Book special events at the Into Film Festival 2024

16 Sep 2024

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Into Film Festival
Into Film Festival

This year's Into Film Festival programme offers over 2,000 screenings across 450+ UK cinemas, including some of the most unique venues around the UK, and featuring a number of special events, Q&As, workshops and panel discussions.

Our programme is designed to create a truly unique and immersive cinema experience for young people in the UK. Through our special events, we provide an unforgettable cinema experience, and offer a window into how the screen industries work and the magic that happens behind the camera.

Incredibly, since we launched bookings on 10 September, over 340,000 places have already been booked, so if you want to join us at the world's largest free youth film festival, secure your free places today!

Below, we're highlighting some of this year's most exciting events to further whet your appetite and give you a sense of the incredible experiences and opportunities that the Into Film Festival offers.

Immersive and memorable cinema experiences

Festival attendees in Northern Ireland can enjoy a ‘drive-in cinema experience' in Omagh, where attendees will create their own cardboard cars to ‘drive in' and enjoy a screening of Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie. At the Imaginarium in Newry, young people will get the chance to play and explore the history of games consoles throughout the decades before enjoying a screening of the The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

Meanwhile, in Bristol, England, a comic book workshop will accompany a screening of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie
Screening

Special Event: Card Board Cars + Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Recommended for Key Stage 1)

Strule Arts Centre

  • Wheelchair friendly

Adventure City is home to the PAW Patrol, a group of search and rescue dogs who make sure everyone in the city stays as safe as possible. Wh

Remaining places4

DateTue 05 Nov

Time10:00 - 12:45

The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Screening

Special Event: Video Game Arcade + The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Recommended for Key Stage 2)

Imaginarium Newry

  • Wheelchair friendly

Mario and Luigi are two optimistic Italian-American brothers living in Brooklyn who have recently started their own plumbing business. Thoug

Remaining places0

DateThu 05 Dec

Time10:00 - 12:30

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Screening & Workshop

Special Event: Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse + Workshop with Nikesh Shukla

Bristol Watershed

  • Wheelchair friendly

After the events of Into the Spider-Verse, Miles Morales is trying his best to settle into his new life as a friendly neighbourhood Spider-M

Remaining places26

DateWed 27 Nov

Time10:00 - 13:30

Hear it first-hand from professional filmmakers

In England, at a one-off East Asian Heritage screening of Raging Grace in London we'll be joined by the film's director Paris Zarcilla and producer Chi Thai, while in Bath, a screening of biographical documentary Tish will be followed by a Q&A with the film's composer.

In Manchester, we'll be holding a Spotlight on Composing For Film session with The Alliance for Women Composers, while in Port Talbot, Wales, we're showing music documentary Blur: To the End, where we'll be joined by sound recordist Richard Eastick about his work on the film.

Raging Grace
Screening & Q&A

Special Event: Raging Grace + Q&A with Editor Christopher CF Chow and director Paris Zarcilla

Rich Mix

  • Wheelchair friendly

Joy (Max Eigenmann), an undocumented Filipina cleaner moving from house to house in London with her impetuous daughter Grace in tow, is savi

Remaining places31

DateFri 22 Nov

Time10:00 - 12:30

Tish
Screening

Special Event: Tish followed by a Q&A with the film's composer

The Little Theatre Cinema (Picturehouse)

  • Wheelchair friendly

This biographical film explores the work of social documentary photographer Tish Murtha who dedicated her life to championing working-class

Remaining places124

DateThu 14 Nov

Time10:00 - 12:10

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Q&A

Special Event: A Spotlight on Composing For Film with The Alliance for Women Film Composers

HOME Manchester

Members of the Alliance for Women Film Composers will talk about their careers and discuss examples of their craft

Remaining places110

DateThu 28 Nov

Time10:30 - 11:30

Blur: To the End
Screening

Special Event: Blur: To The End with a talk from the film's Sound Recordist Richard Eastick

Reel Cinema Port Talbot

  • Wheelchair friendly

Documentary following the reunion of British rock band Blur as they record a new album and go on tour, with a talk from the sound recordist

Remaining places155

DateThu 14 Nov

Time10:30 - 12:55

Learn more about careers in the screen industries

As well as providing amazing immersive cinema experiences, our Festival programme also looks to provide valuable insight to the careers available in the screen industries. 

In London, we'll be holding a screening of Godzilla Minus One along with a Future of Cinema session with Digital Cinema Media, covering their role in screen advertising and taking a look at their upcoming theatrical slate, and a screening of upcoming animation The Wild Robot will feature a talk on big screen marketing from Powster.

Several film screenings will be joined by representatives from The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), who will speak about their role in assigning films the appropriate age ratings, and we'll be closing the Festival at BAFTA in London, where we're partnering on a BAFTA Young Showcase with a range of special careers events.

Screening

Special Event: DCM Future Cinema Slate Presentation (1hour Presentation)

Everyman Screen on the Green

  • Subtitles

Digital Cinema Media is the market leader in UK cinema advertising, join them in a fun and insightly hour long deep dive into the industry.

Remaining places50

DateThu 14 Nov

Time10:00 - 11:15

The Wild Robot
Screening & Talk

Special Event: The Wild Robot + Powster - Big Screen Marketing

Vue Islington

  • Wheelchair friendly

In this enchanting tale blending wildlife adventure and science fiction, a newly manufactured robot is shipwrecked on an island uninhabited

Remaining places6

DateFri 15 Nov

Time10:00 - 12:40

As part of the Into Film Festival 2024, we will be premiering the winning film from our Time to Inspire Storyboard competition in partnership with Swatch. We asked young people to create a storyboard for an inspiring original story - and we're delighted to present the incredible winning entry Dinosaur by five Year 12 A-level students from All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield.

And that's just a small taste of what's on offer. Remember, with over 2,000 screenings across the UK, there's bound to be something taking place near you. Whether you teach primary, secondary, or you're a home educator, the Into Film Festival offers your learners the magical opportunity to enjoy the big screen experience for free. Browse below to find screenings and events near you.

The Into Film Festival is possible thanks to the support of Cinema First and multiple partners across the cinema sector.

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