This year’s Bath Film Festival will be taking place between October 30th and November 9th.

The event was only established in 1991, but quickly gained acclaim when director Ken Loach and Peter Gabriel became patrons two years later.

Other patrons have included actor Jim Broadbent and director and producer Stephen Woolley.

Speaking to This is Bath earlier this month, festival events manager Chris Baker rallied Bath residents to help bring the festival to life.

He said: “At the moment it’s just a collection of facts, opinions, words and images.

“We need you to make it spring to life, to share in the celebration of the fascinating art of the cinema, which prompts us to do it all in the first place.”

Organisers have already claimed that this year’s festival will be the best yet, with car hire and coach-loads of local film fans expected to turn up to the screenings and workshops.

Nearly 60 screenings of films from across the world will feature at this year’s event.