The Market Place, BL1 2AL

All the films and industry talks at the cinema require a ticket or festival pass available on our ticket page

The Light is a brand new, state-of-the-art nine screen Cineplex within the Market Place Shopping Centre. 
 

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Le Mans Cres, Bolton BL1 1SE

Bolton Museum is a public museum and art gallery in the town of Bolton. All the films screening at the Museum and Library are FREE to attend, head to the basement to the Theatre 1 Auditorium.

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Victoria Square, Bolton BL1 1RU

Bolton's brilliant all-round entertainment venue. A colonnaded neoclassical Victorian town hall hosting comedy, dance, music, pantomime shows and of course film screenings. 

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Bolton Train Station, Trinity Street

All the films and events at the Platform 5 Gallery are FREE to attend - no booking is required. 

Established in 2017 the Platform 5 gallery is a community hub at Bolton Train Station, set up to promote creative and community based events and activities. 

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Unit 32, Market Place, BL1 2AL

One floor down from the cinema, the Unitbase is a gallery space created for the festival - the place to pick up your festival pass, to network, check out the Experimental and Culture Vulture films and to delve into the VR/360 projects. 

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