POCKET FILM FESTIVAL 2024
We returned to the streets of Stafford and beyond to deliver the Pocket Film Festival from 20th - 29th September 2024. We expended the duration, number of screenings and geographical reach of the festival giving more people a chance to experience film activities and events on their doorstep.
The festival gave our audiences the chance to explore new cinema experiences, shining a light on local venues and giving everyone a chance to enjoy and take part in a rich programme of film culture.
Bob Marley: One Love (silent screening) @ Candid Beer. Photo credit: Katja Ogrin
The festival programme included the following screenings and events: Bob Marley: One Love (silent screening) – with pre-film reggae set by DJ Dekker, Green Planet - Family environmental short films & creative activity with Ruth Allen, Little Toys, Big Adventures! – Family short films about Toys & creative activity with Ruth Allen, Create your own 80s film inspired paper TV with Print Garage, Back to the Future Part II, American Fiction, The Hunger Games – The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Exhibition: Stafford at the Pictures, Wellbeing Art Group – Creative workshop and archive screening – Stafford Lives, That’s Entertainment – Stafford cinemas heritage walk, The Story of Cinema in Stafford – Staffordshire Film Archive, including a talk about the history of cinema in Stafford, Blood Tea and Red String with live folk accompaniment by Rosie Brownhill, At the Pictures – Staffordshire Film Archive, Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical, 100th Anniversary screening of Harold Lloyd – Hot Water - with live musical accompaniment by Meg Morley, Sherlock Jr. and The Navigator with live musical accompaniment by Meg Morley
The Pocket Film Festival 2024 was made possible with support from Film Hub Midlands through funds from the National Lottery. Film Hub Midlands support people to watch, show, and make films in the Midlands.
