Indie-Lincs International Film Festival returning to Lincoln
2025-01-28
Category: entertainment

Indie-Lincs International Film Festival is preparing to return to Lincoln for its ninth year.The event will be held at the University of Lincoln's Arts Centre from 30 January until 1 February. It will screen more than 40 documentaries, dramas and animated films made by independent filmmakers.There will also be Q&A sessions and industry talks from experts, with an awards ceremony on Saturday evening.
The festival kicks off with Red Herring, a documentary about grief and terminal illness by director Kit Vincent, who will be hosting a Q&A.A variety of short films will be screened over the three days. They include psychological thriller Wild Animal, student documentary Girly, and animated film In Loving Memories.Feature films that will be shown include kitchen-sink drama Sweetly it Turns, and The Connections, which follows the lives of siblings living in separate countries.
The films will feature some well-known faces, including Richard Wilson from One Foot in the Grave, Brassic's Ruth Sheen and Charlotte Riley from Peaky Blinders.Director Moin Hussain will host a talk after the screening of his film Sky Pearls, which was shot in Yorkshire and had its premiere at Venice Film Festival.Audience members will be able to vote for their favourite movie at the awards ceremony.Other categories will be judged by actress Pauline Lynch, actor Robin Laing, Peep Show creator Jeremy Wooding and Prof Mette Hjort.Mikey Murray, who is running the festival, said: "Lincoln has built a reputation as a location for big budget films such Napoleon and Peterloo, which is fantastic. "Our festival is building on the city's name as a destination for filmmakers to both film and showcase their work."
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