Belfast Film Festival
belfast film festival bff annual film festival northern ireland attendance launched international competition program bff includes doc ireland international documentary festival well audience development inclusion program festival also sponsor yearround film screening around belfast cofounded michele devlin writer laurence mckeown festival began part féile phobail operated west belfast film festival wbff third fourth year wbff ran independent event included venue throughout city year became belfast film festival expanded citywide event lineup grew film april north street arcade suffered huge fire completely internal part building despite losing base record festival recovered relocated donegall st staged event following year festival launched awardwinning actor stephen rea festival raised record £ festival expanded total film country edition spread location featured film festival launched international competition first second feature sponsored several organization notably greg darbys yellow moon best film award go £ monetary prize £ given jury prize outstanding craft contribution breakout performance bff screen feature short film documentary host retrospective well world premiere team includes international programmer jess kiang uk ireland programmer rose baker head industry marketplace roisin geraghty chair mark cousin others bffs patron terry george david holmes pat murphy william crawley stephen rea belfast film festival sponsored ni department community art council ni film hub ni yellow moon british council belfast city council northern ireland screen british film institute sitespecific screening signature part festival year management team strived include people fabric city program screened film used disused swimming pool boat river lagan live piano accompaniment st anne cathedral mm original version hunchback notre dame carol reed odd man beside albert clock featured heavily film bff hosted screening unique architectural site including u political drama west wing parliament building stormont oh mr porter ulster folk transport museum cultra warrior dystopian landscape beneath city center motorway flyover stanley kubrick cult scifi epic space odyssey historic dry dock city old shipyard rms titanic last sat dry ground screening exorcist omen made former holy rosary church ormeau road south belfast deconsecrated almost year still criticized choice location insensitive disrespectful partnership belfast one bff host belfast summer cinema day event hosted city hall also launched pull focus twoday summer festival irish documentary music also featured strongly bffs programming highlight include collaboration local talent duke special david holmes audiovisual performance hosting italian progressive rock band simonettis goblin perform live score dawn dead many additionally every year festival host various special event belfast film festival also sponsor yearround film screening around belfast documentary section separated independent festival doc ireland operated team program industry section etc festival industry section marketplace span two day offer filmmaker possibility pitch project meet sponsor distributor exhibitor section pull focus irish documentary competition irish short programme new international documentary back archive féile phobail cathedral quarter art festival queen film theatre belfast festival queen