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Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 14d

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Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 14d

Spoken Movement Family Honour
Daniel Gurton

In a British-Ghanaian household bound by tradition and religion, a young girl endures the oppressive control of her abusive father. Heated arguments expose the deep rift between them as they confront their shared scars.
##dance #film

Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 15d

Beyond Eden
Al Johnstone

In the 1970’s, lesbians across the United States moved out to wild, untamed landscapes to build a world without men. Some of them never left. 50 years on, Beyond Eden follows some of the ageing original Land Dykes.
##LGBTQ+ #documentary #film #bolton

Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 15d

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Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 15d

It's No Picnic
Justine Priestley

A single mother strives to connect with her teenage daughter while dreaming of what life could be with the perfect partner.
##comedy #boltonfilmfestival #bolton #manchester #filmfestival #justinepriestley

Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 16d

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Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 17d

Dédé (Ancestor)
Yasmine Djedje-Fisher-Azoume

By drawing upon the spiritual iconography of the Bété people and other tribal groups in the Ivory Coast, "Dédé" examines the divine female figure in West African sculpture.
##experimental #filmfestival #YasmineDjedje-Fisher-Azoume

Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 17d

Very Important Call
Emma Parkinson

A woman has back to back calls.
##womeninfilm #cinema #filmmaking #boltonfilmfest #bolton #veryimportantcall #emmaparkinson

Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 17d

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Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 18d

Cake
Christian Alexander Holm Glad

Cake touches upon topics such as female empowerment and power of definition and is meant as a conversation starter on feminism, equality, and the male gaze.
##filmfestival #boltonfilmfestival #manchester #cinema #filmmaking #event #cake

Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 18d

Favours
Agnes Skonare

In a bustling train station, Sonja struggles to get help to take care of a baby she claims has been abandoned. But is there another mother, or is this Sonja's baby?
##womeninfilm #cinema #filmmaking #film #boltonfilmfestival #agnesskonare #favours

Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 18d

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Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 18d

Hot Mess
Tortor Smith @animatortor

A voice message triggers all sorts of anxieties in Andro, but will they be pressured into trying to change their ways?
##animation #stopframe #mentalhealth #indiefilm #film #cinema #boltonfilmfest #filmfest

Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 19d

Backseat
Anne-Sofie Lindgaard

A 14-year old foster child goes from one home to the other, only to find true family in his social care worker and their drives in between every new home.
##cinema #boltonfilmfestival #event #manchester #filmmaking #womeninfilm #backseat

Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 19d

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Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 20d

Thanks to @moviemarker.bsky.social for this article on the upcoming Bolton Film Festival (Wed 1st - Sun 5th October)

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Bolton International Film Festival Set To Return For 9th Edition

The Bolton International Film Festival proudly returns for its ninth edition, running from Wed 1st Oct to Sun 5th, Oct, the BAFTA and BIFA accredited short film festival will showcase 283 short films,...

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Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 20d

Synthesize Me
Bear Damen

Violeta, daughter of a widowed electrical maintenance worker, retreats to her mother's neglected music workshop to play music to remember her. When she causes a power cut, tensions rise between father and daughter, bringing their grief to boiling point.

Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 20d

Leaving Ikorodu in 1999
Rashida Seriki

In Ikorodu, 10-year-old Momo lives with her aunt Fade and uncle Mahmoud but she has been sent for by her mother who migrated to London ahead of her.
##blackcinema #filmmaking #womeninfilm #filmfest #leavingikoroduin1999 #rashidaseriki

Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 20d

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Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 21d

Deliverance
Bim Ajadi

Kemi, a mother torn between love, tradition and modernity, seeks a cure for her deaf daughter, risking family bonds in the process.
##blackcinema #filmmaking #event #cinema #boltonfilmfestival #filmfest #d/Deaf #womeninfilm #BimAjadi

Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 21d

Hard; Like Cleaning Blood
Amir Jalalzadeh

A young woman who fled her oppressive, patriarchal environment in search of freedom is forced to return...
##international #cinema #filmmaking #boltonfilmfest #manchester #event

Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 21d

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Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 21d

The Big Pygmy
Tom Chambers

After learning her manipulative ex Max will be at her photoshoot, foot-model Sally’s big toe disappears. She struggles to escape as she confronts the need to let go of a romanticized ideal and fully move on.
##cinema #thepigpygmy #tomchambers #filmfest

Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 22d

Socks
Todd Karehana

In small-town New Zealand, a young boy feels an unexpected bond with a Mormon missionary.
##filmmaking #cinema #boltonfilmfestival #bolton #international #socks #toddkarehana

Bolton International Film Festival @boltonfilmfestival.com · 22d

Big boys don't Cry
Arnaud Delmarle

After a three-year absence, Lucas and his group of friends welcome back their best friend Hicham. This eagerly-awaited return quickly arouses conflicting emotions in the gang, but above all, new hopes in Lucas.
##larnauddelmarle #bigboysdontcry