#NIFF @NewcastleFestival Gives Out Its Gongs #closingceremony #filmawards
NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL GIVES OUT ITS GONGS International film makers, homegrown heroes and heroines and up-and-coming stars were honoured at the "first" (if you ignore all the others that happened at Tyneside Cinema!) Newcastle International Film Festival. At the closing event of a weekend which saw the screening of more than 40 films and 140 shorts, the festival held its own Victorem awards. The festival – held across the Easter weekend at a range of locations across Newcastle – included appearances by a number of stars, all flying the flag for independent movie making. Hosting was star of I Daniel Blake , and established stand-up comedian, Dave Johns. The proceeding were opened by the Band of the Royal Armoured Corps followed by a surprise appearance of Beccy Owen's Pop Up Choir, a group of women who had only met the previous Sunday and done two hours of rehearsals before performing a local folk song Waters of Tyne and classic Simon ...