Bentham teen bids to scoop award at Morecambe film festival with two nominations

The Bay International Film Festival (TBIFF) is an annual film festival with live cinema screenings and awards.

It will be held in Morecambe between January 23 and February 1 2026.

TBIFF aims to promote international and northern independent films in the Lancashire and Cumbria areas as well as create a cultural dialogue between the audiences of north west England and the world.

They hope to inspire local audiences and international filmmakers with great films, thoughtful conversations, and joyful encounters.

In 2024 TBIFF included two independent film screenings, 11 international short film programmes, Q&A sessions with film and TV guests, animation screening and workshop for kids, experimental art house films, documentary films about women, a film forum, a Red Carpet Awards Ceremony, film networking events, community film clubs and three exhibitions.

And two of the films up for awards this year are Driving and Doris, both by Matilda Walden and both in the Best Local Community Film category.

Driving outlines the entire lifespan of a relationship within one music video.

The video was filmed entirely at Leighton Hall and uses its various locations to take us through the beats of the relationship.

Doris is a music video about a woman called Doris that has locked up a bird, and various characters pressuring her to free it. The film is an analogy for controlling relationships.

You can see both films during the festival on January 27 from 7pm in The Exchange bar function room in Morecambe.