Tickets - £10 Available here
Tickets will also be available from the Customer First Center, Whitley Bay from 30 July
Tickets - £10 Available here
Tickets will also be available from the Customer First Center, Whitley Bay from 30 July
The Whitley Bay Film Festival was set up in 2010 by Primate Productions and a small group of people with a mission to stage something extraordinary in our seaside town. From the humble origins of organising a screening of Jaws on the local beach, the Festival has gone from strength-to-strength and now delivers a celebrated annual programme of films and cultural events in unique settings.
Our Festival Patron is film and screen writer
Ian La Frenais.
In 2012 our voluntary-led Festival scooped the Best Event Tyneside Award at the prestigious Journal Culture Awards and in 2016 the Whitley Bay Town Cup! !
It's been a long journey since 2010 and we've welcomed some amazing guests along the way:
Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement, Roger Daltrey, Tony Iommi, Bill Nighy, Ray Connelly, Franc Roddam, Geoff Wonfor, Chris Cowey, Peter Flannery, Graham Fellows, Tom Pickard, Dick Carruthers, David Batty, Tarquin Gotch.....to name a few!
The festival is delivered by a committed team of volunteer artists with support from local businesses and wonderful venues across our town. Thank you.
Special Guest Roger Daltrey 2015
40th Anniversary screening of 'Tommy'
'Grease' on the Spanish City Plaza
'The Fog' at St Mary's Lighthouse
THE CABIN
The Cabin was created in 2019 as a mini cinema/venue seating 7. A venue for film, performances, screenings, workshops, meetings and events...
The cabin can also support an outdoor screen, or projection booth for larger spaces. It is entirely self powered through batteries and a solar panel.
It's a long term project and we're interested in all ideas for it's use.
info@whitleybayfilmfestival.org
Thanks to the following who have been involved over the years :
Ian La Frenais, Chris Phipps, North Tyneside Council, BBC Newcastle, Simon Fitzpatrick, Lucy Harland, Dave Harland, Emma Norris, Paul Harvey, Carol Lynn, Russ Bestley, Sarah Dryden, Steve Bishop, Chris Bishop, Adam Kelsey (St Mary's Lighthouse), Ann and the committee at Tynemouth Priory Theatre, Carol Alevroyianni, Mick Farwell, Kath Farwell, Barry Bell, Richard Pearson, Stella Hall, Paul Stokes, Debby Raven, Sue Collier, Darren Taylor (BBC), Lesley Fraser (BBC Archive), The Tyne Theatre and Opera House, Alan Butland, Joanne Johnson, Riikka Heiskanen, Tiz Weepers and family (Rendezvous Cafe), Steve Brown, Andy Eardley, Oran Milstein, Emma Thomas, Seaton Delaval Hall, Paul Brown, The Crescent Club, Brendan Murphy, Graham Hardy, Karen Knox, Duika Burges Watson, Sarah Lea, Sevrin Lea, Dave Turnbull, David Shaw, Peter Mortimer, Walter Young, Julia Vickers and family, Elizabeth Brissenden, John Spicer, Sarah Lough, Mandy Cheetham, Richard Broderick, Chris Maynard, Steve Daggett, Cloudy Manningham, Emma Patterson, Kirstie Mackin, Annie Hodgkiss, Carol Brierley, Ryan Siddall, Ken Richardson, Victoria Watson, Cloud Nine, John Spicer, Chris Groom, John Oswell, Iain Heslop, Duncan Flint, Will Crerar, Jean Cubbin, Dave Wisdom, Alizon Bennet, Julia and Brian Fearing, The Crack, NARC, the CTBF, Northern Film Hub, all the local business's, individuals and volunteers who have supported the festival.
actually too many to list........you know who you are
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