Whitley Bay Film Festival
The Whitley Bay Film Festival is now in its sixth year and celebrates film, media and art in unique locations around North Tyneside and beyond…
15TH AUG
TyneIdols presents – In the footsteps of Sting
Aboard the TyneIdols ’Vintage Atlantean Double Decker Bus’
Includes a screening of Stormy Monday (Inflatable Dome)
STARTS 16.00 at Whitley Bay Band Stand Bus Stand
Inflatable Dome, Sea front
18.30 – Doors Open
Tickets £5
Moon (2009) CERT 15
The evening will feature a very special musical performance and return to the film festival by esteemed local percussionist Brendan Murphy. Brendan mesmerised the audience at a performance of Glassworks in the 2013 Festival
Inflatable Dome, Sea front
21.30 – Doors Open
Tickets £10
16TH AUG
30th Anniversary screening of Back To The Future (1985) CERT PG
Inflatable Dome, Sea front
19.30 – Doors Open
Tickets £5
20TH AUG
TyneIdols Coast Music & Movie Tour
Aboard the TyneIdols ’Vintage Atlantean Double Decker Bus’
STARTS 19.00 at Tynemouth Priory Bus Stop
Tickets from TyneIdols
21ST AUG
60th Anniversary screening of Blackboard Jungle (1955) CERT PG
Featuring Steve Drayton’s Rock n Roll Record Quiz.
Introduced by Chris Phipps
Jam Jar Cinema, Park Ave
19.00 – Doors Open Tickets £7
24TH AUG
The Great Northern Kinetoscope Show – A compendium of 80 years of North Eastern Film presented by Chris Phipps in association with BBC Newcastle. Introduced by BBC’s morning presenter Charlie Charlton.
The Crescent Club, Cullercoats
19.00 – Doors Open
Tickets FREE
25TH AUG
Up (2009) CERT U
St Mary’s Light House
17.30 – Doors open
Tickets £5
Passport to Pimlico (1949) CERT U
St Mary’s Light House
20.00 – Doors Open
Tickets £10
26TH AUG
Newcastle Photographic Festival presents
Victorian Portrait Studio – Demonstration and exhibition of early photographic method
St Mary’s Lighthouse
15.30 – Doors open
Tickets – FREE
&
A Thrill in the Dark – Magic Lantern Show
St Mary’s Light House
18.00 – Doors Open
More details and ticket info coming soon…
Jacques Tati’s Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953) CERT U
St Mary’s Light House
20.00 – Doors Open
Tickets – £10
27TH AUG
The Arthouse Programme – 13.00 – 17.00
Art Site – visual art & moving image installations @ Whitley Bay Customer First Centre (Library)
FREE
60th Anniversary screening of Quatermass Xperiment (1955) CERT PG
Introduced by Film and Music Historian Chris Phipps with music from Dr Brown
18.30 – Doors Open
Tickets – £10
Alfred Hitchcock’s Lifeboat (1944)
St Mary’s Light House
21.00 – Doors Open
Tickets – £10
CERT PG
28th AUG
The Arthouse Programme – 10.00 – 17.00
Art Site – visual art & moving image installations @ Whitley Bay Customer First Centre (Library)
Wim Wender’s Wings of Desire (1987)
Whitley Bay Library, York Rd
18.30 – Doors Open
Tickets £10
CERT PG
29TH AUG
Arthouses 18.00-22.00
Victoria Avenue, Whitley Road
(Map available outside Whitley Bay metro)
inc ‘Bike-In’, Showing ‘Dummy Jim’ Free 20.00
Cullercoats Studios ‘Work In Progress’ show 18.00 – 22.00
(over the Co-op , south Whitley bay/ Cullercoats)
Archive Footage of the North East 1959 – 1976 kindly provided by BBC Newcastle
Whitley Bay Yoga Station, Whitley Bay Metro
All afternoon from 13.00 – 18.00
FREE
30TH AUG
Arthouses 18.00 – 22.00
Victoria Avenue, Whitley Road
(Map available outside Whitley Bay metro)
Cullercoats Studios ‘Work In Progress’ show 18.00 – 21.00
(over the Co-op , south Whitley bay/ Cullercoats)
Archive Footage of the North East featuring Northern Scene: How The Boat Comes In (1980) kindly provided by ITV
Whitley Bay Yoga Station, Whitley Bay Metro
All afternoon from 13.00 – 18.00
FREE
Playhouse Whitley Bay
Doors open 7.30pm
£5 (cert PG)
31ST AUG
The Rebel (1961) introduced by artist Paul Harvey
Rendezvous Café, Lower Promenade
19.50 – Doors Open
Tickets £10
1ST SEP
Noir, East Parade
20.00 – Doors Open
Tickets £10
5TH SEP
When Saturday Comes with special guest writer Jimmy Daly CERT 15
More details and ticket information coming soon…
Tickets £10
6TH SEP
Secret Cinema CERT 18
See website for clues
20.00 – Meet at Whitley Bay Metro Station, Station Rd
Tickets £10
TICKETS are now available online (Please note there is a 50p booking fee with all tickets bought online and a 50p postage fee if you select shipping). Tickets are also available from the following places:
Jamboree, 192 Park View (open Mon-Sat 10.00am – 5.00pm)
Brown Sugar, Monkseaton Metro Station. (open Mon – Sun 10.00am – 4.00pm)
Please note/A change was made to this programme 12/08/2015 – 16th Aug screening of UP has now been rescheduled to 25th Aug at The Lighthouse.
