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Now in its 15th year, the Bradford International Film Festival runs from March 13 to 28. It opens with Is Anybody There? an Eighties set drama about a boy who becomes obssessed with the afterlifes of residents of an old folks home.
Guests this year, include Carve Her Name With Pride star Virginia McKenna and writer/actor and director Terry Jones.
View Films by Strand:
- Bradford City Of Film
- CineFile
- Documentaries
- James Mason Retrospective
- Premieres And Previews
- Uncharted States
- Widescreen Weekend
View previous years coverage of the Bradford International Film Festival festival:
Bradford Latest Reviews

Musical transposes the story of Romeo and Juliet to the gang-ridden streets of New York.

A touching story of first romance... with a side-serving of horror.

Story about an eccentric who is the black sheep of her family.

A disillusioned writer confronts his slippery agent.

In the early days of World War Two, thousands of captured Polish officers are handed over to the Soviet authorities – and vanish.

A case of mistaken identity and false accusation sees an innocent man go on the run from the CIA and a criminal gang.

An elderly magician reluctantly entering a retirement home bonds with an inquisitive young boy and persuades him life is for living.

In a foreign city, a young girl begins to catch glimpses of the mother she lost in a car crash.

As the Wehrmacht retreat on the Eastern Front, two German soldiers are locked in a futile personal conflict.

A terrorist inveigles himself into a conspiracy to commit a large-scale attack on America, but whose side is he really on?

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