Holmfirth Film Festival makes a French Connection

Film buffs from around the country will hit the Holme Valley this month as the fifth Holmfirth Film Festival gets under way this month - with a Tour de France twist.
By The Newsroom
Published 12th May 2014, 18:11 BST
NEW WAVE Film fans can enjoy a culture-packed week in venues such as the Picturedrome.NEW WAVE Film fans can enjoy a culture-packed week in venues such as the Picturedrome.
NEW WAVE Film fans can enjoy a culture-packed week in venues such as the Picturedrome.

Eighty films and documentaries will be shown in venues such as Holmfirth Picturedrome and a truck which will be converted into a mobile cinema at Sands Recreational Park - from Friday May 23.

The organisers of the week-long event have put an emphasis on award-winning French cinema and cycling films to celebrate the upcoming kick-off to the Tour de France in Yorkshire.

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And as part of the arts and culture programme the 100 Day Yorkshire Festival, which leads upto the Grand Depart, it will also boast specially-commisisoned music soundtrack events on the theme of cycling, with pieces by Barry Russell and David Hirst.

For more information, and prices, visit www.holmfirthfilmfestival.co.uk.

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