Gateshead College has been unveiled as an official partner of an international festival designed to put North East filmmakers, actors, actresses and emerging talent on the global stage.
The organisation will be the only further education college to support the international Newcastle Film Festival, which runs from 29 Mar-1 Apr 2018. It is expected to attract up to 60,000 visitors and an audience of more than ten million. The four-day carnival of cinema, film and worldclass documentaries will celebrate films from different genres around the world, including animation, Bollywood, music videos and sports documentaries, by showcasing them in venues around the region. So far, over 1,800 films from 73 countries have been submitted for consideration and this number will be whittled down to about 200 before the event gets underway. Gateshead College, recently ranked the number one college in the region and fourth best in the country by the Skills Funding Agency, will provide exclusive opportunities for its students to showcase their digital and filmmaking talents at the festival. Judith Doyle, Principal and CEO of Gateshead College, said: “We are thrilled to be supporting a global event that celebrates the best creative talent from around the globe. It’s fantastic that the festival is coming to the North East as it will give our students the ideal opportunity to showcase their talents and learn from some of the best filmmakers in the business.”
It's fantastic that the festival is coming to the North East as it will give our students the ideal opportunity to showcase their talents and learn from some of the best filmmakers in the business.
Judith Doyle, Principal, Gateshead Collegewww.gateshead.ac.uk
