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image: barrunto • Emilia Beatriz • Puerto Rico, United Kingdom • 2024
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11 September 2025

BFMAF 2025: Festival Replay

Watch a selection of our 20th Edition programme online with BFMAF 2025: Festival Replay from October 17 – 26
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The Film Library

Drop by and see MINERS' WEEKEND SCHOOL (1984). Exhibition open every Saturday 12 - 4pm. Free entry.
image: Miners' Weekend School • Amber Films' Current Affairs Unit • UK • 1984
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4 September 2025

20 Sept Screening – Heritage Open Days 2025

Discover a rich history of community spirit, solidarity and struggle for Berwick Heritage Open Days on Saturday 20 September.
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23 July 2025

Vertical Screen Commission: If One of Those Dots Stopped Moving Forever 

See the commission through the window of 22 Bridge Street until 31 October 2025.
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image: Amelia Read • 19th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival • 2024
 Poster for the 20th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival (BFMAF), taking place from 27th to 30th March 2025. The text is displayed prominently with the festival's website, bfmaf.org, featured at the bottom.
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8 May 2025

Reviews 2025

The reviews have started coming in! Take a look at what the film critics say about the Festival and the Programme…