The Screen Stockport Film Festival was a film festival held annually at the Stockport Plaza,

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, in which short and feature films made locally nationally and internationally are entered. It is considered the main film festival for

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. It was founded in 2011. They are six categories of films and several awards for roles in films as well as the type of film. Every year the festival has special guests. Previous guests include. *

Phil Hawkins Phil Hawkins (born December 26, 1984) is a commercial, television and independent film director from Manchester, United Kingdom. His work in feature film includes ''The Women Of Troy'' (2006) and Philip Pullman's '' The Butterfly Tattoo'' (2008). ...

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The event is sponsored by the

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, and

, the founder of the company, was a guest speaker in 2012.

References

Stockport Film festivals in Greater Manchester Defunct film festivals in the United Kingdom {{UK-festival-stub