The Colchester Film Festival
Taking place at Firstsite, the Colchester Film Festival will be showing screenings and will feature a star-studded guest speak panel.
Held at Firstsite, the Colchester Film Festival will be showing screenings and will feature a star-studded guest speak panel.
The Colchester Film Festival will be showing screenings from Monday 7 November to Friday 11 November from 7.00pm. While on Saturday 12 November from 11.00am Oscar and BAFTA award winners and nominees will be part of a guest panel speaking about ‘how to create an award-winning film’.
The panel features lead speaker, writer, director and Palm d’Or winner, Mike Leigh, Academy Award winning writer and director of ‘The Silent Child’, Chris Overton, Colchester’s BAFTA award-winning writer and director, Caroline Bartleet, and Deborah Moggach, screenwriter of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and ‘Tulip Fever’.
Both the film screenings and guest panel speaker events require booking.
Supported by the Essex County Council Arts and Culture Fund.
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