2011 Grimm Up North Festival: Full Lineup and Schedule Announced – With Trailers!

Steve Barton   |  

Sep 6, 2011

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The third annual Grimm Up North Film Festival runs this October 6th-9th at the AMC Cinemas in the Great Northern Warehouse, Deansgate, and we’ve got the full lineup of films to be shown along with the schedule. If you’ll be anywhere near Manchester, England, during that time frame, this is one event you don’t want to miss!

THURSDAY – October 6th

(Tickets sold separately for this event – not covered by Festival Pass)

7.00 – Drinks, guests and press at Casino.

8.00 – RETREAT plus Q+A with the director, writer and producer
Country: UK
Year: 2011
Director: Carl Tibbetts
Starring: Jamie Bell, Thandie Newton, Cillian Murphy
Status: Special Preview

10.15 – retire to the Casino bar.

FRIDAY – October 7th

2.30 – THE DEAD ZONE (103 mins)
Country: US
Year: 1983
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams
Status: Exclusive screening

4.30 – BLACK AND BLUE FILMS: Producer Jonathan Sothcott and celebrity guests, with exclusive clips of new films

6.00 – URBAN EXPLORER (88 min) + Short film “FRACTURE”
Country: Germany
Year: 2011
Director: Andy Fetscher
Starring: Klaus Stiglmeier, Nick Eversman
Status: Northern premiere

8.00 – STALKER (84 min) Plus Q+A with director Martin Kemp and cast
Country: UK
Year: 2011
Director: Martin Kemp
Starring: Anna Brecon, Jane March, Billy Murray
Status: Northern premiere

10.00 – KIDNAPPED (80 min) + Short film “HOODIE HOLOCAUST”
Country: Spain
Year: 2010
Dir: Miguel Angel Vivas
Starring: Fernando Cayo, Ana Wagener, Manuela Velles
Status: Northwest premiere

12.00 – ADAM CHAPLIN (82 min) + Short film “DYSTOPIA STREET”
Country: Italy
Year: 2011
Dir: Emanuele De Santi
Starring: Emanuele De Santi, Valeria Sannino
Status: World Premiere

SATURDAY – October 8th

12.00 – BY DAY BY NIGHT (De día y de noche) (95 min) + Short film “LOLA”
Country: Mexico
Year: 2010
Dir: Alejandro Molina
Starring: Sandra Echeverría, Manuel Balbi
Status: Northern Premiere

2.00 – HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH (93 min) Introduced by Stef Hutchinson
Country: US
Year: 1982
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
Starring: Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O’Herlihy
Status: Exclusive screening

4.00 – SOME GUY WHO KILLS PEOPLE (98 min)
Country: USA
Year: 2011
Director: Jack Perez
Starring: Kevin Corrigan, Lucy Davis, Barry Bostwick
Status: UK premiere

6.00 – THE WOMAN (100 min)
Country: USA
Year: 2010
Director: Lucky McKee
Starring: Pollyanna McIntosh, Sean Bridgers
Status: Northwest premiere

8.00 – THE REVEREND Plus Q+A with cast and crew
Country: UK
Year: 2011
Director: Neil Jones
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Doug Bradley, Emily Booth, Shane Ritchie
Status: Northern premiere

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10.00 – REVENGE: A LOVE STORY (90 min) + Short film LEASHED
Country: Hong Kong
Year: 2010
Director: Ching-Po Wong
Starring: Juno Mak, Sola Aoi
Status: Northern premiere

12.00 – DEADHEADS (94 min) + Short film “I’M LONELY”
Country: USA
Year: 2011
Director: The Pierce Bros. (Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce)
Starring: Michael McKiddy, Ross Kidder
Status: Northwest premiere

SUNDAY – October 9th

12.00 – THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS (103 mins)
Country: USA
Year: 2010
Director: Sean Branney
Starring: Matt Foyer, Barry Lynch, Autumn Wendel
Status: UK premiere

2.00 – THE DEAD with a specially filmed intro by the directors
Country: UK
Year: 2010
Director: The Ford Brothers
Starring: Rob Bowman, Prince David Osei
Status: Northwest premiere

4.00 – THE DIVIDE (110 min)
Country: USA
Year: 2011
Director: Xavier Gens
Starring: Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Rosanna Arquette
Status: Northwest premiere

6.00 – THE THEATRE BIZARRE (108 min)
Country: USA/France
Year: 2010
Directors: Richard Stanley, Tom Savini, Douglas Buck, Karim Hussain, Buddy Giovinazzo, Jeremy Kasten, David Gregory
Starring: Virginia Newcomb, Udo Kier, Debbie Rochon, Tom Savini, Catriona MacColl

8.10 – THE WICKER TREE
Country: UK
Year: 2010
Director: Robin Hardy
Starring: Christopher Lee, Honeysuckle Weeks, Britannia Nichol
Status: Northwest Premiere

10.00 – Awards Party

Tickets for Grimm Up North are now on sale! Get more info, including artwork and the full synopsis of each film listed above, via the official Grimm Up North website, befriend them on Facebook, and of course, follow them on Twitter.

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