Author Archives: Holly Tarquini

LISTEN TO THE F-RATED PODCAST HERE Join us for intersectional F-eminist chat with remarkable women in film from director Amma Asante to multi-award winning composer Nainita Desai. Hosted by F-Rated founder, Holly Tarquini and BBC World Service presenter, journalist Anu Anand exploring all aspects of the film industry by talking to some of the brilliant women […]

by Creative Director, Philip Raby Relaxing on holiday In Cornwall in September last year, I got a phone call from colleague Holly which shook me out of my sunshine relaxation. ‘A FEW MONTHS EARLIER’ appears on the screen as we scroll back into early summer.  Faced with the choice between a festival indoors at a […]

In a year of lockdowns and “stay at home” directives, having a film festival in real life felt almost miraculous. Here’s what YOU had to say about our 2020 festival in Green Park Station: Creative director Philip Raby writes: There are always silver linings, even in the most unpromising circumstances. The original plan was to […]

Back in 2018, we co-curated and hosted a remarkable day in Komedia in celebration of the centenary of the Suffragettes’ landmark victory on the road towards female equality. Holly Tarquini from FilmBath joined forces with creative director, Alex Clark of The Bath Festival to present a whole day of F-Rated comedy, discussion, film, music, craft, […]

As I’m sure you know, this week’s announcement of England’s post-lockdown tiers saw Bath placed in Tier 2 — which means our physical film festival is ON for 11–16 December. We’ll be screening nine brilliant films at the wonderful Green Park Station, on a 26-foot screen with a cinema-quality projector. Sound will be broadcast to […]

AMPLIFY! Press Release – 14 Oct 2020 London (14 October 2020) – Four of the UK’s largest regional film festivals have come together to create AMPLIFY!, a collaborative online festival, bringing their distinct regional voices to a wider audience across the UK , it was announced today. The inaugural virtual festival offers an entertaining, diverse […]

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by Richard Nelson You’d think 30 years of experience running a film festival would prepare you for most eventualities. But then a global pandemic comes along to remind you that, as the screenwriter William Goldman famously wrote, “nobody knows anything.” Like everyone else, the FilmBath team has quickly adapted to the strange new world in […]

Watch at Home Winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, “Alfre Woodard is beyond compelling in taking on the destructive darkness this character envelopes around us all” – Don Shanahan Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden, Bernadine Williams. The emotional wedge in her marriage grows. Memories of […]

Earlier this year, old FilmBath hands Chris Baker (pictured above in his happy place – up a ladder setting up a projector) and Alastair Goolden were asked by Cheltenham International Film Festival to help with the programming and technical preparations for the festival’s second edition, set for May 2020. We had helped with the first […]