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21/09/2000

FIRST BELFAST FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

BELFAST’S first city-wide Film Festival is to begin on Friday September 22 and run until September 29.
The Festival, a development of the West Belfast Film Festival, is a pilot cinematic event that aims to offer an innovative and exciting experience to all local audiences and visitors to Belfast.
The First Belfast Film Festival will deliver an exciting and diverse programme of films throughout the greater Belfast area. Promoting home-grown film making talent as well as screening a range of international films, the Festival will screen many films which have not before been available to Belfast audiences.
Previous guests of the Film Festival have included film personalities Stephen Rea, Martin Sheen and Tom Berenger.
Many more top industry professionals have also visited and supported the West Belfast Film Festival.
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