Some news about the Sykehouse International Film Festival, run by Samantha Lee Howe …
The June 2025 festival Live Event (Saturday June 28th 2025) will be taking place at the Owston Hall Hotel in Bentley, just north of Doncaster. For more details about the location, or to book rooms, please visit their website: https://owstonhall.com/
The nearest rail station is Adwick (on a branch line serving Leeds and Sheffield), or Doncaster (mainline from London) and taxis from Doncaster are frequent and easy. From Adwick, you’re best to have the number of a local taxi company handy! The Hall has plenty of parking space, and is close to the A1, A19, M62 and M18, so access by car is easy as well.
As with the 2024 Live Event, there will be whole day of screenings of selected films from the Festival, and there will hopefully also be some interviews with attending filmmakers and actors. This will take place in a smashing conference room at the hotel which seats up to 80 people.
There’s an on-site bar and restaurant so lunch, drinks and snacks are easily available, and the Owston also has bedrooms available if you wish to stay over. Please contact them direct for booking. They only have limited numbers of rooms though, so please book early if you want to stay!
The Saturday evening Gala Dinner will take place in the Hall’s Marlborough suite, with it’s own private bar area where there’ll be an arrival drinks reception and Red Carpet photos with the other attending celebrities.
The event is planning a three course sit-down, waiter-served dinner, and the evening event promises music, laughter, food, friendship, networking and, of course, the announcement of the Awards themselves!
Dress Code Day: Casual. Night: Black Tie for the Gala. Dress to impress! And remember the paparazzi may be present!
Come and join the fun!
For full details or to submit films for the Festival, or to buy tickets for the Live Event, please visit: www.slhfilmfest.com.
Tickets for the Live Event are on EventBrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sykehouse-filmfest-2025-tickets-938615563417
