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26th Dec 2011 test - pls ignore
The next Alastair Lee? Interview with Outcrop Film's Nick Brown. Lissa Cook talks to Outcrop Film’s Nick Brown ahead of the premiere of Life on Hold at the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival Sheffield...
14th Dec 2011 Record breaking number of films, Rare Breed Sports
Over sixty of the best adventure, travel and extreme sports films hand-picked for you from around the world. To be screened over one weekend – March 4 / 6th at the art deco Showroom Cinema in Sheffield. Check out the...
7th Dec 2011 Record breaking number of films, My Outdoors
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
20th Dec 2011 The End Draws Near
So it's been a long haul this year, choosing the films that will screen at ShAFF 2012. I've watched in the region of 200 of them and had to whittle that down to something a little more manageable. The current short-list...
20th Dec 2011 Women In Adventure Films
In the light of criticisms levelled at the BBC for the fact that there are no women on the shortlist of the Sports Personality Of The Year this year I thought I’d take a look at the films submitted to ShAFF for 2012...
