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20th Dec 2011 And Some More New Partners
Also pleased to welcome on board My Outdoors and Community Action Nepal. Watch this space for details of an acuction organised by the former on behalf of the latter.
20th Dec 2011 New Blog
We've added a Blog page to the ShAFF website and aim to keep it up to date with comments and thoughts about running a film festival. Please check it out and feel free to use the comment button... var switchTo5x=true;stLight.options({publisher:'2e61a8bf-cfd5-4a91-9bc3-679a1897affa'});
19th Dec 2011 Announcing Some New Partners
We're pleased to announce that Petzl, The Buxton Real Ale Company, Edale Mountain Rescue Team, Global Therapies and Jerry Shevill's Massage are all on board for ShAFF 2012. Thanks guys. var switchTo5x=true;stLight.options({publisher:'2e61a8bf-cfd5-4a91-9bc3-679a1897affa'});
19th Dec 2011 ShAFF Classic Tickets On Sale
Tickets are now on sale for the ShAFF Classics night on Jan 19th at the Showroom. Details here. var switchTo5x=true;stLight.options({publisher:'2e61a8bf-cfd5-4a91-9bc3-679a1897affa'});
17th Dec 2011 2011 Best Year Yet for ShAFF, Sheffield Telegraph
SHEFFIELD’S Showroom Cinema is reporting a record-breaking year at the box office with attendance figures at their highest yet. It is reflecting a national trend with overall box office receipts for 2011 expected to be around 4 per cent higher than last year, but the Showroom reckons it has done even better with a 14% rise. The year got off to a fine start with the release of The King’s Speech, one of the Showroom’s most successful...
16th Dec 2011 Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative On Board
We're delighted to welcome Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative back on baord as sponsors for 2012. EBC signed up in 2011, sponsored a brand new award - the Steve Peat Best Bike Film, supplied the volunteer crew Tshirts and gave away a bike in a prize draw competition, all to highlight their brand new store in Sheffield. They were clearly impressed with the event as they're on board again for 2012, once again sponsoring the Steve Peat Best Bike Film...
8th Dec 2011 Edale Mountain Rescue Team To Attend ShAFF
We're pleased to announce that Edale Mountain Rescue Team will be collecting at ShAFF 2012. Here's a comment from Linda Cooley: Friends in High Places (for Edale Mountain Rescue Team): Watching the films at ShaFF is fascinating. It's great to see how folks set themselves such challenges: there are people crawling deep inside the darkness of mountains, battling up their sheer sides, and skiing down them when they're transformed into a...
8th Dec 2011 Best Trailer?
Just took a look at the 2011 festival trailer that is sitting there on Youtube gathering hits and was amazed to see that it has had over 27,000 views. Despite the fact that it is a trailer for an event that happened back in March, it is obvious from the comments, that people are enjoying watching it in its own right. One comment went as far as saying that it is better than the Banff (meaning Banff Mountain Film Festival) trailers which is...
8th Dec 2011 TONIGHT - Best of Shaff 2011, 8th Dec, Sheffield Telegraph
Best of Sheffield Adventure Film Festival 2011, line-up includes ShAFF 2011 Best Film winner The Swiss Machine, bouldering and climbing film Tuzgle, beautifully shot landscapes in Salt, and a five-month canoeing odyssey in Mazungu (Showroom, Thursday, December 8). Full details & booking online at Showroom Cinema ShAFF Presents: Best Of ShAFF 2011 8th Dec 2011 @ 20:15 A look back at some of the best films from 2011. If you didn’t catch...
5th Dec 2011 RECORD-BREAKING NUMBER OF FILMS
RECORD-BREAKING NUMBER OF FILMS IN THE RUNNING FOR SHEFFIELD ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL 2012 Sheffield Adventure Film Festival Director & film programmer Matt Heason has been downloading a massive 10GB of film a day in the run-up to the film submission deadline on 1st December. He now has a record breaking 226 films to choose from - even more than last year’s 200 entries. This year’s crop of potential films will be whittled...
