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Located in Penistone, South Yorkshire, The Paramount is a 344 seat, 1 screen independent cinema serving its local community and beyond.

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A little wander through Penistone Film Festival 2026… 🎬❤️

Huge thanks to @siomonjacklin for capturing the people, creativity and community behind year two.

Follow @william_unicycle to @stjohnthebaptistchurchs36 and our FREE fringe, with @drmarietidball Penistone Honey, @ljaybeeillustrations historian @historian_noor armourer Martyn Holgate of ISS @iss_film_armoury_uk @issweapons @issprops and Chris Waite @cpjwaite of @britishstuntregister

We also welcomed Helen Frances of @hellyhedgehogpebbles bringing puppetry and stop-motion creativity to the fringe. ❤️

One clarification from the video: our film competition is NOT just for young filmmakers! We celebrate filmmakers of ALL ages and experience levels from emerging talent to accomplished professionals. Some may be young at heart… but definitely not all young! 😄 Our FREE student pathway is simply one part of our wider international programme.

And proper credit for the specialist work behind the cinema screenings:

🎞️ Heinz Schmidt: Finishing Artist / Film Colour Grade finished and prepared the Digital Cinema Packages for 40 films, alongside additional festival edits and captioning work. Huge thanks for the expertise and many hours that went into making our programme cinema-ready. https://FilmColorGrade.co.uk

And to Brian at the @peniparamount for working through the testing and technical issues involved in getting everything onto the big screen.

Our brilliant volunteer @tombowenmedia created our Gala Awards edits and interviewed LA director and Best Picture judge @soaringsigal - That interview screened on opening night alongside @nandorfodorfilm and we have exciting plans developing with Tom!

Meet Richard Galliford, Marlene Marshall & Jack Briggs from Penistone Archive and Heritage Group, helping care for St John’s and sharing Penistone’s history, including our football heritage. With @sheffieldhomeoffootball

Plus a glimpse of Cllr Jonathan Cutts representing Mayor Hannah Kitching at opening night.

🎥 Video: @siomonjacklin
siomonjacklin.co.uk

Year two may be over, but we’re just getting started… 🎬❤️

#PenistoneFilmFestival #Penistone #IndependentFilm #FilmFestival #CommunityCinema

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🎬 I’ve had some time to decompress, and I’m still trying to process the fact that I WROTE AND PRESENTED A DOCUMENTARY THAT PREMIERED AT A FILM FESTIVAL!

💌First and foremost, thank you to @jenbul13 for inviting me to be part of Penistone Film Festival and trusting me to bring Penistone’s links to the English Civil War to life on screen. I’ll always be grateful for this opportunity, and what you, @laura.stevens11 and @mike_mckenzie_tkd have created is truly wonderful⭐️

💌We had 3 screenings of the documentary! 🥹 A couple of people stayed for all three (which I can’t quite believe 😭), and I was absolutely blown away by people coming up to me afterwards saying that they really enjoyed it (even @drmarietidball came along to a screening! )Thank you again to @jenbul13 for being the best camerawoman, and to @saffy_elizabeth for being the most glamorous production assistant⭐️

💌On day three, I also gave a history talk about Penistone’s mysterious tunnels. Don’t worry, I’m still determined to solve that mystery 👀 one day, we WILL find out! Shout out to @shootthebullstreetfood @shootthebulluk for the AMAZING food - you can find them at @sheffieldplate 😋

🎬As a working-class woman of colour from the North, I grew up rarely seeing people like me on British television which made me think that history, or indeed the media world, wasn’t for me. But there is room for people like me in the television industry, and I will continue to advocate for more representation forever🙏🏻

🎬I’ll always be a historian, and this is just one step in my journey as a presenter. Although the documentary was exclusive to Penistone Film Festival, it certainly won’t be the last. There’s so much more I want to do, and I’m excited for what’s ahead!

People of colour. People from working-class backgrounds. People with chronic illnesses. People who are neurodivergent. People who struggle with their mental health. I write for all of YOU❤️And I’m not even done - I’m just getting started!

Thank you to everyone who made this festival so special. Penistone, this little town will always have a special place in my heart❤️ see you next year?

#history #fypp #trending #art #britishhistory

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American filmmaker visits Barnsley! 🎬🍿🎞️

#barnsley #yorkshire #penistone #barnsleyisbrill

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Thank you @peni.filmfestival 🎬🇬🇧🏆

@peni.filmfestival
@rubybarker ( Bridgerton )
@martellee_ ( Emmerdale )
@mattdasilvastunts ( Batman, james bond , star wars )
@reductiomusic
@jenbul13
@cpjwaite ( jurassik world , peaky blinders)
@ianhartofficial ( Harry potter )
@peniparamount
@davidarquette
@soaringsigal

#penistone #penistonefilmfestival #chaplin #yorkshire #sosie

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Come and watch our talented cast of Newsies! 🤩

19-21 November @peniparamount

Book now!

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5 SCREENINGS. 2 DAYS AT THE PARAMOUNT. OVER 100 YEARS OF CINEMA HISTORY!

Penistone Film Festival 2026 is almost here and there’s still time to book!

From Hollywood stars and silent comedy legends to new independent films from around the world, we’ve got quite a weekend lined up!

FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER

7pm | Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose

Starring Simon Pegg and Minnie Driver, with a recorded Q&A featuring Hollywood director Adam Sigal and insights from composer Bill Prokopow.

SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER

10am | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

A masterpiece of German Expressionist cinema, accompanied live on piano by Andy Quin.

1.30pm | Harold Lloyd Comedy Classics

High and Dizzy and Never Weaken. Our sensory friendly screening.

4.30pm | Laurel & Hardy and More

The Lucky Dog, Putting Pants on Philip and Samuel Beckett’s extraordinary 1965 film FILM, starring Buster Keaton.

7pm | Buster Keaton’s Battling Butler

Our Saturday finale, introduced by Polly Rose and accompanied live on piano by Andy Quin.

AND THAT’S NOT ALL!

Every Saturday screening also includes selected films from our international FilmFreeway competition!

These aren’t just extras. They’re films made by independent filmmakers from around the world, many of whom rarely get the opportunity to see their work on a proper cinema screen.

By coming along, you’re supporting today’s filmmakers while celebrating the people who pioneered cinema over a century ago.

YOU DON’T NEED A FESTIVAL PASS!

Individual screening tickets and concessions are available directly from the Penistone Paramount box office.

BOOK NOW:

https://www.penistoneparamount.co.uk

Come along, bring someone with you and help us fill those seats!

#PenistoneFilmFestival #PenistoneParamount #Penistone #SilentFilm #BusterKeaton HaroldLloyd LaurelAndHardy IndependentFilm FilmFestival YorkshireEvents

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I’m delighted to be introducing (via pre-recorded video) this @peni.filmfestival screening of Buster Keaton’s boxing romcom BATTLING BUTLER (1926) next Saturday 17 Oct 7pm at the @peniparamount - a fantastic film at a fantastic festival!

Find out what links RAGING BULL, 1920s world boxing champions, glamping, and Shakespeare (hint: it’s Buster Keaton).

With live musical accompaniment by Andy Quin @thejimmyhillside 🎹🎶

Plus… Buster Award and Action on Screen finalists showcase with announcement by judge @davidarquette (remote appearance) 🎞️🏆

Ticket link in my bio 🎟️📽️🍿🥊🤣

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ALL OUR VIP PASSES HAVE NOW SOLD OUT!!!

BUT… YOU CAN STILL COME TO THE PICTURES! 🎬

Our individual cinema tickets are available through Penistone Paramount @peniparamount box office, including Friday’s opening night film and all four Saturday screening blocks.

You don’t need a VIP pass, and you don’t have to commit to the whole day. Pick your screening, book your seat and come along!

Book your Penistone Film Festival cinema tickets here:
www.penistonefilmfestival.com
And follow the link to the individual events pages on the box office.
#filmfestival #silentfilm #penistonefilmfestival #fyp #foryoupage

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Penistone, Barnsley 🍂

#fujifilmphotography
#fujifilm
#barnsley
#streetphotography
#southyorkshire

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What you guys think?

Well, too late anyways, coz we’ve just ordered a ton of them.

I’m absolutely knackered, (Jen) Laura’s absolutely knackered, and I think Mike is permanently knackered anyway.

But…. it’s ALL worth it to bring an amazing event to PENISTONE……

I can sleep when I’m dead, right….? (It’s what my grandad used to say)

#filmfestival #ringmybell #silentfilm #fyp #foryoupage

@davidarquette
@soaringsigal
@rubybarker
@thejimmyhillside
@thecommonpeople
@peniparamount
@prt1094
@barnsleycouncilofficial
@stjohnthebaptistchurchs36
@sheffieldhomeoffootball
@filmhubnorth
@busterkeatonsoc
@theofficialharoldlloyd
@foolstalktheatre
@designbygary
@letterboxd
@filmfreeway
@penfm957
@drmarietidball

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This is the mighty Penistone Paramount Cinema.

It opened in 1914. It’s survived two world wars, the Great Depression, the arrival of television, video recorders, DVDs, streaming, Covid and a short run of Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie.

Whether it can survive Reform running the local Council is another matter.

I first walked through its doors about 45 years ago with my old man, to watch The Muppet Movie. (Five stars) Since then, I’ve watched countless films there and take Charlie through those same doors all the time. It still has an interval at half time, for a beer and an ice cream. Its bloody marvellous.

But this isn’t just an old cinema people feel sentimental about, it runs accessible screenings, and on bitterly cold days it opens its doors so people can come inside, keep warm and have some company. It is not just in the community. It is the community.

Anyway.. the council’s new Reform administration has pulled a £1.8 million funding package intended to secure the Paramount’s future. And look… I’m sure that has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Penistone not returning a Reform councillor at a by-election a few weeks back.

That would be a real DICK move.

Regardless, there’s now a petition asking the council to reverse the decision.

Please sign it. Once places like the Paramount are gone, they’re gone. No amount of staring at an old photograph and saying, ‘ooh, it were lovely in there,’ will bring them back.

The Paramount is also up for BIFA’s Cinema of the Year, so please vote for it too. If only to remind some folk that people can still recognise the value of something beyond its price.

If you’ve read this far, Thankya! Matt x

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Let’s ROCK this October 😜🤘

Check out where we will be heading this Spooky Season 🎃 The greatest rock anthems of all time performed live in one explosive evening of electrifying entertainment 🔥

With music from AC/DC, Guns ‘N Roses, Queen, Bon Jovi, Heart, Black Sabbath, Def Leppard and more! A night not to be missed! Expect massive guitar solos, epic performances, and some laughs along the way! 🎸

Let us know which one we’ll see YOU at 👀🫵

Also raising funds for the wonderful @helpforheroes after all shows 🫡

#classicrock #rockmusic #theatre #rock #rockband

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