TICKETS for a popular Bradford festival which is returning next month are now on sale. 

Widescreen Weekend at the National Science and Media Museum will run from October 13 to 16, celebrating the past, present and future of film.

This year’s diverse programme includes screen heritage, cult favourites and new restorations, along with special guests and fringe events. 

It will feature the UK premiere of The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm at Pictureville Cinema, which has the only remaining public Cinerama screen in the world.  

Using projectors to show three images simultaneously to produce an ultra-wide picture, Cinerama is celebrating 70 years this year, and will also show The Best of Cinerama, How the West Was Won and Circus World.  

This year's festival will also celebrate women in widescreen, both on screen and behind the camera, with ‘Rebels and Dames’, developed in collaboration with film academic and programmer Alice Miller.

Other programme strands include Restorations and Rediscoveries, a collection of films to help rediscover the magic of widescreen, which features a special screening of Licorice Pizza in 70mm.

Widescreen History of the World will also returns, exploring the influence and impact of the Victorians and the Industrial Revolution, whilst Widescreen in the City sees the museum partner with community cinemas and other venues across Bradford district to offer complimentary screenings.  

Kathryn Penny, Head of Screen and Cultural Engagement at the museum, said: “We are delighted that individual tickets are now on sale for this year’s Widescreen Weekend.

“This year is even more special as we celebrate the 70th anniversary of Cinerama as the last remaining Cinerama screen in the world.

“There is a fantastic line-up with daily opportunities to experience the wonders of this ground-breaking and historic film process.

“Widescreen Weekend is a unique festival that can take you on an immersive adventure around the globe without leaving Bradford, so we cannot wait to welcome our festivalgoers back to the big screens.”   

Special guests this year include writer, historian and broadcaster Professor Sir Christopher Frayling journalist and BBC broadcaster Samira Ahmed and broadcaster and historian Matthew Sweet, amongst others.

To compliment Bradford’s unique film heritage, there will also be fringe events across the weekend.

Festivalgoers can join a unique heritage tour of 100 years of Bradford’s film history, led by David Wilson, Director of Bradford UNESCO City of Film

For more information, visit: www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/cinema/widescreen-weekend