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.
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. The Fourth festival also took place in An Creagán, on 4–6 May 2007, with the European premiere of ''
Proud
Proud may refer to:
Music
* ''Proud'' (Heather Small album), the debut album by Heather Small
** "Proud" (Heather Small song), a song by Heather Small that was the official song for the London 2012 Olympic bid
* ''Proud'' (compilation album), ...
'' to open the festival. It included ''
The Last King of Scotland
''The Last King of Scotland'' is a novel by journalist Giles Foden,
published by Faber and Faber in 1998. Focusing on the rise of Ugandan President Idi Amin and his reign as dictator from 1971 to 1979, the novel, which interweaves fiction an ...
'' and closed with a showing of ''
Bobby
Bobby or Bobbie may refer to:
People
* Bobby (given name), a list of names
* Bobby (actress), from Bangladesh
* Bobby (rapper) (born 1995), from South Korea
* Bobby (screenwriter) (born 1983), Indian screenwriter
* Bobby, old slang for a constabl ...
''.
2010 Film Festival
The 2010 Mid Ulster Film Festival was scheduled for 7–9 May 2010.
[ ] but was cancelled due to lack of funding.
References
External links
Mid Ulster Film Festival website
Film festivals in Northern Ireland
County Tyrone
2004 establishments in Northern Ireland
Spring (season) events in Northern Ireland
Defunct film festivals in the United Kingdom
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