The Pennine Film Festival is an annual festival started in 2006 focusing on independent filmmaking, offering local and national premieres, hosting masterclasses, workshops and discussions for filmmakers from the enthusiast to the professional.

[2] The Pennine Film Festival was founded initially as a local student film competition hosted at Accrington & Rossendale College In 2006;[3] over the past decade the competition received a significant amount of entries, and consequently developing into a larger festival holding events outside the college campus.

These include cinemas, outdoor public spaces, galleries and theatres, offering filmmakers an opportunity to see their films on a big screen and to network with other creatives.

Previous speakers include Get Carter director Mike Hodges[4] The Pennine Film Festival also contributed to the Accrington Food & Drink Festival with an evening screening of the award-winning Sideways with a selection of wine and cheese tasting at The Ballroom at Accrington Town Hall.

[5] Previous participants also include directors Alex Cox, Chris Bernard, Phil Hawkins and actors Lee Ingleby and Margi Clarke.