Raffle!

The week after the festival, volunteer co-ordinator Katy Starr dipped into the raffle ticket box to draw out our winners. Were you one of the lucky ones? All winners have been notified by phone, and thank you to our kind benefactors … Continue reading →

Please Sir, can we have a little more film festival?

Hard to believe but true, the final day of FPTS has dawned. The committee, including Francine (her first experience of an actual real life FPTS meeting), assemble feeling “sunday morning-ish” as Nic puts it (horribly hungover) for early morning podcasting. Kendyl Bryant has … Continue reading →

Lost Things and Broken Hearts

It’s the penulitimate day. The committee are looking thin and battered, but this is another day of great films (of course) and we don’t want the festival to end! Today we have two of the busiest screen-writers working in Britain … Continue reading →

The Long Friday – but the day went well.

  Day 3 and some sore heads from the previous late night, but the festival is well and truly in it’s swing and the comments in the foyer are hugely enthusiastic. 5 films back-to-back – what Francine describes as ”the long … Continue reading →

Day 2 – bombs, dogs, proms and a mysterious woman….

 Day 2 and we kick off with our first film in the loosely titled “Britain under the Jackboot” strand (to be continued with Went the Day Well? And Resistance) Small Back Room, sponsored by Bridport Old Books, because, they have a Small Back … Continue reading →