Bristol Film Festival to present a bumper programme of outdoor summer screenings

Bristol Film Festival to present a bumper programme of outdoor summer screenings

Posted on: 11 Apr 2023

July will see the city’s biggest film festival take over The Mall Gardens in Clifton for their brand-new event ‘Clifton Summer Screenings’.

 

The inaugural ‘Clifton Summer Screenings’ will see a weekend-long outdoor mini-fest take place between Friday 28 and Sunday 30 July 2023 with an exciting programme of blockbusters scheduled.

 

Read on for a rundown of what to expect and head to the Bristol Film Festival website for more information.

With support from Clifton Village BID and a beautiful summer setting, Bristol Film Festival’s ‘Clifton Summer Screenings’ event will see a pop-up cinema spring up in The Mall Gardens with covered seating for up to 200 guests.

 

The space will also feature a state-of-the-art LED screen and supplied wireless headphones offering top-notch audio ensuring a top-notch cinema experience, no matter the weather. Audiences can enjoy a relaxing drink in the Gardens pre-screening with 15 classic films shown throughout the weekend in this unique event.

 

Kicking off a busy day of films on Friday 28 July is a family-friendly double header of Disney musical favourite Moana, with its Oscar-nominated soundtrack courtesy of Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Aardman’s 2000 debut feature, Chicken Run.

 

 

Also scheduled for the Friday is star-studded comedy-drama The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, all-time sing-along classic Grease (which is sure to get the crowd singing) and a trip back to where it all began with the original Star Wars chapter, A New Hope. 

 

Saturday 29 July also begins with two family favourites in the shape of Disney’s radical retelling of the Rapunzel fairy tale, Tangled, and Paddington – the heartwarming tale of Britain’s most beloved bear.

 

It will then be time for a spot of action satire with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s Wells-based comedy, Hot Fuzz; Oscar-winning musical La La Land starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone; and dance-heavy fan favourite, Dirty Dancing.

 

 

The final day of this exciting event (Sunday 30 July) will be kicked off in style with Oscar-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda musical, Encanto and everyone’s favourite animated fairytale, Shrek – the first film in a critically acclaimed franchise.

 

Finally, a trio of wonderful screenings will begin with the acclaimed Helena-Bonham-Carter starring adaptation of E.M. Forster’s A Room With a View. The event will then be closed by feel-good phenomenon Mamma Mia! featuring ABBA’s best-known hits and legendary time-hopping comedy Back To The Future.

 

‘Clifton Summer Screenings’ will run at The Mall Gardens in Clifton between Friday 28 and Sunday 30 July 2023.

 

 

For more information about screening times and to secure a ticket, visit the Bristol Film Festival website.

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Stanley Gray

Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.