Manchester movie lovers are gearing up for the 9th annual Manchester Film Festival next month which will bring a selection

The stars will be out and converging on the Odeon Manchester Great Northern tonight as the city’s International Film Festival enters its sixth year of running.

MM spoke to Bernard and Huey director Dan Mirvish as the film had its UK premiere at MANIFF last week, where it won Best Screenplay.

Film fever reached its height last weekend with the Oscars as Manchester had its own cinema celebration too with the third annual Manchester Film Festival packed full of an array of colourful and inspiring independent pictures from around the world.

Manchester Film Festival organisers, fresh off the success of the third edition last weekend, say the event will return with a bang in 2018.

Audition is billed as a cautionary tale of how a one night stand can evolve from sizzling to tragic.

Aussie icon, Blinky Bill Koala, is leaving the Outback and coming to visit the Poms with the children’s character set for its UK premiere at the Manchester International Film Festival (MANIFF) on Mother’s Day.

Co-founders Neil Jeram-Croft, 34, and Al Bailey, 36, say they were thrilled with the success of the festival and have already confirmed the event will be back next year.

Ricky’s latest film Him Upstairs gets its Manchester debut this weekend as part of the Manchester International Film Festival.