Salford Film Makes Its Debut At Film Festival

A movie filmed in Salford and Bolton by staff and graduates of the University of Salford is set to make its debut at the Salford Film Festival on November 19.
'Lookin' For Lucky' tells the story of the interwining lives of people on the Paradise Heights Estate and how they come together following a deal gone bad by a local gangster.
Over the space of two hours, the main characters - Moses the gangster, Chalkie, his artist brother and other people from the estate - are all caught up in the consequences of Moses' failed deal as events conspire against them.
Producer and Director Chris Leonard teaches at Salford, while Writer and Co-Producer Joe O'Byrne and 18 other cast members have studied at the University's School of Media, Music & Performance.
The film was produced by Albino Injun Productions and filming took place in various locations in Bolton and Salford. The crew and cast were keen to make sure that the local community were involved as much as possible in all aspects o the production.
Chris explained: "We made sure we were in the areas we wanted to film days before we started talking to local people and listening to their comments.
"There was a lot of interest in the project - our casting session in a local pub attracted over 70 people and there were loads more walking around as background extras. We even got local kids to shout 'cut' and 'action' during filming."
The film will now make its debut at the Vue Cinema in Salford at 9pm on November 19 as part of the annual Salford Film Festival and Chris is delighted that film makers and actors in the city are to be a part of it.
He said: "There's so much creativity in Salford and the University is an important part of developing that.
"With the coming of MediaCityUK, having a forum to showcase this talent is really important. I'm glad our film has been chosen to be part of that."
Further information is available at: www.salfordfilmfestival.org.uk.
(KMcA)