Mid Ulster Film Festival
The Mid Ulster Film Festival is an international film festival, established in 2004 by Mary Mullin and Roisin Nevin. Hugh Mullin and Geoffrey Sproule, film co-ordinator and technician, joined in 2005. The festival was cancelled in 2010 due to a lack of funding needed to run event.[1]
2009 Festival
The 6th Annual Mid Ulster Film Festival took place on 1 - 3 May 2009. In all, over 80 films were shown over the course of the weekend
To accommodate these showings there was a total of four studios, three studios inside the main building at The Ulster History Park, and The Cinemobile, a large custom-made truck housing a complete cinema with capacity for over 100 people.
2007 and 2008 festivals
In 2008, the Film Festival was held in An Creagán Visitor Centre near Omagh on 2–4 May 2008 and included feature films and over 50 short films, including John, I'm Sorry, foreign-language films, documentaries, workshops and seminars.[2] The Fourth festival also took place in An Creagán, on 4–6 May 2007, with the European premiere of Proud to open the festival. It included The Last King of Scotland and closed with a showing of Bobby.[3]
2010 Film Festival
The 2010 Mid Ulster Film Festival was scheduled for 7 - 9 May 2010.[4] but was cancelled due to lack of funding.
References
- "Mid Ulster Film Festival, 2010" (PDF). Mid Ulster Film Festival. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- "Mid Ulster Film Festival". More is More. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
- "4th Mid Ulster Film Festival". Documentary Films.net. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
- "Mid Ulster Film Festival, 2010" (PDF). Mid Ulster Film Festival. Retrieved 20 April 2009.