Bath Film Festival
The Bath Film Festival was established in 1991, in Bath, England, by members of the Bath Film Society. The festival 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[1] 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.[2]
Nicolas Roeg's 2007 film Puffball had its UK premiere at the festival.[3] 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.[4][5]
References
- ^ Christopher Hansford, "An All-Star Cast for This Year's Fabulous Film Fest", Bath Chronicle, 8 November 2012 – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
- ^ "Bath, Nordic, Assembly: film festival previews", The Guardian, 22 November 2013.
- ^ Charlotte Cripps, "Something Wicked This Way Comes", The Independent. 30 October 2007 – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
- ^ 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 – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .