Blackpool Film Festival

23/05/2026

Lovely preview of our next event! 🗞️

Kicking off Blackpool Pride celebrations in style on 4th June, Aunty Social invites audiences an interactive evening of cosy crime, camp chaos and audience sleuthing with Solve-a-long-a Murder She Wrote at Bootleg Social

🗞️ 🕵️ Find out more:
https://www.blackpoolsocial.club/59825-solve-along-a-murder-she-wrote-comes-to-blackpool/

18/05/2026

Get ready Blackpool, Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote is coming to town!

Head to Bootleg Social to channel your inner Jessica Fletcher, and put your detective skills to the test.
Hosted by super-fan Tim Benzie, Solve-along-a Murder She Wrote is a unique and hilarious night with games, prizes and plenty of audience participation.

🗓️ Thursday 4 June
⌚7pm Doors, 7.30pm start
💵 £21
📍Bootleg Social, Blackpool
🔍Age guidance: 16+

Will you crack the case in this interactive mystery event? 🔎
🎟Head to https://BFF-MSW-Jun26.eventbrite.co.uk to book now

06/05/2026

Join Blackpool Film Festival and Electric Pink Voices, Blackpool’s LGBTQ+ choir, for an evening of cinema and song celebrating the 25th anniversary of Moulin Rouge at Arc Cinema, Blackpool.

🎉 Sing-A-Long Moulin Rouge
⌚ Fri 15 May, 7pm
💵 £8.50
📍Arc Cinema, Blackpool
🎟️ https://BFF-EPV-moulin-rouge.eventbrite.co.uk

Tickets are selling fast, so make sure to book ahead.

07/03/2026

Iris On The Move 2026 - This week at Arc Cinema.

⌚ 6.30pm
🗓️ Wed 11 March
📍 Arc Cinema, Blackpool
🔗 Book on the link below 👇

https://BFF-Iris-Mar26.eventbrite.co.uk

Join us at Arc Cinema on Wednesday evening for an evening of fabulous LGBTQ+ film with Aunty Social and Iris Prize

Everyone is welcome to attend our Pay What You Can (PWYC) event and pay… whatever you can. Free, £2.50, £5, £10 – whatever you can afford to give, that’s what the tickets cost for that event.

Iris 2025: Best Bits👀

From a haunted tollhouse to a high-rise reckoning, from quiet self-discovery to a love song by the sea, these films capture the brilliance, beauty, and bravery that define Iris. Featuring Y Tolldy, Blackout, One Day This Kid and Never, Never, Never, this programme celebrates the very best of Iris 2025 — films that moved audiences, impressed juries, and reminded us why Iris has never been just a festival.

Image 1: Never Never Never (15)
Dir. John Sheedy. UK/ Australia. 18 mins. (2025 Opening night)
English & Welsh with English Subtitles

Image 2: Blackout (15)
Dir. Chris Urch. UK. 15 mins. (2025 Best British Winner)
English, No Subtitles

Image 3: Y Tolldy (15)
Dir. Dan Thomas. Wales, UK.10 mins. (2025 Opening Night)
Welsh with English Subtitles

Image 4: One Day This Kid (15)
Dir. Alexander Farah. Canada. 18 mins. (2025 Iris Prize Winner)
English & Farsi with English

Iris on the Move is the annual touring showcase from the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival, bringing award-winning short films to venues across the UK.
In 2026, Iris celebrates its 20th anniversary — marking two decades of sharing global LGBTQ+ stories & Cardiff Charm with audiences everywhere.

Event made possible with funding from Historic England

28/02/2026

🌟 BFI Film Academy presents: The Hollow Light

⌚6:30pm
🗓️Thurs 26 March
📍ARC Cinema, Blackpool

Come along to the ARC Cinema for a special screening of The Hollow Light, a short film crafted over 5 months by this year's Blackpool BFI Film Academy participants.

SYNOPSIS
Claire is confined to a crumbling shell of a home with a stranger. In a house marked with faded slogans - remnants of hope long since soured - the pair rely on each other for support, safety and survival. Will their efforts be in vain?

Join us on Thursday 26 March to celebrate the work of this year’s Film Academy group, with an exclusive screening of their short film, followed by a Q&A session with the filmmakers themselves!

🎟️ Book your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hollow-light-blackpool-bfi-film-academy-short-film-screening-tickets-1982770200043?aff=oddtdtcreator

14/01/2026

We're so excited for tomorrow's event at The Harris💖

Thanks Blog Preston🙌

A special screening of Strange Way of Life takes place on Thursday (15 January)

12/01/2026

This weekend was the final session of BFI Film Academy Blackpool.
We’ve loved working with 10 brilliant young creatives; learning the filmmaking process and exploring routes into a career in the film industry.

Over the next few weeks, we’re going to share some behind the scenes photos and clips from the course.
If you’d like to see what the group has been working on, look out for tickets for the Blackpool screening in March.

08/01/2026

Are you ready for our final instalment of Camp at the Cinema?
We’re heading to in Preston for a funny, fabulous and insightful cinema talk followed by a screening of Pedro Almodóvar’s Strange Way of Life (2023).

Be prepared for comedy, lip sync, gorgeous imagery and plenty of fascinating cinema history with Harry Clayton-Wright and Catherine Mugonyi.

Let us introduce you to some of the campest, iconic cinematic moments as part of the BFI’s Too Much: Melodrama on Film season.

Head to the link in bio to find out more and book your tickets.✨

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10/12/2025

💃 What’s better than a trip to the cinema with a friend? 

Bring a bestie and be prepared to laugh, quip and be decadently immersed in glittering melodrama with Camp at the Cinema - a funny, engaging and insightful cinema talk and screening of the kitsch classic Showgirls (1995).

Dazzling showgirl attire is optional but warmly welcomed ✨

🗓️Thursday 11 December
⌚6:30pm
📍The ARC Cinema, Blackpool

🎟️ Head to the link in our bio to secure your spot today.

08/12/2025

🥦 Brown rice and vegetables or doggy chow? Don’t worry, we won’t judge your cinema snack preferences.

Grab your refreshments of choice and join us for Camp at the Cinema - a funny, engaging and insightful cinema talk and screening of campy cult classic, Showgirls ✨

🗓️Thursday 11 December
⌚6:30pm
📍The ARC Cinema, Blackpool

🎟️ Click the link to secure your spot: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/blackpool-film/t-qmjjgam?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio