In true tradition Whitley Bay Film Festival 2019 offers a mixed programme of films in atmospheric and site specific locations. We also reveal our new attraction for this year’s 10th anniversary programme – the ‘smallest venue’ in North Tyneside.
In partnership with Amnesty International, we mark the 30th anniversary of the 'Convention of the Rights of the Child' with a one-off screening of Children of War by documentary film maker Bryan Single and a series of documentary events across Whitley Bay.
Here's our 16th August to 1st September Programme at a glance.
Friday 16 Aug Launch Event
The Smallest Show On Earth (1957)
Rendezvous Cafe
Doors open 8.00pm
Film starts 8.30pm
Cert U
More details HERE.
The Smallest Show on Earth (US: Big Time Operators) is a 1957 British comedy film, directed by Basil Dearden, and starring Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Peter Sellers and Margaret Rutherford. The supporting cast includes Bernard Miles, Leslie Phillips, Francis de Wolff, George Cross, June Cunningham and Sid James.
Sat 17 Aug, Sun 18 Aug, Sat 24 Aug, Sun 25 Aug, Mon 26 Aug, Sat 31 Aug
C SIDE More details HERE
Thanks to: Arts Council England Lottery Funded Project Grant, and Newcastle University
Sun 18 Aug
The Great Northern Kinetoscope Show 5
in partnership with BBC Newcastle
Crescent Club, Cullercoats
7.00pm – Doors Open
More details HERE
Presented by film and media historian Chris Phipps, we explore BBC Newcastle's
fantastic archive collection.
Sun 18 Aug - CRESCENT CLUB, Cullercoats - C SIDE - EASY G's Conspiracy Quiz
Doors open 4.30pm (more details HERE)
Monday 19 Aug
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EVENT (click here for more info)
Northumbria English School, Victoria Ave, Whitley Bay
Shatila Theatre (documentary film)
With speakers – Peter Mortimer and Garry Ettle
Doors open 6.00pm
More details HERE
FREE but ticketed
Monday 19 Aug
CRESCENT CLUB, Cullercoats
A rare opportunity to see Mike Leigh's Play For Today, TV films - 'Nuts in May' and 'Abigails Party' on the big screen.
More details HERE
Thanks to the BFI and Performers Alliance Agreement.
Nuts in May 1976
Doors open 7.00pm
Abigail's Party 1977
Doors open 9.00pm
Tues 20 Aug
WHITLEY BAY SNOOKER CENTRE, 305 Whitley Rd.
The Hustler (1961)
Doors open 7.00pm
Cert 15
More details HERE.
Wed 21 Aug
SEATON DELAVAL HALL – FORMAL GARDENS - Outdoor screening of EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
Details HERE .
Thurs 22 & Fri 23 Aug
WHITLEY BAY COMRADES CLUB, 14 The Links
Art Club from 10am
more details soon...
Fri 23 Aug
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EVENT
TYNE THEATRE AND OPERA HOUSE, 117 Westgate Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne
Children Of War a film by Bryan Single
with panel discussion
more details HERE
Sat 24 Aug
RENDEZVOUS CAFE
Sunrise (1927)
with a live electronic soundtrack from The Mediators
Doors open 8.30pm
More details HERE.
Sun 25 Aug
JAM JAR CINEMA
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
Introduced by Chris Phipps
Starts 8.00pm
CERT PG
Albert Finney’s powerhouse performance as a Nottingham factory worker changed British screen acting, just as Karel Reisz’s incisive and authentic film changed British cinema. (BFI).
More details HERE
Sat 24 AUG & Sun 25 AUG & Mon 26 AUG - C SIDE More details HERE
Sun 25 Aug
THE VICTORIA, WHITLEY ROAD
Radio On (1979)
Introduced by Paul Harvey
with an exhibition by Paul Harvey, Sarah Dryden, Russ Bestley and Carol Lynn
Doors Open 7.00pm
Starts 8.00pm
CERT 18 More details HERE.
Tues 27 Aug
ST MARYS LIGHTHOUSE
The Uninvited (1944)
introduced by Chris Phipps and author Mark Iveson
Doors open 7.00pm
CERT PG
More details HERE.
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Wed 28 Aug
ST MARYS LIGHTHOUSE
The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
introduced by Chris Phipps and with theremin demonstration from Dr Brown
Doors open 6.00pm
Cert U
More details HERE
Wed 28 Aug
ST MARYS LIGHTHOUSE
Godzilla (1954)
Doors open 9.00pm
Cert U
More details HERE
Tickets £10 available HERE
Fri 30 Aug
ECCLES HALL, Earsdon
Whistle Down The Wind (1961)
Doors open 4.00pm
More details HERE.
Fri 30 Aug
JAM JAR CINEMA
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EVENT (click here for more info)
Short Documentaries introduced by Amnesty staff
Starts 8.00pm
