

Rendezvous Cafe

St Mary's Lighthouse

Seaton Delaval Hall

Stephenson Steam Railway Museum

Cullercoats Methodist Fishermen's Mission

Cullercoats Crescent Club

Jam Jar Cinema