Borderlines Film Festival Explained

Borderlines Film Festival
Location:Herefordshire, Shropshire, Powys and Worcestershire, UK
Founded:2002

Borderlines is an annual film festival held in multiple locations around the Herefordshire, Shropshire and Powys borders. The first festival took place in 2003.

History

Borderlines Film Festival started in 2002 with the ambition to deliver a rural film festival covering Herefordshire and Shropshire,[1] with the inaugural festival launched in 2003. The founding director was David Gillam, who remained director until 2013, and was also inaugural director of the Wales One World Film Festival.[2] Borderlines was reportedly the country's first rural film festival.[3]

By 2015 it was reported as being "the UK's largest rural film festival".[4] In 2019 the event attracted 21,678 in attendance.[5]

The festival has shown films in a range of unusual circumstances, including a cycle ride to a moviebus[6] and showing Casablanca in an aircraft hangar in Shobdon.[7]

Description

The festival is held in multiple locations around the Herefordshire, Shropshire and Powys[8]

, Borderlines had two patrons: Francine Stock and Chris Menges.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Borderlines Film Festival Programme 2003 . 2003 . Rural Media Company .
  2. Web site: Who we are . WOW Film Festival . 8 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221008030252/https://www.wowfilmfestival.com/about. 8 October 2022. live.
  3. News: UK's first rural film festival . 10 February 2020 . Hereford Times . 30 January 2003.
  4. News: Crump . Eryl . Artist converts trailer into exhibition at this year's National Eisteddfod . 10 February 2020 . North Wales Live . 16 Jul 2015.
  5. News: Jones . Barry . Borderlines Film Festival 2020: Event to mark its 18th year . 10 February 2020 . Powys County Times . 30 December 2019.
  6. News: Round-up of local events in Hereford . 10 February 2020 . Hereford Times . 24 March 2011.
  7. News: Borderlines Film Festival returns with a 10th birthday May festival . 10 February 2020 . Hereford Times . 26 April 2012.
  8. Web site: Archived Festivals. Borderlines . 10 February 2020.
  9. News: Borderlines patron Francine Stock reflects on the festival's appeal and this year's highlights . 10 February 2020 . Hereford Times . 22 February 2013.

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