Manchester Film Festival has announced the line-up for the ninth edition of the festival, taking place at the Odeon Great Northern 12-19th March.
Opening the festival will be British film Rye Lane – a romantic comedy about two twenty-somethings both reeling from bad break-ups, who connect over the course of an eventful day.
Rye Lane will be making its world debut at the Sundance film festival before having its UK Festival premiere at MANIFF on Friday 12th March at 7PM. Cast and crew will be in attendance for a post screening discussion and audience Q&A after the screening.
Of the feature film selection six world premieres will take place at the festival.
Stockport actress Kelly Wenham stars in Dan Clarke’s A Kind of Kidnapping, about a young, broke couple who kidnap a sleazy politician who decides he can spin the story to his own advantage.
Manchester based production company Old Hall Films present Wait For Me, about a young woman dragged into a life of crime after arriving in England from Ireland.
Love Without Walls about a young couple who, after struggling to pay their rent, find themselves lost in the underbelly of life on the streets.
Bolan’s Shoes, starring MANIFF alumni Timothy Spall and the directorial debut of Ian Puleston-Davies (Coronation Street, Tin Star), captures glam rock mania through the experiences of a group of kids before a road accident changes their lives. Years later survivor Penny takes best friend and fellow Marc Bolan fan to visit his shrine in London, but a chance encounter catapults her back to the horror she had tried to forget.
Rounding out the narrative world premieres is Snorkeling, which sees a teenage romance blossom just as a new hallucinogenic drug hits the streets. The film is the feature debut of renowned music video director Emil Nava, who has shot videos for Ed Sheeran, Eminem, Calvin Harris and more and stars Funny Pages Daniel Zohlgari.
In the documentary section there will be the world premiere of The Road of Excess, which follows the stars of early noughties cult TV show Dirty Sanchez and examines the consequences the show had on their lives.
17 UK premieres will take place at the festival, see full feature film premiere line-up below.
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World Premiere
Wait For Me – United Kingdom
Love Without Walls – United Kingdom
Snorkeling – United States
A Kind of Kidnapping – United Kingdom
The Road of Excess (Documentary) – United Kingdom
Bolan’s Shoes – United Kingdom
International Premiere
Lakelands – Ireland
UK Premiere
White Berry – Netherlands
Something you Said Last Night – United Sates
Blazing Neon – France
Shut Eye – New Zealand
Hunting in Packs (Documentary) – United States/United Kingdom
The 9th Step – Lithuania
To the North – Romania
Every Day in Kaimuki – United States
Mascot – Netherlands
Sam Now (Documentary) – United States
Flowing – Italy
Anacoreta – United Kingdom/Canada
There’s Always Hope – United Kingdom
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men – United Kingdom
JILL – Life will find you – United States
Dreams Live in Trees – Italy/United Kingdom
UK Festival Premiere (First screening outside of London)
Rye Lane – United Kingdom
Manchester Premiere
Medusa Deluxe – United Kingdom
New Normal – Republic of Korea
A Life on the Farm (Documentary) – United Kingdom
Godland – Denmark
If the Streets were on Fire – United Kingdom
Rodeo – France
Butcher’s Crossing – United States
Cerebrum – United Kingdom
Sick of Myself – Norway
We Might as Well Be Dead – Germany
