3,000 entries for film festival.Byline: PHILIP KEY Philip Key may refer to:
IT MAY be only in its second year, but the Warrington Film Festival is obviously attracting attention. An amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. 3,000 films from across the world were submitted for inclusion in the second festival which runs for just two days. The best of them have been selected by festival director Phil Wilshaw for the festival which opens on Friday at Pyramid in the town's Cultural Quarter. The festival concentrates on short films and, unusually for a film festival, computer games. The festival has been backed by Lion head, the developer of such successful games as Black and White and The Movies. It has also linked up with the festival to create a competition to find the greatest computer film ever, said to be the first for a British film festival. The festival will open on Friday at 7pm with an hour-long session, The Beginning, showcasing new films. At 8.15pm, another hour will be devoted to films world wide. At 9.30pm, the Warrington-based film group, Kino kino the juice of certain plants, some tropical and some Australian eucalypts, used in medicine as an astringent. , will be showing the best of its 10th year. Saturday will find Lion head spending the day between 11am and 5pm with a games workshop For the defunct company, see Game Designers' Workshop. Games Workshop Group PLC (often abbreviated to GW) is a British game production and retailing company. Games Workshop is one of the largest wargames companies in the world. while the Not2BeMissed will be doing its own post production workshops at the same time. At 6.45pm, The Movies will combine computer games with film and at 8pm there is a selection of films created by local film-makers. Ticket details from 01925 442345. |
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