British Independent Film Festival

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The British Independent Film Festival is taking place on Saturday 4th May 2013 at Helmsley Arts Centre (The Old Meeting House) in  Helmsley.

Playing just down the road from Rosedale Abbey, the festival gives film fans the chance to see the next big thing first!

Helmsley Arts Centre is the only Yorkshire cinema playing films from the 2013 British Independent Film Festival.

The programme for Saturday 4th May starts at 3pm and includes the following short films by the most exciting contemporary British film-makers:

Amore Passegeros – directed by Augusto Canani (23mins);

Father / Son – directed by Bryan Reisberg (10mins);

Happy Birthday Jim – directed by Giles Ripley (5mins);

Indoor – directed by Simon Atkinson & Adam Townley (15mins);

The Horsemen – directed by Samuel Bailey (7mins);

Foxes – directed by Lorcan Finnegan (15mins);

The Voorman Problem – directed by Mark Gill (12mins); and

The Wend – directed by Daniel Farah (4mins)

And at 7.30pm starts the main feature - Saving The Titanic- a compelling drama from the engine room of the Titanic as the heroic engineers below deck fight in vain to avert disaster

Upcoming movies at the Helmseley Arts Centre in May also include the following:

Friday 10th May, 7.30pm - Sanctuary - a visual portrayal of the wounds of losing someone whom you loved but failed;

Saturday 11th May, 3pm - Geezas - Dodger is sent to Los Angeles by his London Gangster father to retrieve his baby sister and the cash she ran away with; and

Saturday 11th May, 7.30pm - Dead Cat -  a quirky take on contemporary relationships in London.

Tickets available for all films on the door, or in advance by phoning 01439 771 700.

Prices: Full £5.50 / Concs £5.20.

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