SCREENINGS will take place across 13 Tyne Valley venues as part of this year's film festival.

The Forum Cinema's Tyne Valley film festival will bring together rural film clubs, venues and community organisations for a ten-day celebration of film.

The community-chosen programme includes 29 films from eight different countries, as well as films dating back to the 1920s and right up to yet-to-be-released movies for 2023.

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There will be screenings every day at The Forum in Hexham - Northumberland's only community-owned cinema - but also showings in places like The Sill, Wylam Institute and The Old Booking Hall at Haltwhistle train station.

The festival will launch with a preview screening of Leonor will never Die and will close with a film in collaboration with Kids Movie Fest Ukraine, whose filmmaker and director Svitlana Pohasiy has programmed Ukrainian comedy My Thoughts are Silent, and will be introducing the film with a brief history of Ukrainian cinema.

Chris Kelly, festival coordinator and marketing officer, said: “It’s wonderful to be hosting our third Tyne Valley Film Festival this year.

"We have had some changes at The Forum since the last festival, but the core message of creating community through cinema experiences remains at the heart of everything we do.

"As always, it has been a pleasure to work with the wide range of community organisations, businesses and film clubs to curate a unique, diverse and exciting programme.”

Faye Carr-Wilson, festival programmer, added: “I couldn't be more thrilled to be a part of the Tyne Valley Film Festival this year. 

"Being able to support community organisations and film clubs across the region, sharing our collective love of film, feels really special.

"We've got some really exciting events in this year's edition, including a couple of special previews and filmmaker Q&A's. It's going to be a party"

The film festival, supported by Film Hub North with National Lottery funding on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network, and made possible thanks to various local community organisations, will run from March 17-26.

The full programme of events is available online or in print from The Forum.